The Book of the Month April 2024 selections are here! Decide which of these books you want to add to your subscription box.
Book of the Month is my favorite subscription box. Every month, I choose between their curated book selections, and voila! A blue box arrives at my door carrying one (or two or three) new books for me to read.
Each month, Book of the Month chooses between five and seven hardcover books you can choose from. Rather listen to an audiobook? Book of the Month has those, too! Now you can opt for audiobooks as your monthly pick or add them on at any time during the month.
Every month, I will highlight the books chosen and let you know my thoughts on the chosen titles.
Even if you don’t have a Book of the Month subscription (yet), I think you’ll find value in looking at a curated list of new releases.
Keep scrolling to see all the details about the Book of the Month April 2024 selections and to find out which one I’m adding to my subscription box.
What is Book of the Month?
Book of the Month is a monthly subscription book service highly popular among the book community. Trust me, once you try it, you’ll be hooked.
How it Works
Each month, a panel of judges chooses at least five books for you to choose from. The Book of the Month selections cover different genres and are always special edition hardcovers. Often, the chosen books haven’t been published yet, so you get to be one of the first people to read them.
At the beginning of the month, you choose one book to add to your box and shortly thereafter the little blue box arrives at your door. If you aren’t loving any of the selected books, you just skip that month and your credits will just roll over to the next month. Or, after your third box, you can choose from five member favorite books for your month’s selection instead.
On the other hand, if you want more than one book, once you’ve chosen your initial book, you can add-on up to four additional books at a discounted rate. These add-ons can be from the current month’s selection, be favorites from previous months, or be new releases specially included in the add-on catalog.
Pricing
Book of the Month runs two different pricing plans. On the monthly plan, you get one credit a month for $17. If you are willing to pay upfront, the yearly plan gives you 12 credits for $168, which averages out to $14 a book. For a hardcover new release, both prices are a steal.
Even better, when you include additional books into your box, they are only $10 each!
Book of the Month also offers 3, 6, and 9-month gift cards if you are considering purchasing it as a gift.
For new subscribers, Book of the Month’s homepage almost always has a special offer to get your first book for $10. But I can do you one better. If you are interested in joining, you can use this Book of the Month Club referral link to get your first book for $5 right now!
Bonus Features
But wait, there’s more! Once you’ve chosen your 12th book from Book of the Month, you join the BFF club and get a special Book of the Month tote.
After that, you’ll get a free add-on every year for your birthday month. Plus, when the end of the year rolls around, you get one of the top 5 Book of the Month selections from the year for free. (Note: They didn’t do the Book of the Year in 2023 so I’m not sure if they are still doing this bonus, though it is listed as a benefit on the website.) That’s an additional two books each year for no additional cost.
What are you waiting for? Join Book of the Month and get your first book at a discounted price!
April 2024 Book of the Month Selections
All We Were Promised
Ashton Lattimore
In 1837, Charlotte has escaped her life as a slave only to serve as a housemaid to her white-passing father in Philadelphia. Longing for more freedom but afraid of slave-catchers, Charlotte befriends Nell, an up-and-coming abolitionist from a prominent Black family. When Charlotte’s former mistress arrives with her slave Evie in tow, Charlotte and Nell risk losing everything to help Evie gain her freedom.
Darling Girls
Sally Hepworth
Jessica, Norah and Alicia are the luckiest girls, or so they are told. After family tragedies, each was given a second chance at a happy family, living on a peaceful farm with a loving foster mom. Yet, the foster sisters’ childhood was far from idyllic. When a body is found buried on the farm, they soon find themselves prime witnesses and possibly prime suspects.
How to End a Love Story
Yulin Kuang
Helen Zhang hasn’t seen Grant Shepherd since a tragic accident changed their lives when they were teenagers. Now a bestselling author, Helen loves working with the screenwriters adapting her popular young adult novels. When Grant shows up in the writer’s room, he’s exactly as Helen remembers. As Helen and Grant get closer, secrets from their past remind them that their’s was never meant to be a love story.
