SILENT BOOK CLUB FEATURED ON OPRAH! Watch here SILENT BOOK CLUB FEATURED ON OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB! Watch here

Silent Book Club is a global community of readers with nearly 2,000 chapters in 55+ countries. There's no assigned reading — it's bring your own book. Join a local chapter near you, book a reading retreat in a stunning destination, or start a chapter of your own!

WELCOME TO INTROVERT HAPPY HOUR

WELCOME TO INTROVERT HAPPY HOUR

Silent Book Club is a global community of readers with nearly 2,000 chapters in 55+ countries. There's no assigned reading — it's bring your own book.

More than a million members gather in person, online, and in destinations around the world to read together and swap stories. All readers are welcome!

FIND YOUR CHAPTER

As seen on...

BBC

USA Today

TIME

Good Morning America

The New York Times

The Washington Post

The Wall Street Journal

NPR

As seen on...

BBC

USA Today

TIME

Good Morning America

The New York Times

The Washington Post

The Wall Street Journal

NPR

PACK YOUR BOOKS

PACK YOUR BOOKS

Introducing Silent Book Club Reading Retreats, curated travel experiences for adventurous readers. Escape to Costa Rica to relax and read, bask in bookish reverie on the Italian Riviera, and sign up for early access to new destinations.

BOOK YOUR TRIP

SILENT BOOK CLUB DELIVERED

Sign up for our monthly newsletter to get book recommendations, event updates, and news from Silent Book Club delivered right to your inbox.

Read previous issues on Substack

    LISTEN TO SBC PLAYLISTS
    SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL CHAPTERS
    GET EARLY ACCESS TO READING RETREATS
    LEARN HOW TO START A SILENT BOOK CLUB
    • Spotlight: Queer Silent Book Club
      At Silent Book Club, we believe everyone deserves a welcoming space to connect through books, and our incredible queer chapters are shining examples of this mission in action. From Seattle to Chicago, Salem to Denton, these communities are more than...
      Continue reading
    • A Collective Liberation Bookshelf
      In honor of Pride month and Juneteenth, Silent Book Club has created a Collective Liberation Bookshelf stacked with voices that resist, reimagine, and rise. The books in this collection celebrate queer joy, Black brilliance, resistance, and the kind of freedom...
      Continue reading
    • Spotlight: Silent Book Club of Death NYC
      Join the Silent Book Club of Death NYC for a special meetup at the Met Cloisters on July 2nd! Read with fellow bookworms in companionable silence, with a twist: you can choose to read books on death, dying, grief, aging,...
      Continue reading

    SILENT BOOK SHOP

    "It’s just the most amazing thing to see the introvert revolution literally remaking the way we organize society — this time, the world of book clubs." 

    Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking