Select a membership level:

  • Voting Membership

    Freelance Critic

    $50
    Our most common membership level is open to professional book review editors and book reviewers.

  • Lifetime Voting Membership

    $750
    This one-time membership fee offers benefits for the lifetime of the member. It’s perfect for those who plan on being longtime members of the NBCC.

  • Voting Membership

    Members with staff positions at institutions that support their membership

    $85
    This membership level confers the same benefits as Freelance Critic, but is for those whose institutions purchase the membership for their employees.

  • Voting Membership

    Members with staff positions at institutions that pay for multiple memberships

    $70
    This membership level confers the same benefits as Freelance Critic, but is for those whose institutions purchase multiple memberships for their employees.

  • Student Membership

    Non-voting

    $15
    This membership level is for students who do not meet the byline requirements for a voting membership.