Book of the Month: May 2020 Selections

If you feel like you’ve already read everything in your house, Book of the Month is here to save the day!

With all the bookstores and libraries closed, why not try out the most popular subscription book service. They pick five new titles and you get to read along with thousands of others (including me). It’s a win-win.

Even if you don’t have a Book of the Month subscription (yet), I think you’ll find value in looking at this curated list of new releases.

Take a look at the five books this month:

• Sue Monk Kidd’s newest book
• A look at wealthy NYC moms
• A hot new legal thriller
• Light and fun millennial romance
• An LBGTQ+ coming-of-age story 

Keep scrolling to see all the details about the Book of the Month May 2020 selections and to find out which one I’m adding to my subscription box.

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 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 it.

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. On the other hand, if you want more than one book, you can add-on up to two additional books at a discounted rate. These add-ons can be from the current month’s selection or be favorites from previous months.

Book of the Month runs two different pricing plans. On the monthly plan, you get one credit a month for $15. If you are willing to pay upfront, the yearly plan gives you 12 credits for $150, which averages out to $12.50 a book. For a hardcover of a 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 my Book of the Month Club referral link to get your first book for $10!

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. 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 for $10!

Normally, The Book of Longings would be an automatic buy for me because I love Sue Monk Kidd’s books. However, I already received a copy from the publisher.

Instead, Happy & You Know It is calling my name. As a mother of four, I’m all for the mom drama and the revelations that other moms are not perfect either. I’ll take any reminder that I’m not the only mother with major flaws.

For my two May add-ons, I’m going back into the archives for a few books that I missed. After reading The Two Lives of Lydia Bird, I’m excited to pick up Josie Silver’s prior book One Day in December, a light British romance.

Plus, I’m throwing into my box Blake Crouch’s science fiction bestseller Dark Matter. I’m always in the market for more cleverly written modern sci-fi.