Reader's Circle: Local Listings for Book Clubs, Author Events in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, and Brooklyn; Portland, Cambridge, Minneapolis, Arlington, Houston, Austin

Book Club Networking &

Author Events

If you've been looking for a way to connect with local book clubs, this is it! With an international database of in-person groups, users can easily find a club or start one of their own. We also offer a full arts calendar with free event listings.

Reader's Circle serves the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (map).

Open Format
You'll note in our database that a number of listings are for 'reader's circles.' These are a new kind of book group where people attend with whatever they're reading. The only structure is if participants decide to have an 'optional book.' Otherwise, everyone just brings their own books, articles, magazines, and conversation goes from there. The idea is to loosen the usual format so participants can select their own reading and attend even if they're still in the middle of a book. Conversation inevitably covers the books brought and many other subjects as well.

Our Vision

Reader's Circle aspires to renew the spirit of dialogue that animated the coffeehouses of early modern England and the salons of Enlightenment France. Franklin's Junto and the Lyceums and townhall meetings of the 19th century also suggest the tone of American life we hope to facilitate. We feel book clubs bring people into the public conversation in a meaningful way, and reader's circles are a format that we hope adds a new dynamic to the mix of social gatherings that make for a vibrant democracy.

501(c)(3) Non-profit

Unlike some .org’s, which may in fact be for-profit businesses, Reader’s Circle is the real thing. All donations are used to support our mission: to build an inclusive community, the reading public brought together as a body instead of existing merely as an abstraction.

Reader's Circle currently has 764 book club listings and 174 authors available for over-the-phone visits with groups that have selected their book. Top cities include: New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, and Brooklyn; Portland, Cambridge, Minneapolis, Arlington, Houston, Austin, San Jose, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, and Phoenix.