Endpaper posts you new hardcovers on the first of every month. Pick up to three, read at your own pace, then come and talk about them.
Eight new hardcovers, picked by hand
October on the shelf
A fresh shelf opens on the 1st. Turn it, pick up to three, and your box is half packed.
The Road to Marrow Bay
Ines Valdry
A widow sells her house, packs one suitcase and walks the old coast road to the town where her sister disappeared in 1962.
0 of 3 in your box
Titles, authors and blurbs on this page are invented.
How it works
Think of us as a bookseller who posts
Become a member- Step 1
Browse the shelf
On the 1st we open six to eight new hardcovers. Flip a few covers and read the first page.
- Step 2
Fill your box
Choose up to three books. At least one has to come from this month's shelf.
- Step 3
Wait by the door
We tape it, label it and post it. The thump on the doormat is the best sound of the month.
- Step 4
Talk about it
Share a photo of your stack or join the club chat. Every book has its own bookmark.
Fill it. Seal it. Open it.
The shelf opens
On the 1st the lid comes off and a new shelf floats above it. Choose slowly.
Every book comes with a bookmark and every box with a card of questions for your reading group.
pick a shelf
A book for every kind of reader
- and more
Why Endpaper?
Every genre
Mystery to magical realism, never one mood twice in a row.
Postage included
The price you see is the price you pay.
Fair prices
One book is 15 a month, three are 39.
Hardcovers only
Sewn spines, thick paper, a cover that survives your bag.
Hand-picked
Six humans read every title before it reaches the shelf.
Common questions
One hardcover is 15 a month, two are 28 and three are 39. Postage is included in every price.
To the UK and across the EU, in a box built to survive a letterbox and a long weekend.
Choose a plan, pick your books on the 1st and we post them within two days.
Yes. Skip any month from your account, no email and no reason needed.
A gift that arrives wrapped.
Give a subscription and they choose their own books. No guessing, no spoilers. Send a printable card today or a real box on the 1st.
Shop giftsvoted by members, every autumn
Readers' choice winners
- 2025
Ten Thousand Doorbells
Imre Valdes
Readers' choice - 2024
Salt and Wire
Dov Lennart
Readers' choice - 2023
Fen House
Rosalind Pike-Orme
Readers' choice Next round opens in spring
Winners and votes are invented for this concept.
“I read the first story standing up in the kitchen and sat down for the rest.”
only in the box
Endpaper exclusive: Small Hours
Eleven short stories for the time between midnight and the first bus. Only in the box, never in a shop.
Browse all books“Perfect for the train. Terrible for my stop.”
Authors and quotes are fictional.
Think inside the box.
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