Whatever holiday you're celebrating this season, we've got something for every reader (and introvert) on your list. Continue reading

Got a hobby or special interest? Macrame? Scrimshaw? Deep sea diving? Interested in combining that interest with a Silent Book Club? As the first topical Silent Book Club, we wanted to share some tips on how to combine your desire to gather a community, with a desire for introversion and companionable silence. Continue reading

Over the years, I’ve noticed that each month has its own character, when it comes to Silent Book Club events. And some months have particularly big character. Continue reading

There’s no shortage of bookish itineraries you can map out on the internet, from Atlas Obscura’s detailed map of American literature's most epic road trips, to Rick Steves’ Booking it Through Europe tour, to Che Guevara’s Motorcycle Diaries trek across South America.

But we're adding a new one into the mix: The SBC x Graduate Book Tour! 

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Let’s be clear, right up front. The Lost City is ridiculous. Sandra Bullock is a washed out romance novelist who gets kidnapped on her book tour by evil Harry Potter—I mean, Daniel Radcliffe—an eccentric billionaire on a quest to find the buried treasure she describes in her latest book. And the only one who can save her is, wait for it, the wannabe-Fabio cover model from her novels.  Continue reading

We wanted to share chapters meeting virtually, so read on to find a chapter meeting at a date and time that works for you! Continue reading

We've teamed up with Graduate Hotels to bring Silent Book Club to 20 locations across the US and UK this spring. If you live in these towns and are looking to dip your toe back into the water with in-person events, check 'em out.  Continue reading

App review and interview with Anna Ford, founder of Bookclubs, the app made to inspire meaningful connections through reading and discussion. Continue reading

Embrace Jólabókaflóð, Iceland's “Yule Book Flood,” this season and give your loved ones books to read on Christmas Eve. It's a tradition worth passing along. Continue reading

Once a month, a group of friends meet up at a bar after work. We sink into leather couches, we order drinks, and we pull out our books. There’s chatter about who’s reading what, author recommendations mix with gossip, and a few books swap hands. The drinks arrive, a cheese plate appears, and the books-and-wine tableau is snapped, filtered, and hashtagged. As conversation dies down, we put our phones away and begin to read. It’s a Monday evening, so the bar is quiet. A classically trained pianist drifts from Bach to Adele without rustling a page of sheet music. We order more drinks. A few latecomers trickle in and are greeted warmly. We turn back to our books, and read. Continue reading