[4] The club has also worked with a series of celebrity guest judges who bring broader awareness to new titles, and continues producing its own versions of books that feature special endpapers and casings.

[6] The club has a tradition of focusing on debut and emerging writers, and is known for having helped launch the careers of some of the most acclaimed authors in American literary history.

When the Club selected Babylon in 1978, it reached hundreds of thousands of additional readers and became an instant best-seller.

"[7] Harry Scherman was a copywriter for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in 1916 when he set out to create the Little Leather Library.

With his partners Max Sackheim, and Charles and Albert Boni, Scherman began a mail order service that offered "30 Great Books For $2.98" (miniature reprints "bound in limp Redcroft") and sold 40 million copies in its first five years.

[12] In 2013, Najafi sold Bookspan to current parent company Pride Tree Holdings, Inc.[13] After relaunching in 2015, under the leadership of CEO John Lippman, Book of the Month hit revenue of $10 million in 2017 and in 2024, industry sources estimated current revenue of $50 million.

Lolly Willowes was written by Sylvia Townsend Warner, who later went on to become a prolific writer and even wrote short stories for The New Yorker.

[17] In 2017, the award added a $10,000 prize, and the winner was The Heart's Invisible Furies by Irish author John Boyne.

[20] In 2019, the members voted Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid as best book of the year.