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 just book clubs; they're vital havens of affirmation, connection, and joy. Join us as we shine a spotlight on how these inspiring organizers are creating inclusive spaces where every reader can truly belong.

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 that lives in both protest and poetry.

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, mortality, and chat about death awareness in good company.

Our latest playlist highlights and celebrates libraries, books, readers, and at least a little bit, librarians. Tune in, drop in to your local library, and support these historic institutions of literacy and learning. 

That's Novel Books, an independent bookstore in Charlotte, North Carolina, hosted their second annual Silent Book Club fundraiser for OurBRIDGE for Kids, a nonprofit that supports newly arrived and first-generation immigrant and refugee children and their families.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we want to say thank you. To every organizer, every venue host, every attendee who shows up with a book and an open heart: your presence makes a difference. You are important. Community matters.

Reading is one way we resist silence — it’s how we celebrate identity, share history, challenge injustice, and uplift each other.

This month, we celebrate the voices and stories of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. With help from Silent Book Club organizers, we’ve curated a list of recommended reads to honor the richness of AANHPI experiences.

In April, more than 260 people gathered in Taman Langsat park in South Jakarta, Indonesia, with one shared purpose: to read together in community. No admission fees. No ticket limits. No sponsors or ads. Just one uninterrupted hour of reading in nature.

We've curated a list of 20 beach reads guaranteed to transport you even further into relaxation and adventure during your next tropical getaway. From heartwarming romances to intriguing mysteries and thought-provoking journeys, there's something here for every literary taste.

We knew it was coming and here it is. On Friday night, March 14, Trump dropped an executive order calling for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, America’s only federal agency for libraries.

Let us be clear: this is about stripping the American people of free speech, literacy, and public access to information.