Every Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
The Book-of-the-Month Club launched in 1926. New York lawyer Eustace Seligman became the first member.
Life magazine caught up with Seligman 23 years later and discovered that not only was he still a member, but he had bought (and still owned) every monthly selection, plus the various extra books offered, for a total of 449 books.
Seligman died in 1976. I wonder if he had continued to purchase every monthly selection.
So what were the titles of all those books that Seligman owned? Blogger Jeyla Briar has compiled a list of every monthly selection from the Book-of-the-Month Club since 1926. (Around 2015 they started offering 4 or 5 monthly selections rather than one).
I don't recognize the majority of the titles. But if you're looking for a reading challenge, working your way through every Book-of-the-Month Club selection would be a daunting one.
And yes, the Book-of-the-Month Club is still going strong, with around 100,000 current members.
Life magazine caught up with Seligman 23 years later and discovered that not only was he still a member, but he had bought (and still owned) every monthly selection, plus the various extra books offered, for a total of 449 books.
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Seligman died in 1976. I wonder if he had continued to purchase every monthly selection.
So what were the titles of all those books that Seligman owned? Blogger Jeyla Briar has compiled a list of every monthly selection from the Book-of-the-Month Club since 1926. (Around 2015 they started offering 4 or 5 monthly selections rather than one).
I don't recognize the majority of the titles. But if you're looking for a reading challenge, working your way through every Book-of-the-Month Club selection would be a daunting one.
And yes, the Book-of-the-Month Club is still going strong, with around 100,000 current members.
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