LONDON'S GREATEST BOOK SUBSCRIPTION:

We have launched A Year in Books 2026: London's Greatest Book Subscription. For this special anniversary year only, Heywood Hill's brand-new 90th Anniversary subscription will include:

1. Book recommendations & author questionnaires from leading writers (& others we admire);
2. Reading lists by decade of the best books published since 1936;
3. Specially designed Cressida Bell 90th anniversary bookplates and bookmarks;
4. Exclusive bookish interviews with some very special customers;
5. Expert essays on different subjects and genres to inspire a dream library;
6. Tales from the Heywood Hill archives, and the writers who loved our shop;
7. Other treats, invitations and surprises.

All delivered via our gorgeously gift-wrapped book parcels, a dedicated newsletter and tailored emails. 

ABOUT HEYWOOD HILL'S 90th ANNIVERSARY SUSBCRIPTION:

To celebrate Heywood Hill’s 90th Anniversary in style, we have designed a brand-new eponymous subscription. Over the course of our anniversary year, you or your lucky recipient will receive twelve of the best novels by British authors published since 1936, the year we opened on Curzon Street. This a true one-off, limited edition subscription. 

Heywood Hill has been selling old and new books for ninety years, choosing and recommending the right books for our customers – but also hidden gems of literary merit. In this subscription, you or your lucky recipient will receive twelve beautifully wrapped paperback novels, arriving at your door every other month in pairs.

To start off the anniversary year, the first book choice will be from 1936, the year of our opening. The twelfth will be published in 2026. The ten novels in between will be chosen from each decade we have been bookselling on Curzon Street. Each title will be a surprise. 

Every parcel of two books will be gift-wrapped in our signature brown paper and blue ribbon and contain a bespoke anniversary bookplate designed by Cressida Bell, just for our ninetieth. Even more special will be our fiction and non-fiction lists of shop favourites from each decade, included with its chosen book.

You or your lucky recipient will receive a welcome pack from us to introduce the subscription, explaining what is involved in A Year in Books. This pack includes an elegant gift card and letter detailing the subscription. We can also include a hand-written personal message on one of our illustrated postcards. Do pop a message for your recipient in the notes at checkout to include this in the welcome pack. 

• Please note that postage is not included in the cost of the subscription and it will be added at checkout. We send all of our subscription parcels every other month to minimise postage costs for our customers.
• If your recipient lives in Canada or Switzerland please get in touch with our team at enquiries@heywoodhill.com for a specific postage cost.
• For any questions, do check out our FAQs on the subscriptions page or get in touch with us at enquiries@heywoodhill.com.