Someone went
and found you
a book.
Every fortnight, or every week, or once a month, a secondhand book arrives. It was pulled off a charity shop shelf by a person who had read what you said you liked — and checked it against the books already on your shelves.
UK delivery, postage included.
Illustrative shelf · not this week's stock
The part nobody else does
Photograph your bookshelves — up to five pictures, taken however badly. We read the spines and keep a private list of what you already have.
That list does two things at once. It tells us what you actually read, which is far more honest than a form. And it means we will never post you something already sitting on your shelf.
Would rather not photograph your home? Type in a few titles instead, or skip it entirely and just tell us the genres. Nothing here is required.
- The PeregrineJ. A. Baker
- Silent SpringRachel Carson
- The Rings of SaturnW. G. Sebald
- A Time of GiftsPatrick Leigh Fermor Unsure — check
Anything we are unsure of is yours to correct. We would rather ask than withhold a book you wanted.
Choose a rhythm
Change it, pause it, or stop altogether whenever you like. No minimum, no tie-in.
Weekly
Price coming soon
- Books a year
- 52
- Arrives every
- 7 days
- Postage
- Included
Every two weeks
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- Books a year
- 26
- Arrives every
- 14 days
- Postage
- Included
Monthly
Price coming soon
- Books a year
- 12
- Arrives every
- 30 days
- Postage
- Included
Why secondhand
There are more good books already in the world than anyone could read. Most of them are sitting in charity shops, priced at a couple of pounds, waiting for someone to notice them.
Buying them keeps money in charity retail and keeps books out of landfill. It also means what arrives is a genuine object with a history — creased, annotated, inscribed to someone in 1987 — rather than another identical copy off a pallet.