The Novel Drop (Monthly Book Club Subscription)
Join The Novel Drop (formerly known as the Book of the Month Club) for a low monthly price, and receive the latest paperback fiction books, along with free shipping and fun extras like bookmarks and stickers! You can cancel at any time, or skip a month if the upcoming book isn't your vibe. Scroll down to see the book for this month 📚
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Upcoming Book
May's Selection:
The Antidote by Jodi McAlister
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD •
From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town
“Achingly gorgeous. . . . Karen Russell is one of our most humane and generous writers; this book is as profound as it is wonderfully strange.” —Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds
The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing—not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the dust bowl drought but beneath its own violent histories. The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch,” whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples’ memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his orphan niece, a basketball star and witch’s apprentice in furious flight from her grief; a voluble scarecrow; and a New Deal photographer whose time-traveling camera threatens to reveal both the town’s secrets and its fate.
Russell's novel is above all a reckoning with a nation’s forgetting—enacting the settler amnesia and willful omissions passed down from generation to generation, and unearthing not only horrors but shimmering possibilities. The Antidote echoes with urgent warnings for our own climate emergency, challenging readers with a vision of what might have been—and what still could be.
FAQs
Q: How will I know what the book for the next month is?
A: Book selections for the upcoming month are announced on the 20th. For example, the book for December will be announced at the end of November.
Q: How often can I skip a month?
A: As often as you like!
Q: What types of books are selected for the club?
A: The newest fiction paperbacks in our favorite genres (such as fantasy, YA, mystery, historical fiction, romance, etc)
Q: How does the billing cycle work?
A: After a subscription renewal, you will receive the book for that month. For example, if you are charged on January 1, you will then receive a brand new paperback toward the end of January, and so on.
Q: Do you ever feature books by indie authors?
A: We love supporting indie authors, and it's always possible that their work will be included in our book-of-the-month club.
Q: Can I buy books from previous months that I may have missed?
A: Of course! Even if we do not have that book in stock, you can always special order it from us.
Q: If I don't want to pay for a subscription, can I do a one-time purchase?
A: Yes, one-time purchases are available for $25.99, and you will still receive free goodies. However, the subscription is less expensive ($20 + free shipping + free goodies).
Q: Why did my subscription renew at the end of the month instead of the beginning of the month (i.e. at the end of March instead of the beginning of April)?
A: This slight discrepancy in billing dates may occur depending on when you first signed up for the club. However, it will not affect which books you receive. For example, if you are charged at the end of March you will still receive the book for April.