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Welcome to introvert happy hour. Read books with friends in more than 500 cities around the world, or start a chapter of your own. It's a silent reading party, BYOBook!

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Read with friends

At Silent Book Club® there's no assigned reading. SBC members gather in bars, cafés, bookstores, libraries, and online to read together in quiet camaraderie.

All readers are welcome—ebooks or audiobooks, poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction... it's BYOBook.

Welcome to introvert happy hour!

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Map of Silent Book Club chapters around the world

Find a chapter near you

Silent Book Club is a global community of readers, with more than 1,000 chapters in 50 countries around the world led by local volunteers.

Search the map to find a chapter near you, or start one of your own.

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Newest Chapters

  • Yellowknife, NT, Canada (Yellowknife Dying, Death and Grief)
    Yellowknife, NT, Canada (Yellowknife Dying, Death and Grief) This Chapter focuses on the themes of dying, death and grief, to create a space where participants can have open and meaningful conversations and bring/share/access readings on what can often be difficult topics. Join us on Facebook to find out ...
  • College Station, Texas, USA (Texas A&M)
    College Station, Texas, USA (Texas A&M) Welcome to the Texas A&M University Silent Book Club Chapter—a place for Aggies, alumni, staff, faculty, and community members to gather, unwind, and enjoy some quiet reading time. Our meetings are relaxed and inclusive, welcoming readers of ...
  • Marietta, Georgia, USA, (Life U Williams Library)
    Marietta, Georgia, USA, (Life U Williams Library) Are you an introvert* who loves to read? Have you thought about joining a book club, but can't stand the idea of everyone reading the same book and then, horror of horrors, BEING EXPECTED TO DISCUSS that book? What if there were a place and a tim...
  • Boise, Idaho, USA (Lore-brary)
    Boise, Idaho, USA (Lore-brary) Inviting all bibliophiles in Boise, Idaho! Want to get more into reading? Want to join a book club while still maintaining reader choice? Simply start reading more? Come join our community and find some quiet comfort among fellow book lovers.How ...

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