How Much I Spent on Books in 2018

Here’s the fourth edition in my series of how much money I spend on books each year.  You can read my posts from 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

Hardcover Books

• $11.97 – Turtles All the Way Down
• $20 – Obsidio
• $30 – Canto Bight
• $22 – Hand Lettering FINISH TITLE
• $19 – The Last Jedi
• $28.99 – Last Shot (Star Wars)
• $16 – The Great and Only Barnum
• $24 – Educated
• $10 – Call of the Wild
• $8 – Secrets of the National Parks
• $8 – Guide to the National Parks
• $17.09 – Shadow Scale

Total Hardcover: $215.05 (was $260.92 last year)

Average per Hardcover: $17.92 (was $17.39 last year)

Subscription Boxes

I put the list price for Subscription box books because I don’t know how much the book itself actually costs.

Owlcrate

• $18.99 – The Cruel Prince
• $16.99 – The Hazel Wood
• $18 – Heart of Iron
• $19.99 – Ace of Shades
• $10 – Catching Stars
• $18 – Sky in the Deep

Unicorn Crate

• $18 – Beyond a Darkened Shore
• $16 – Norse Mythology
• $18.99 – Sweet Black Waves
• $16.99 – Fawkes
• $18.99 – Dance of Thieves
• $19.99 – Shadow of the Fox
• $17.99 – The Light Between Worlds
• $21.95 – The Last Unicorn – The Lost Journey
• $18.99 – Amber & Dusk

Litjoy

• $25 – My Plain Jane
• $14 – Sanctuary
• $19.99 – Muse of Nightmares
• $17.99 – Grim Lovelies
• $17.99 – Wren Hunt
• $17.99 – Once a King

Total books from subscription boxes (estimated book only price): $364.83 (was $283.85 last year)

Total number of books from subscription boxes: 20 (4 more than last year. I got a few special edition boxes and some bonus books this year)

Average per book from subscription boxes: $18.24

Paperback Books

• $6.22 – Astronaut Wives Club
• $16 – The Light We Lost
• $10 – Dune
• $10 – The Handmaid’s Tale
• $10 – Gilead
• $16.81 – Natural History of Dragons
• $11.87 – Seraphina

Total paperback: $80.90 (was $118.24 last year)

Average per book: $11.55 (was $9.85 last year)

eBooks

• $12.80 – The Humor Code
• $2.99 – Cress
• $2.99 – Winter
• $2.99 – Berserker

Total ebooks: $21.77 (was $15.99 last year)

Average per book: $5.44 (was $5.33 last year)

Audible Membership (12 months): $243.29 (I bought two books for regular price and 3 extra credits once and used all my credits.)

Total Spent on Books Overall:

$925.84

Number of books: 61

Average per book overall: $15.17

Notes: Last year I spent $822.64. I did get a few more books this year. I quit Owlcrate even though I’ve been a subscriber for years. I wasn’t liking the books or the items anymore. I joined Litjoy again after a long break and I’m very happy. I love Unicorn Crate. I’ve loved every book I’ve read so far (which is a little over half of all the books I’ve gotten) and I love that the items aren’t just trinkets with random fandoms on them. Same with Litjoy. They both do a good job having items that are inspired by the book instead of just the theme.