On a recent evening in Durham, on the second floor of Letters Bookshop, the room is hushed. Two people sit reading; neither is talking or reading the same book, but they are there together—sort of. It ...

NEW YORK – A Wednesday night at Lofty Pigeon Books in Brooklyn is an introverted reader’s dream with cushioned chairs, ambient music, snacks, books and – for an hour – absolutely no talking. This is a ...

Forget the frantic dash to finish a assigned book, the pressure to articulate profound literary insights, or the awkward silences when no one has actually read the chapter. The Silent Book Club flips ...

After a six-year reading drought, I found the best way to get back to my to-be-read list: Silent Book Club. The Lancaster Public Library event, hosted every third Monday of the month at Our Town ...