Giveaway time! 📚🎉
Celebrate Black History Month, win a free copy of GOOD PEOPLE, and join our next author chat
Happy Friday, readers! It’s the start of a new lunar year and the SBC team is bringing Fire Horse energy into the weekend to gallop through some books and burn down systems of oppression. WHO’S WITH US? 🔥
Speaking of galloping through a book, our February SBC Reads pick, GOOD PEOPLE, by Patmeena Sabit kept me riveted all the way through. I was blown away by the author’s skill at hooking the reader and weaving a narrative that was equal parts gripping mystery and complex cultural critique. SBC community manager, Kate, got to hear Patmeena speak at Books Are Magic in Brooklyn last week, and I can’t wait to chat with the author next week on Instagram Live.
We’re giving away 5 free copies to SBC members, enter before Feb 28 for your chance to win!
Tune in for a live conversation with author Patmeena Sabit and Silent Book Club cofounder Guinevere de la Mare on Instagram Live next Wednesday. All are welcome!
🗓️ When: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 3pm ET
🔗 Where: instagram.com/silentbookclub
Celebrate Black History Month
Join us in celebrating Black History Month by supporting Black authors and Black-owned bookstores! From February 1st to February 28th, Bookshop.org is offering 20% off select titles by Black authors with the code BHM26.
Local chapters celebrate VIGIL release
Readers in Honolulu, Atlanta, Huntsville, Denver, Tampa, and New Haven came together for a series of candlelight reading vigils to celebrate the release of our first SBC Reads pick, VIGIL, by George Saunders. Many thanks to Random House for lighting up the evening with hundreds of flickering candles and stacks of books! 🕯️🕯️🕯️ We even got a shoutout from George Saunders himself, who thought our Instagram Live with Silent Book Club of Death was pretty cool…
Bookmarks
Book-related links and other good stuff online
What do you do when the biggest platforms for readers are kind of evil? LitHub
Why I Stopped Reading and Embraced Audiobooks The New York Times
The hidden mental health benefits of books—and how to squeeze more reading (or listening) into your day Real Simple
The owner of the world’s largest bookstore shut down The Washington Post’s Books section Ron Charles
Lean into the season with wintry reads The New York Public Library
Nintendo released a video game where you run a bookshop by the sea It’s Nice That
Read the entire Nancy Drew collection on The Internet Archive’s Open Library
Voter registration deadlines for 2026 primaries are coming up. Vote while you still can! NPR
SBC in the News
How to reach your reading goals (spoiler: Silent Book Club) Real Simple
Book lovers invited to Silent Book Club gathering in Ramsgate South Coast Herald
Independent book stores see rise in traffic Door County Daily News
Silent Book Club creates a peaceful reading space at the Columbia Library Columbia Missourian
Silent Book Club offers introverts a low-pressure way to read together in Minnesota Owatonna People’s Press
BYO Book Club brings silent reading to New Bedford, Massachusetts South Coast Today
Silent Book Club officially launches in Bucharest Romania Journal
A guide to Boston’s book clubs The Mass Media
Montreal’s Silent Book Club Montreal Secret
Heathman Hotel Welcomes Silent Book Club KATU Portland
Green Bay Readers Find Community Through SBC Green Bay Press-Gazette
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