Gift Membership

Give the gift of membership to The Center for Fiction—it’s the perfect present for your literary loved ones!

When you purchase a gift membership, your order confirmation email includes a printable certificate that you can present to the recipient. That certificate includes information about how to redeem the membership. Please note that we will not notify the recipient of this purchase so your gift remains a surprise. We will not contact them unless you ask us to do so. Once the recipient emails us to redeem their membership, we will set up their account and they will receive their welcome materials and login instructions. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Instructions: We ask that you provide the recipient’s full name, email address, mailing address, and phone number at checkout. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Membership Benefits

• Access to Member Spaces
  Visit our tech-free Reading Room, tech-friendly Lounge, and Terrace with up to three guests per month
• 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
• Exclusive Member Previews
  Early access to new reading groups, writing workshops, and special events
• Members-Only Book Club
  Free monthly afternoon reading group led by our Head Librarian, Allison Escoto
• Sister Libraries
  Visit institutions in the Membership Libraries Group up to five times per year
• Members-Only Invitations
  Invitations to members-only social events throughout the 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.

Individual Memberships for students and seniors are available upon request at a reduced price of $100. Please email [email protected] for details.

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