No Bug Fixes
Been 4 months and still am unable to use the app. Keyboard freezes at password login portion of the screen and I’m on an iPhone. And unable to use the app. Reading reviews this is clearly a known and reported issue that continues to go unfixed. I go to the website to choose my books now - but sadly it doesn’t let me rate the books there. Making it so that I cannot earn badges. The app was great, but when you cannot access something and they are not interested in fixing it- the motivation to stay connected and choose monthly books/browse for additional books dwindles. I can only imagine that it is the same for other readers. What used to be a quick easy process through the app now has me going to website every month and extra steps = extra work = less interest in buying. Time is valuable, for everyone.
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Love BOM but app needs work
My husband signed us up for BOM a while back. It’s been wonderful to get shiny new books every month. BUT, the app really sucks and needs work. Here are the problems:
1. It’s very slow and unresponsive.
2. If you are anywhere in the navigation (like All Months) and click on any book, the back button hardly ever works. So you have to basically close/reopen the app and navigate back to what you were looking at.
3. If you are looking at the book details, it doesn’t tell you if you’ve already purchased that book.
4. There is no intuitive way to see all the books you’ve purchased in the past. You have to click on “Challenge” and then “Rate books” to see them.
5. It would be really simple to add a link to the Goodreads profile for each book, so why isn’t it there? I always look up the GR reviews anyway, and it would save time. GR isn’t selling books, so it isn’t a competitor to BOM.
6. Why can’t you filter by the different search criteria across all books? E.g. Mystery + Fast Read
7. Why can’t you sort your TBR list by the different categories and filters?
Some of these are nice-to-haves obviously. But BOM really needs to fix the basic performance of the app and get the navigation working.
1. It’s very slow and unresponsive.
2. If you are anywhere in the navigation (like All Months) and click on any book, the back button hardly ever works. So you have to basically close/reopen the app and navigate back to what you were looking at.
3. If you are looking at the book details, it doesn’t tell you if you’ve already purchased that book.
4. There is no intuitive way to see all the books you’ve purchased in the past. You have to click on “Challenge” and then “Rate books” to see them.
5. It would be really simple to add a link to the Goodreads profile for each book, so why isn’t it there? I always look up the GR reviews anyway, and it would save time. GR isn’t selling books, so it isn’t a competitor to BOM.
6. Why can’t you filter by the different search criteria across all books? E.g. Mystery + Fast Read
7. Why can’t you sort your TBR list by the different categories and filters?
Some of these are nice-to-haves obviously. But BOM really needs to fix the basic performance of the app and get the navigation working.
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Can’t even unsubscribe in advance
Terrible selection, just got it for the unreliable narrator hat. I tried unsubscribing but it wouldn’t let me, I have to wait 3 months to do so.
Great service you have…
Great service you have…
Audiobooks are not a priority
I like BOTM, but as someone who primarily listens to audiobooks, their audiobook UI is god awful. It’s glitchy, in a forgotten corner of the app underneath podcasts (which I don’t even listen to), and it order the books top-down based on when you bought them, not which one you listened to most recently. Meaning if you’re finally listening to a book you bought a year ago, you’re having to scroll through 12+ titles (you can buy more than one a month if you go through their catalog) to get to the book you’re listening to. That’s already clunky, but the audiobooks page is for some reason extremely laggy. Also, more of a nitpick, but the app only shows you how many hours you have left, not how many hours you’ve listened or percentage, which makes translating that to a reading tracker like Storygraph a little clunky.
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Response from developer
Thank you for rating the app! We’re sorry to hear of any trouble you’re encountering with your audiobook experience. You can reach out to us at member.services@bookofthemonth.com for additional support so that we can report these issues to our Product Team.
Diversity
I am enjoying this he book club so far. I would really like to see more authors of color offered in the selection.
The worst selections in books
Every month the books we can choose from are the absolute worst. I signed up with Blood Born and We Who Will Die thinking that at least every other month a good book would be selected. 4 months and they are not good at all. I cannot wait to cancel my subscription and stop paying for these 3 star reads.
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Fraudulent at best
Book of the month charged me for credits I didn’t receive. My account has been inactive for sometime so I thought it was a mistake. However upon reinstalling the app and trying to figure out how to cancel my account for good, I realize they make it nearly impossible for this to happen. They hide the cancelation links. The help center is a joke, I emailed and never heard back.
I would be very cautious about creating an account with them. One of the biggest scams I’ve delt with!
I would be very cautious about creating an account with them. One of the biggest scams I’ve delt with!
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Love!!
I saw this as an add and truthfully I was skeptical. But I LOVE this club and the book choices are surprisingly great!
