12 best book subscription boxes for 2022 – Mr B, Teatime Bookshop, Bookishly, and many more
JOIN a book club to receive the latest book releases handpicked and delivered direct to your door – what’s not to like?
A book subscription service is a great way to stay well-stocked with top titles that you won’t be able to put down – either personalised to your interests or tailored to surprise you with new authors and genres.
Joining a book club can certainly save you time as once you’ve created your reader profile, the best book subscription services will select the books for you and deliver them to you monthly, quarterly or yearly.
Most services will allow you plenty of flexibility too – so you can decide how many books to receive and how often with no commitment, so you can freeze or cancel your subscription at any time.
The prices vary and depend on what additional extras you’d like but there’s a great range available.
A book subscription also makes a great gift – we particularly liked My Chronicle, Reposed and Bookishly as lovely gifts with extra goodies included.
With so many UK book subscription services to choose from, we’ve rounded up our 12 favourites – to suit different budgets and preferences to get you reading in 2022.
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A Box of Stories book subscription
- A Box of Stories surprise subscription, from £18.99 – buy here
If you’re always on the hunt for new books and authors, A Box of Stories will suit you down to the ground as the book club’s mission is to promote many of the incredible published books that don’t hit the bestsellers list.
Many of these books get lost between the cracks but with rave reviews and 4-5-star ratings, you know you’ll be getting some top reads.
The surprise box is also curated for you so your box of books is totally unique.
Simply choose your box – either a surprise fiction collection or subject categories such as crime, light reads or science fiction. Then choose how often you’d like to receive your box. After that, you just need to keep an eye out for the postman.
Mr B’s Emporium book subscription
- Mr B’s Emporium book subscription service, £50 for 3 books – buy here
One of the most well known and beloved book subscription services, book lovers are sure to enjoy a subscription from Mr B’s in Bath.
Named the UK’s best independent book shop – and rated as one of the best book shops in the world – you can rest easy that you’ll be sent some quality reads from Mr B’s.
Fill in a simple questionnaire about your reading tastes and a book will be hand-selected and sent to you each month.
Subscriptions are for three, six or 11 months and worldwide delivery is available.
How Novel book subscription
- How Novel Mystery Book Subscription, from £9.99 per month – buy here
The team at How Novel believe that you should never judge a book by its cover.
Your ‘mystery book’ will be hand-wrapped and decorated with illustrations and words that will give you an inkling of what the book is about to get you interested.
You can subscribe to receive one or two mystery books each month, along with a gift box and a note from your very own pen pal.
Buy the subscription for yourself or as a gift and choose from a monthly, three-monthly, six-monthly or yearly subscription – starting at £9.99 per month – with UK delivery included.
Plus, every subscription plants a tree and donates a book through the charities One Tree Planted and Book Aid International.
The Willoughby Book Club
- The Willoughby Book Club, from £34.99 for 3 months – buy here
If you want to tailor your book subscription to suit you, the Willoughby Book Club has plenty of options while still keeping the process simple.
Join the fiction book club and submit your preferences to receive a handpicked title on your doorstep every three, six or 12 months.
The Willoughby Book Club also has lots of subscriptions for young readers, from babies and toddlers to children and young adults – plus a subscription especially for natural history lovers.
Books plus Beer book club
- Books + Beer subscription, from £13.75 per month – buy here
If you love books as much as you love beer, this one is perfect for you.
The laid back subscription is easy to set up – simply pick from either a crime or non-fiction subscription and wait for the post.
You’ll receive your box with a selected book and a couple of craft beers to enjoy while you read.
You can also buy a gift box as a present – selecting individual books and beers of your choice, which will be gift-wrapped and delivered for you.
The books are just-published so it’s unlikely you’ll have read them before.
ShelterBox book club
- ShelterBox book club subscription, £10 per month – buy here
ShelterBox is a charity that provides emergency shelter to families around the world who have lost their homes after natural disasters across the globe.
You can support this worthwhile cause by joining the book club for £10 a month – and you’ll receive a book every six weeks.
The chosen books are inspired by the people and places who have been helped by ShelterBox.
My Chronicle book box subscription
- My Chronicle Book Box subscription, £27.50 per month or £48 per quarter – buy here
Crime and mystery or science fiction fans are sure to love the subscription boxes on offer at My Chronicle.
Subscribe to a monthly crime book box or a quarterly crime and mystery or science fiction and fantasy collection.
Plus, sign up for six months or more to get your first box free.
As well as the latest releases from award-winning authors, the boxes include author interviews and letters and personalised gifts like candles and notebooks.
This box is beautifully wrapped and would make a great gift – check out the gifting options here.
Book Box Club subscription
- Book Box Club subscription from £12.50 per month – buy here
A great way to get teens into reading, the Book Box Club subscription features new young adult book releases.
You can sign up just to receive the books or include a book club membership, where you’ll be able to join a monthly online clubhouse session to discuss the latest books, chat with authors and meet fellow club members online.
The box also includes little goodies such as pin badges, candles, mugs, pens and more.
Look out for the theme, which is revealed each month. Past themes have included mermaids & myths and secrets & lies.
Bookabees book subscription
- Bookabees book subscription, from £9.99 per month (£6.99 for the first month) – buy here
Let the little ones get involved with a Bookabees subscription – aimed at kids from birth to 11 years old.
There are plenty of different ways to subscribe – choose to receive one, three or five books per month that have been specially chosen based on your child’s age and interests.
You can let the books be handpicked and delivered to your door or get involved by moving books around in your virtual queue.
Also, you can choose from a ‘keep’ or ‘flex’ subscription – with the latter you can read and enjoy the books for up to two months and return any you don’t want to hold onto (only paying for the books you keep).
We love how personalised this box is for each young reader – with extra activities included to keep them engaged and entertained.
Reposed book subscription
- Reposed book subscription, from £12.95 per month – buy here
Looking for a bit more me-time? This luxurious book box has everything you need for a relaxing evening.
As well as receiving a newly-released contemporary literary fiction book, you’ll find treats such as gourmet chocolates, relaxing teas, beauty products and stationery to help you to relax when you’re curling up with your new read.
You’ll also be part of the Reposed community where you can discuss the latest books online each month.
Sign up for one, three, six or 12 months – or opt for a seasonal box.
Gift subscriptions are also available – a Reposed book box would make a gorgeous gift for Mother’s Day.
Teatime Bookshop book subscription
- Teatime Bookshop subscription, from £8.99 per book box or per month – buy here
One of the UK’s leading online book subscription services, Teatime Bookshop has a great choice with 12 different book subscriptions on offer.
Choose from bestsellers, crime and thriller, historical books and more – as well as plenty of reads for young adults and kids – or pick a surprise box and see what you get.
You can select one or two books in each box and buy just one, pay as you go monthly or subscribe to receive a box every three, six or 12 months.
With strong eco-credentials, every new book subscription contributes towards planting more trees in the UK and abroad and the Teatime Bookshop has partnered with Ecologi, who support responsible climate projects.
Plus, you can choose to receive pre-loved books for a slightly lower price.
Bookishly book subscription
- The Bookishly book subscription, from £13 per month – buy here
Another great gift option, Bookishly offer a wide range of gift subscription boxes with worldwide shipping available.
Select a box with different book genres to choose from and tons of extra goodies such as tea and coffee, candles, stationery and chocolate.
Subscriptions start at just £13 per month for the ‘Bookishly classic of the month’ box with tea or coffee or £18 for the ‘classics revisited’ book box with luxury chocolate.
Plus, you can build your own book crate with selected books, a framed print, stationery and more.
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