Goldsboro's Books of the Month Clubs: Illustrated Lists

I love the Goldsboro clubs, and highly recommend their books. The books are selected by book lovers with many years of experience in the trade, and not only do they have excellent taste if you’re a reader, but many of their limited edition books have increased in value by exorbitant amounts which is also nice if you’re investing. You are notified in advance of upcoming titles, which means you can skip them if they aren’t to your liking (although many members keep them for resale, as there is often a strong market for their exclusive editions). Shipping costs have been steadily increasing for internationals, but at least they recently added tracking (depends on your location but I pay around £10 to Australia) and you should be aware that the books can arrive quite a long time after their release date, which is frustrating if it’s a title you really want to read right now. Unfortunately I also have to note that lately customer service has been pretty poor, with very slow email response times (I suggest phoning the London store with urgent queries).

Once the books are sold, they typically disappear from the website, so I’ve added this page for collectors who might be interested in checking out earlier offerings from the club. I have added photos for all the books from 2016 onwards, along with details about limitations and other collecting notes. I have been a member off and on for years, depending on finances and space, but I am missing a couple of the earliest books from the list – I am backfilling as I come across the missing ones but if you’re also a long-time collector, please do feel free to suggest details of anything not yet in the list in the comments.

I should note that the club often has a waiting list, and the size of the limitations has been steadily growing over the years. These days there are currently around 2000 copies produced per GSFF title, and around 1500 of the Prem1er titles, and although this number is much smaller than competitors such as FairyLoot and Illumicrate, it does make them less exclusive/valuable than they used to be. It has also caused several shipping delays (as you can imagine, it’s pretty annoying waiting several months for a new release). If you are looking for backlist copies, best quality editions will be found at the Goldsboro bookshop itself if they still have them, followed by Abes (typically where collectors offload their well-preserved copies), then eBay which often has copies of recent titles as they have been bought by sellers to ‘flip’ at a markup. 

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List last updated April 2024.