Unbox Time For Yourself

Discover your next favourite book from the comfort of your sofa.

✔️ Monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly book boxes available.

✔️ No unwanted books! We'll let you know in advance what our featured books of the month are.

✔️ Already read it? Skip a month whenever you want and you won't be charged.

✔️ No commitment necessary and no minimum period - cancel anytime, no questions asked!

  • The Paperback Down Book and Gift Subscription Box

    Step 1

    Pick your favourite genre and how often you'd like to receive it - but don't worry, you can always switch it later if you fancy a change.

  • Step 2

    Mark your calendar! We reveal our book of the month for each genre on 1st. Already read it? Skip a month or swap for something else.

  • Books and Treats Delivered Straight To Your Door

    Step 3

    We'll pop your beautifully wrapped book and delicious treat in the post on the 10th of the month - trust us, you'll want to cancel all your plans!

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    Step 4

    Time to read! At home, on the bus, in the park, on a break - it's your perfect excuse to enjoy some well-deserved bookish downtime.

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Choose your genre

Discover new books from within your selected genre in each box - with every book personally read and recommended by us.

Option 1

Bucket List Books

You know those books you keep meaning to read? The ones that pop up on those 'greatest books of all time' lists?

Tick another one off your bucket list with a different literary classic by writers from around the world and across the centuries in every box. 

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Option 2

Local Voices

Keeping it local with books by writers from across the island of Ireland.

Focusing on those published in paperback within the last 12 months, you'll enjoy a diverse mix of voices and stories with every new box.

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Option 3

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Love future worlds, alternative timelines, mythical tales, magical realms and hidden dimensions?

Escape into another world with a new book, published in paperback in the last 12 months by the most exciting sci-fi and fantasy writers around today.

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Give the gift of reading

Make A Reader Happy

Treat the ones you love to the joy of a new book, delivered straight to their doorstep every month, with a pre-paid book subscription.

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