Welcome to SBC Reads Banned Books. All month long, we’re highlighting banned titles, sharing author favorites, and giving you resources to get active in the fight against book bans.

Bundle up, book lovers, fall color has arrived! We’re officially kicking off the cozy reading season with a special twist on our September spotlight for SBC Reads... SBC Colors!

Art-world intrigue. Wealthy people problems. Betrayal and mystery. If you’re looking for your next vacation read, this is it. 

Celebrate Audiobook Appreciation Month! Join our audiobook walk-a-thon, hit play on new releases from Penguin Random House Audio, and enter to win a year of free audiobooks from Libro.fm.

For this month’s SBC Reads spotlight, we travel back in time to 1970s Brazil, a time of political unrest under a far-right military dictatorship.

Beneath, by Ariel Sullivan, is a dystopian romance set deep in an underground city of survivors struggling to rebuild after a nuclear fallout.

Our SBC Reads pick for March isn’t just one book—it’s a movement to reclaim the women who shaped literature but were sidelined by the traditional canon.

Drum roll, please… introducing our next SBC Reads pick for February: GOOD PEOPLE, by Patmeena Sabit!

Next week marks the release of VIGIL, the latest novel from award-winning author George Saunders. His author tour can only cover so many stops, so Silent Book Club and Random House are bringing the book launch party to you!

Get new book recommendations every month from Silent Book Club! Starting in January 2026, we'll be shining a spotlight on a new book release each month.

Don’t be alarmed, this is not assigned reading! SBC will always be a BYO Book club. But one of the things we love most about Silent Book Club meetups, and our online community, is the opportunity to get book recommendations from humans, not algorithms.