No audiobooks anymore?
There is no audiobook option on my app when trying to pick my BOTM. What gives?
Shipping
I placed my June selection on June 1st and today I received a notification that I’ll receive my June BOTM June 19-22nd. Why is the shipping going to take practically until July for me to get my book? One book is going to take nearly a month to arrive?
😍
I am in love with BOM. It has really great recommendations, perfectly curated, and the books are beautiful. It makes me feel giddy every time I get my box. Thank you!
Wish I signed up sooner!
Honestly, I’m so happy I signed up for Book of the Month. I wish I signed up sooner! The app is super user friendly and the book selection is top tier. It’s so exciting getting the new books in the mail, plus the amazing price for really nice hard cover books. Also so far the books have all been the same height! Which has always been something that I tend to organize my book shelves by, so it’s been very convenient and aesthetically pleasing!
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Audiobook Issues
The subscription is really great but I have a lot of issues with the app. Some audiobooks just won’t play and I don’t know why.
Can’t even login
I can’t even log into the app. It freezes everytime I get to the password part of the login. I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app several times. It is very frustrating as I can only get audiobooks from the app.
Love the app
Love the app, but I wish the audiobook settings had more features. The speed choices are preset and can’t be changed, and I wish the progress had had an option for % completed instead of only showing time remaining.
Love these
Joining BOTM has been a game changer for my sister and I. We joined to push different genres into our normal reading list. We have had a blast!!
Frequent Crashes
As an audiobook reader, that option needs some serious upgrades.
- it loses my place too many times to count.
- I have to scroll through my sea of books just to find the one I’m listening to instead of it being in the forefront.
- it crashes mid listen and restarts the book.
As an IT, I have done all of the things to help mitigate these issues, but I’m afraid it’s the app. BOTM please fix this! As I write this I have to painfully look for my place in a book I was just listening to 5 mins ago. Other Audiobook competitors like Audible, even Libby do not have this happen.
I DO love BOTM and the books I read and listen to on here are some of my favorites. I only wish that the developer changes things. I started listening to audiobooks on the app when it first came out and the same issues are still happening! It’s 2026, time for some updates please!
EDIT: it has now been 6 times (ON ONE BOOK) that my book has been reset to the beginning. This is ridiculous.
- it loses my place too many times to count.
- I have to scroll through my sea of books just to find the one I’m listening to instead of it being in the forefront.
- it crashes mid listen and restarts the book.
As an IT, I have done all of the things to help mitigate these issues, but I’m afraid it’s the app. BOTM please fix this! As I write this I have to painfully look for my place in a book I was just listening to 5 mins ago. Other Audiobook competitors like Audible, even Libby do not have this happen.
I DO love BOTM and the books I read and listen to on here are some of my favorites. I only wish that the developer changes things. I started listening to audiobooks on the app when it first came out and the same issues are still happening! It’s 2026, time for some updates please!
EDIT: it has now been 6 times (ON ONE BOOK) that my book has been reset to the beginning. This is ridiculous.
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Options are lacking and audio is fine.
There are barely any good books to choose from and the audio playback only lets you choose .5 increments.
Apps well designed. Just not for fantasy readers.
Apps well designed. Just not for fantasy readers.
Mad Mabel
I loved this book. Started slow but as I got into it, it got harder to put down. Highly recommend!
Credits expire?!?
I must say, I’m quite disappointed in this service. I was a member for a long time, and the books were sometimes very good! But lately, over the past year or so, I found myself in a reading slump. Nothing on BOTM was really appealing to me. So I stopped my membership because the credits were slowly building up, and I decided I would just save the unused credits, checking back every month in case there was a book that looked interesting.
Come to find out, if you cancel your membership and don’t use those credits for a certain amount of time, they expire!!! I’m so upset about that. They only warned me about the expiration maybe a month or 2 in advance, so it’s not even like I could use up all those credits. I had about 5 credits. That’s a lot of money down the drain!
I will not be re-subscribing to this service. I am very disappointed that they could just decide to steal my money that way.
Come to find out, if you cancel your membership and don’t use those credits for a certain amount of time, they expire!!! I’m so upset about that. They only warned me about the expiration maybe a month or 2 in advance, so it’s not even like I could use up all those credits. I had about 5 credits. That’s a lot of money down the drain!
I will not be re-subscribing to this service. I am very disappointed that they could just decide to steal my money that way.
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Response from developer
Thank you for rating the app. Credits do expire after our 60 day cancellation grace period, but the Member Services team is always happy to extend that expiration date for you if needed. Please reach out to us at member.services@bookofthemonth.com for assistance.
