Book Clubs

Left Bank Books hosts several book clubs in our store located in the Central West End in St. Louis, MO - check out the list From Our Store below.

E-mail Shane (shane.m@left-bank.com) to register your group with Left Bank Books and receive 20% off your book selection, for one month prior to the discussion date! You can also e-mail Shane with any questions about starting or joining a reading group, which can be a great way to get to know new people in your neighborhood, social scene, or professional field.

Is your group looking for book ideas? We've got some great titles for you: Book Group Title Suggestions, Black Lives Matter - A Reading List and Hamilton: A Reading List, Lemonade Syllabus Reading List

From Our Store (All are welcome!)

Book Group	Description	This Month's Book
Black Experience	This new reading group is open to new members that will discuss issues related to the African American experience. If you are interested, please contact Shane for more information. They meet at Left Bank Books on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7pm.* 2018 Titles
Gay Men's Reading Group	Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount. Meets at Left Bank Books, Central West End, St. Louis, MO on the fourth Thursday of every month. Open to gay men and our friends. The group meets monthly in the basement of Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO 63108. If you would like to join, feel free to join our discussion. We do ask that you have read the book or at least a significant portion of the book for the discussion. Curious about the group's tastes? Check out some of the group's previous reads:
Great Novels of the 22nd Century	Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount. Science fiction reading group, hosted by Left Bank Books, moderated by Mark W. Tiedemann. We explore novels that reflect the potential of SF as both intellectually challenging and excellent writing. This group meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month downstairs in the store at 7:00pm. Questions? Send them to Mark at mark.t@left-bank.com, or call the store at 314-367-6731.
Humble Beginnings	Whether they've won multiple literary awards or have written several bestsellers, all of our favorite writers have a debut. Was their future success a fait accompli, or did they have a long road ahead? Join us the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. and we'll discuss their first novels.
Lesbian Reading Group	Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount. The Left Bank Books Lesbian Reading Group is open to the public and welcomes LGBTQI women and our friends. We meet on the third Thursday of each month. We generally meet at 7:15pm (new time!) downstairs at Left Bank Books in the Central West End. You will find the book we are reading for the month on this page. If you have any questions, please email Shane at shane.m@left-bank.com.
Novel Ideas	Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount. Lunchtime reading group, featuring each month's book at 20% off. Novel Ideas meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, selecting and discussing books of contemporary literary fiction. Interested? New members are encouraged to read the book and show up. 2018 Titles January 24th, 2018: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
Read the Resistance	Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount. Formerly #FergusonReads, Read the Resistance will broaden its scope to talk about social justice affecting our community. This reading group is an attempt to add some civility and context to the mix by exploring race, class, gender, and other issues, not only in St. Louis, but America as a whole.
Reader Beware!	Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount. Our newest book group reads Horror! Reader Beware! meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the basement of Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid, St. Louis, MO to talk about all the scary stories! 2018 Titles January 9th, 2018, 7pm: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Shakespeare Festival Reads	Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount.

Private Groups

4545 Book Club	All The Feels	Be Seen	Bitches Get Stuff Read
Book and Wine Club	Booklovers	Books and Brunch	Booksters
Buddhist Book Club	Chapter Chicks	Civil Reading Group	Community for Understanding and Hope Book Club
CWE Group	Discourse in a Digital Age	Eat, Read, and Be Merry	Ethical Society End Racism Discussion
Feminist Literary Society	Ferguson Readings on Race	Foreign Lit Group	Gouter Book Group
Holy and Hipster Book Club	Intelligentsia Literati St. Louisius	It's Young Adult, But...	Jazz St. Louis
Lafayette Literary Society	Literary Ladies	Medicine and Literature: Using Medical Humanities to Enrich Our Professional Lives	Open Canon Book Club
Penthouse Penthouse	Read The Streets	Rec Reading 101	Schlafly Discussion Group
SLU Lit & Med Alumni Group	South Side Salon	Southtown Yoga	St. John's Book Group
St. Louis Area Lesbian Reading Club	St. Louis Woman's Club	Such Great Heights	Texts in the City
The Ten	Third Friday Salon	TMH Friends	Webster University Alumni Book Club
WIMSical	Women Explain Things To Me	Women's Group on Race Relations (WGGR)	Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
WU Kid Docs Book Club

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From Our Store (All are welcome!)

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