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Silent Book Club: Socialize in Silence

Silent Book ClubAre you looking to join a book group but worry about keeping up with the reading? Maybe you love the idea of forming a bookish community but only want to read books in your preferred genre. Or perhaps you’re an introvert who’s interested in all aspects of a traditional book club except the actual discussion part. 

Let us introduce you to Silent Book Club, a global reading community that’s revolutionizing how we think of book groups. 

Since its launch in 2012 by co-founders Guinevere de la Mare and Laura Gluhanich, Silent Book Club has become a global phenomenon,

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RGC In the News

Reading Group Choices has been featured in the news recently! Catch up on all RGC updates below:

Reading Group Choices Releases Reading Group Choices 2023

Shelf Awareness, Feb. 28, 2024

The Book on Books: Reading Group Choices 2022

Shelf Awareness, March 14, 2022

A Madison Firm Has Made a Business Out of Helping Book Clubs Find the Best Reads

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 9, 2018

Writers Trade Coffeehouses for Quiet Space at 702WI

Madison.com,

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An American (Book Group) In Paris

The American Library in Paris

Reading In The Shadow of the Eiffel Tower

Paris, 2017: Two blocks from the Eiffel Tower you’ll find the rue du Général Camou, and there, at number 10, the American Library in Paris. The library has existed for nearly 100 years. It was established in the days of the First World War, when it served as a resource for Americans stationed abroad.

Today it opens its doors to anyone who wishes to join, and features the largest English-language circulating collection on the European continent.

Among the benefits of membership to the library is its book clubs.

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Little Free Library’s New Community-Service Book Club

Little Free Library, a wonderful organization that RGC has partnered with in the past, has just launched a new initiative. Action Book Club (ABC) pairs a love of reading with community service in an effort to strengthen both minds and communities. Any pre-existing book club (or new club!) can sign-up to get involved. Many of the books we recommend here at RGC are also recommendations of ABC so it’s easy to integrate your own group’s reading with an ABC service project. Margret Aldrich of Little Free Library took a few minutes to answer some of our questions about this exciting initiative and provide details about how to sign up.

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