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Silent Book Club's Top 10 Longest-Running Chapters
A decade of beautiful stories, friendships, and quiet moments shared. Meet the chapters that have been reading with us the longest — our top 10 longest-running SBC chapters! Over the past ten years, Silent Book Club has grown from a small idea among friends to a global movement spanning more than 2,000 chapters in over
Kicking off the Global Readathon on the TODAY Show with Jenna!– Silent Book Club
We officially kicked off Silent Book Club’s 10th Anniversary Readathon live on the TODAY Show from Rockefeller Plaza! Joining forces with Jenna Bush Hager, the founder of the Read with Jenna Book Club, SBC cofounders Laura and Guinevere hosted a special Silent Book Club NYC meetup at the Ned NoMad with local organizer
10 Years, 10 Books: Author Recommendations– Silent Book Club
Every year we ask Silent Book Club members to share their favorite reads for an annual round-up of recommendations. We love seeing the variety of genres, authors, and hidden gems that emerge year after year after year. So for our milestone anniversary, we decided to ask 10 beloved authors whose work has inspired our re
10th Anniversary Giveaway! 🎂– Silent Book Club
It’s not a birthday without presents... Announcing Silent Book Club's 10th Anniversary Giveaway! To say thank you for ten years of reading with friends, we’ve teamed up with some of OUR friends to create a prize package any reader would dream of. One lucky reader will take home a book lover's birthday bonanza, includin
10 Years of Silent Book Club: Readathon!
We are just a couple of weeks away from kicking off our 10 year anniversary celebration! As you may have seen, hundreds of chapters are hosting Silent Book Club events the second weekend of October as part of our global Silent Book Club Readathon, presented by Everand. These gatherings are a core pillar of our annivers
Ten Years of Silent Book Club: Our Top Tens
What happens when you mix good books, great company, and a decade of quiet reading together? You get the top ten lists that define Silent Book Club. This month, as we approach our official 10 Year Anniversary in October, we’re excited to be rolling out a series of Top Ten lists. From the books you can’t stop recommendi
SBC Playlist: 10 Years!– Silent Book Club
We have a sizable collection of bookish playlists, ranging from highlighting musician/authors, to children's book themed, to centering women. For our 10 year anniversary celebration, we wanted to simply gather a great reader-related playlist for anytime. It pulls from some of our existing lists but adds more and mixes
10 Years of Silent Book Club: A Timeline
Happy 10th anniversary to Silent Book Club, the global community that turned reading alone together into a worldwide phenomenon. What started with two friends in a San Francisco bar is now a global movement with thousands of chapters. Join us as we look back at our growth and milestones over the last decade! Growth &am
Spotlight: Summer Passport Challenge: Bringing Long Island SBC Chapter– Silent Book Club
Summer Passport Challenge: Bringing Long Island SBC Chapters Together We're excited to invite Robyn, host of SBC Sea Cliff, to chat with us on the blog today about the Silent Book Club Summer Passport program! Q: Tell us about the program. How did it work, and what inspired you to organize it? The Silent Book Club Sum
Spotlight: Silent Book Club Manila Meets Melbourne
From Skye, Silent Book Club Melbourne Chapter: From One Global Community to Another During a recent work trip to Manila, I had the fortunate privilege to connect with the Silent Book Club Manila Chapter, part of a personal goal to visit local SBC Chapters whenever I travel. Thanks to Laura and Guinevere’s ongoing work
Spotlight: Abingdon Reading Cruise– Silent Book Club
Below is a guest post by Madeleine of Abingdon Silent Book Club. Abingdon Silent Book Club had a fabulous day out on the Thames for its Reading Cruise from Abingdon to Oxford, followed by drinks and nibbles at The Head of the River Pub! Serendipity arranged the perfect weather, university boat races, and a flyover—une
#Read25Day — This is our time!– Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club chapters across the U.S. are participating in #Read25Day on June 25th, organized by The Happiness Project author Gretchen Rubin in partnership with Bookshop.org. Thousands of readers nationwide are pledging to spend 25 minutes on June 25 reading silently. Friends, SBC members, book lovers, THIS IS OUR
A Collective Liberation Bookshelf– Silent Book Club
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. From the Stonewall r
Spotlight: That's Novel Books– Silent Book Club
Silent Book Club... but make it a fundraiser! 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. Attendee
What to read for Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander He– Silent Book Club
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 and members, we’ve curated a
Mental health matters. Community matters.– Silent Book Club
In a world that’s loud, fast, and often overwhelming, finding a pocket of stillness with like-minded people is no small thing. Whether you’ve shared a table in silence, dropped a book rec in the group chat, or quietly followed along from afar—thank you. Silent Book Club has been a source of light, joy, and hope for so