Dragonfruit
Makiia Lucier
In a new romantasy based on Pacific Island mythology, dragonfruit, the egg of the seadragon, can remove a person’s greatest sorrow, but at a price. After her father steals the dragonfruit for the ailing princess, Hanalei spends years in exile. When a dragon offers to her the chance to return, Hanalei finds herself caught up with her childhood friend, Prince Sam, who must either marry or find a way to heal his ailing mother.
The Husbands
Holly Gramazio
On night when Lauren returns home to her London flat, she is greeted by her adoring husband Michael. Except Lauren isn’t married. But her house and her friends seem to indicate that Lauren and Michael have been together for years. Then one day Michael goes into the attic and out emerges a new husband and a new and improved life. With this magical ability to swap out husbands and lives, Lauren must now decide what she wants her life to be and when to stop trying for something perfect.
Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez
Justin finds himself with an unusual curse: every woman he dates finds her soulmate the minute she breaks up with Justin. Emma has the same problem, so Emma and Justin hatch a plan to rent a cottage together in Minnesota, hoping to break each other’s curses. Things go awry when Emma’s toxic mother shows up and Justin assumes guardianship of his younger siblings. It seems Fate may have more in mind than a quick summer fling.
The Wives
Simone Gorrindo
As a newlywed, Simone Gorrindo left her job in New York City to move to Columbus, Georgia, where her husband was stationed for his elite Army unit. Struggling to adapt, Gorrindo finally found friendship and inclusion in the community of army wives. In a touching memoir, Gorrindo gives insights into the lives of these remarkable marriage as well as an intimate look at her marriage.
Want an Audiobook Instead?
Recently, Book of the Month has started including audiobooks as another option for your monthly picks. Instead of choosing a hardcover copy, you can choose one of these audiobooks as your main selection this month.
April’s Audiobooks:
Not Feeling the April Books?
Sometimes, it happens. If none of the April 2024 Book of the Month selections are calling your name, don’t despair. After your third box, you now have another option!
Previously, if you didn’t love the five choices, you would have to skip the whole month. Now if you have BFF status, you can choose a member fave hardcover for your monthly box and then add-on up to four more books if you choose.
Member Faves:
April’s New Add-Ons
Book of the Month also includes a few extra releases on top of their monthly selections. Once you have picked your main selection, you can choose to add-on these new books (or any past release) to your box.
April’s New Books:
My April 2024 Picks
Honestly, I have no idea what I’m going to pick this month. And since I’m on vacation, I might way a few days before I order just to be sure my box doesn’t arrive until after I get back.
Automatically out: Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth and All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore. Not because they aren’t good, I’ve just already read them. I thought Darling Girls was well-plotted to keep you turning pages. I’m just finishing All We Were Promised and it’s a solid Pre-Civil War historical fiction.
I have eight million books on my bookshelf at home, so part of me is tempted to skip. Except I’m really intrigued by several of the titles.
Summer reading is coming, so I feel like I should review some of the big-name romances coming out. I was recently charmed by Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez so do I pick up her new book, Just for the Summer? The premise of How to End a Love Story sounds fun and The Husbands is rumored to be a celebrity book club pick in April. But both are described as salacious, which is always hit-or-miss with me.
And then the thrillers! I’ve read almost every Megan Miranda book, so I don’t know if I can pass up on Daughter of Mine. But I recently read Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder which was a fun ya thriller. Should I pick up her newest book, The Reappearance of Rachel Price?
So many choices! I’m going to mull it over for a few days before I choose. Or I’ll take the cowards way out and get them all, now that Book of the Month lets you add five books to your box.
Which of the Book of the Month April 2024 Selections Are You Going to Pick?
What books can you not wait to get your hands on this month? Or are you skipping this month’s selections? As always, let me know in the comments!
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