Membership

Please note: this is an annual membership. Payments will continue on a recurring annual basis until you cancel. You can manage or cancel your membership at any time from your account. Want to purchase a membership for someone else? Click here for gift membership options.

Membership Benefits

Whether you’re in New York and want to enjoy our community in person—or you’re across the country and looking for exceptional online programming—membership keeps you connected to everything we do. It also helps sustain The Center’s year-round work for readers and writers of all ages and histories.

• Members-Only Invitations
  Invitations to members-only social events and complimentary tickets to our First Novel Fridays series (happy hour, conversation, and readings with today’s standout debut novelists) throughout the year
• Library Borrowing Privileges
  Browse and borrow from our circulating collection of classic and contemporary fiction
• Year-Round Discounts
  10% off Bookstore and Café-Bar purchases, event tickets, writing workshops, and reading groups
• Members-Only Reading Groups
  Free monthly reading groups: The Literarians (online) and The Nightlighters (in person)
• Exclusive Member Previews
  Early access to new reading groups, writing workshops, and special events
• Access to Member Spaces
  Visit our tech-free Reading Room, tech-friendly Lounge, and outdoor Terrace with up to three guests per month
• Sister Libraries
  Visit institutions in the Membership Libraries Group up to five times per year

Please note that all General Memberships last for one year. Membership is a tax-deductible donation to The Center for Fiction with benefits that are subject to change.

Membership Levels

• Individual memberships are for one person.
• Dual memberships are for two people living at a single address.
• Household memberships are for three or more people living at a single address.

Please note, children under the age of 12 are not allowed on our member floor.

Monthly Payments

If a one-time payment of our annual membership fee poses financial hardship, the fee may be paid in 12 monthly installments upon request. Please email [email protected] for details.

Student & Senior Discounts

Students and seniors may purchase annual Individual Memberships at a reduced price of $100. Please email [email protected] for details.