One of the things I look forward to every month is the Columbus, Ohio chapter of Silent Book Club meeting. Everyone brings their own book and reads together quietly for an hour, then we all nerd out about books afterward. If you're in the area, you should come hang out with us!

This month we met at the Whetstone branch of the Columbus Metro Library. We kick off the meeting with a quick round of introductions where everyone says their name and a little about what they're reading. I always take notes and post the full book list the next day. 

It's a great way for everyone to learn about books they might like and I've picked up several books I loved based on what people were reading and recommended to the group.

Here's what the group is reading this month:

• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
• Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
• The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Myers
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
• Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (book 2 in the Southern Reach trilogy)
• Two for the Lions by Lindsey Davis
• An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
• Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari
• The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Request to Follow the Bible as Literally As Possible by AJ Jacobs
• Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon by Larry Tye
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan
• What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Migraines by Alexander Mauskop and Barry Fox
• Freefall by William H. Bailey
• A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab
• Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
• North and South by John Jakes
• Slade House by David Mitchell
• Still Life by Louise Penny
• Space Opera by Cathrynne Valente
• Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker
• The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
• Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
• The Abbot's Tale by Conn Iggulden
• The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion by Richard Strozzi-Heckler

There are Silent Book Club chapters throughout and US and several around the world, so if you're not in Columbus, OH, check the events on the SBC website to find one near you!