3 subscription boxes every book lover needs
Literary Box by Quarterly
Price: $50/box
This subscription comes four times a year (hence the name “Quarterly”). Each box features a new author, who curates all of the box’s contents. Usually this includes the author’s book, with written annotations from him or her, three or more books selected by the author, a handwritten note from the author and other exclusive content.
Every box has its own fiction-centric theme. For example, the July 2016 box was beach themed, containing Lauren Weisberger’s book “The Singles Game” as well as a few other books and “Always Reading” sunglasses!
This is a great subscription for finding new, upcoming authors in a variety of fiction sub-genres. The risk is that the books might not suit your tastes, exactly. I’m an avid reader of everything, so that works for me, but I know that not everyone has my voracious appetite for all things written-word.
There is a downside – no returns. If you receive a book that you already own, you’re stuck with it. My suggestion would be to hold onto it and gift it OR use it as your “lending” copy. You can cancel your subscription at any time, so if you see that a box contains an author and book you already have, you can skip that month’s box.