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A Novel Approach

Purchasing this as a gift? Your order confirmation email includes a printable certificate that you can present to the recipient! Please include the name of the recipient in the Additional Notes field at checkout. Novel Approach readers must be over the age of 18.


At a crossroads? Get insight from great literature on life’s big moments—getting married or having an affair, moving abroad, changing jobs, or having a child. And even if you don’t plan on having a big year, we can still help select books that will be perfect for wherever you are right now!

Featured in More Magazine, The Observer, Thrillist, and elsewhere, A Novel Approach is a great way to discover new authors. It also makes a great gift! Please contact Sebastian Mazza at [email protected] with questions.

Please note: Due to the highly personalized nature of our service, there may be a waiting period before we can schedule you for your consultation. We thank you for your patience.


A Novel Approach: $200
The Center for Fiction will handcraft a year’s worth of reading for you or your loved one based on a 45-minute personal consultation (currently we’re only scheduling consultations by video conference or over the phone).

A Novel Approach with Books: $375*
A 45-minute consultation and a handcrafted 12-book reading list, plus one book per month from the reading list mailed to you!

A Novel Approach for Two: $350
The Center for Fiction will handcraft a year’s worth of reading for you and a loved one (or someone you can’t stand—you decide!) based on a 45-minute personal consultation (currently we’re only scheduling consultations by video conference or over the phone). The pair will meet with one of our book experts for 15 minutes together, and then separate for one on one consultations for another 30 minutes each. Each reader will receive nine individual recommendations, and three selections to read together. Perfect for friends, siblings, couples, or two people who’d like to get on the same page!

A Novel Approach for Two with Books: $650*
The 45-minute consultation and handcrafted reading lists detailed above, plus one book per month from the reading list mailed to each of you (a purchase of 24 books total)!

*Prices may vary for international shipping.