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Welcome to introvert happy hour. Read books with friends in 1500 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

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Silent Book Club is a global community of readers, with nearly 1,500 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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