Is Kindle Unlimited Worth It?

You may have heard of the term Kindle Unlimited, which is Amazon’s book rental service. For the price of $11.99 a month, you have access to borrow 20 books at once.

Basically, think of old school Netflix for books.

I had Kindle Unlimited for the past year, and I’ve really enjoyed it. The books on it can rotate, but there’s always some authors on there that are popular and beloved, including: Ana Hoang, Lucy Score, and even the Summer I Turned Pretty series — just to name a few.

Over the course of my time using it, it’s safe to say that I’ve gotten my money’s worth of books that I’ve downloaded it from.

But, is it worth it?

I honestly think so.

As an avid reader, Kindle Unlimited does save me some money. What I like about it is that if I don’t like a book there is less strings attached. All I do is return it back to the Kindle Unlimited store. That said, it also saves me money when it comes to getting books onto my Kindle, because let’s face, the price of ebooks can add up, especially when you read as much as I do. So many viral books are available on Kindle Unlimited, such as the Things We Never Got Over, the Twisted Love series, and many of Colleen Hoover’s books. If I were to buy these books, it’s usually $5 to $10 for an ebook, and about $16 for a paperback physical copy. $11.99 a month for an unlimited amount of books to read makes things so much easier than ever to read and return.

Furthermore, Kindle Unlimited also has a great selection. There are so many New York Times Best Sellers, including True Believer by Nicholas Sparks, the Summer I turned Pretty, many of Lucy’s Score’s backlog, Ana Hoang, Frieda McFadden, the Harry Potter series, and so much more. There’s a lot of YA, fantasy, and so much more. And, many of the BookTok books that have gone viral are available right at your fingertips. What’s nice about Kindle Unlimited is that the books sometimes rotate, and it seems like they are always adding something new to the list of titles.

One other thing that I love about having Kindle Unlimited is the fact that I can download a book that I already have a physical copy of, and be able to read in the pool, or travel with a book without having to actually purchase the ebook version of it. Because of this, I am able to get through more books than ever, because there is more opportunity to read them.

The only downside to using Kindle Unlimited is simply that you have a hard limit of 20 books being renting out at once, but the solution is simple. Just return as soon as you’re done reading a book (or if you’re a bookstagrammer like me, taking a photo for the review), and take out whatever is on your wishlist.

So, yes. Kindle Unlimited is 100 percent worth it. But, that’s just one reader’s opinion.