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 world-famous Tailored Twelve subscription will include:

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

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

ABOUT HEYWOOD HILL'S TAILORED TWELVE SUBSCRIPTION:

'Without a doubt, this is the best present I have ever been given!' - one of our happy subscribers

Gift yourself or a friend our premium hardback book subscription. Carpe librum!

How does it work?

We send the recipient our beautifully-designed welcome pack. This includes an elegant gift card and a letter explaining the service and the next steps, including an invitation to book their custom reading consultation. In this welcome pack, we can also include a hand-written personal message on one of our Heywood Hill postcards. Do pop a message for your recipient in the notes at checkout to include this in the welcome pack.

Subscribers can have their consultation at our Mayfair shop with a member of our expert team. They can also choose to have their consultation over the phone, or fill in our online consultation. This enables us to truly tailor every single selection to their specific taste. We endeavour to make the reading consultation a bookish experience which is fun, rewarding, stimulating and informative. Using all that we learn about their interests, our booksellers then hand-pick twelve books over the year tailored just to their reading tastes. These books are gift-wrapped in our famous livery of brown paper and blue ribbon and sent every other month, in parcels of two hardback books, each with a different illustrated monthly bookmark designed by the wonderful Cressida Bell.

• 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 books in pairs 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.