SBC Playlist: We <3 Libraries– Silent Book Club
We have long been active and action-oriented supporters of libraries. There are hundreds of library-based chapters around the world, and we are thrilled every time a librarian reaches out with a new idea for supporting readers in their community. Over the years, we've compiled playlists that readers can tune into, as b
Spotlight: Baca Bareng Silent Book Club Jakarta
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. Hestia Istiviani, the founder of Silent Book Club Jakarta, or Baca
Pack your bags (and your books!) Perfect reads for your tropical escap– Silent Book Club
Ah, the promise of sun-drenched beaches, swaying palm trees, and the gentle rhythm of the waves... Is there anything more idyllic than a tropical vacation? And what's the perfect companion for all that blissful downtime? A stack of captivating books, of course! We've curated a list of 20 beach reads guaranteed to trans
Introducing Silent Book Club Reading Journeys
Pack your books—Silent Book Club is going places in 2025! Join fellow book lovers for thoughtfully curated journeys that combine peaceful reading time with unforgettable adventures. These intimate group trips are designed for Silent Book Club members who dream of combining their passion for reading with extraordinary t
Preserving a Black History reading list for the future – Silent Book Club
In 2023, The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) at the Smithsonian launched an incredible summer reading program based on the exhibition, Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures. Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that stretches across art, music, and literature and weaves together scie
Chapter spotlight: SBC Sicklerville, New Jersey – Silent Book Club
This heartwarming story was shared by Maria Shevlin, the organizer of SBC Sicklerville. Her chapter of avid readers and community supporters recently held their largest meetup yet, with 23 members gathering at The Brewed Awakening Cafe in Pitman, NJ, to read together. But their impact extended far beyond the walls of t
Help those affected by Los Angeles fires – Silent Book Club
Our hearts are with everyone affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, including our Silent Book Club members and their families. We’re compiling a list of resources to support those impacted: nonprofits, mutual aid, local organizations helping families, businesses, animals, and the region. We'll continue t
Silent Book Club Joins Forces with Grouper
If you're a US-based reader who is 65+, you could receive $130 a year just for attending Silent Book Club. That's an annual book budget of 4 hardcovers or 10 paperbacks to add to your stack! Silent Book Club has teamed up with Grouper to support our members like never before! This collaboration is designed to help el
Queer Book Recs for Thanksgiving from SBC Seattle – Silent Book Club
Country decided your rights don’t matter? Family pretending it’s business as usual? Bomb cyclones getting you down? This calls for comfort food. While the holiday itself is more questionable than Granny Shirley’s Jello salad, *most* of the food that comes with Thanksgiving slaps, and nothing helps the My Family Voted R
Freedom to Read Day of Action – Silent Book Club
This weekend, on Saturday, October 19, libraries, bookstores, readers, and partners nationwide are hosting rallies and community events to unite against book bans and demonstrate our shared commitment to this fundamental freedom. Book bans and challenges in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2023 and continue to happ
Supporting Communities through Helene – Silent Book Club
Hurricane Helene has devastated multiple areas in the United States, including communities where Silent Book Club chapters and families are based. We have gathered resources to support the people impacted by the storm, and encourage any who can give to donate where we've been told is most helpful from locals. Local an
Libro.fm 10th Anniversary Giveaway! – Silent Book Club
Our friends at Libro.fm are celebrating their 10th anniversary! More than 3,000 bookstores in 80 countries around the globe use Libro.fm to offer 450,000+ audiobooks to listeners. Unlike mega-corporate audiobook companies—cough, rhymes with laudable but is anything but—Libro.fm shares profits with local bookshops. Thes
An interview with author Liza Achilles – Silent Book Club
Liza Achilles has been a friend of Silent Book Club for many years. She is one of our original chapter organizers, running the SBC Rockville chapter since 2017, and she's been a guest contributor on the blog. Liza is publishing a new book on July 1, and we were delighted to interview her about it here! You can preorder
Q&A with author and SBC host Mandy Shunnarah – Silent Book Club
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mandy Shunnarah, author, poet, and longtime host of Silent Book Club Columbus. We chatted about her writing journey, publishing her first book, and the joys of being part of the SBC community. Mandy, thank you so much for sharing your time and insights with us! Preorder a c