About this product
Gift Membership
Give the gift of membership to The Center for Fiction—it’s the perfect present for your literary loved ones!
When you buy a gift membership, your order confirmation email includes a printable certificate that you can present to the recipient! It includes information on how to obtain a membership card. Please be assured that we will not contact the gift recipient unless you specifically request that we do so.
Instructions: We ask that you provide the recipient’s full name, email address, and mailing address at checkout. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
General 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 over 70,000 titles - 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.
General Membership Levels
- Individual memberships are for one person.
- Dual memberships are for two people living at a single address.
- Family 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.