Book Clubs

From Our Store (All are welcome!)

Gay Men's Reading Group Meets at Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO on the fourth Thursday of every month. Open to gay men and our friends. This group is meeting virtually on Zoom for an invitation to join email Shane.m@left-bank.com 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.	Great Novels of the 22nd Century 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. Due to Coronavirus, the meeting format for this reading group is changing to an online space. Please visit the Great Novels of the 22nd Century Facebook Group for updates.
Lesbian Reading Group 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 7:00pm downstairs at Left Bank Books in the Central West End. You will find the book we are reading for the month on this page. Note that this reading group will also have virtual access via Zoom email Shane (email above) for link to join	Novel Ideas 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. Note that all meetings have been moved virtually Contact Shane.m@left-bank.com for your invitation to join.
Read the Resistance 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! Our 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! This reading group has moved to virtual meetings
Shakespeare Festival Reads The Magnificoes! are interested and interesting folks who gather once a month to talk plays, poems, criticism, history, and fiction! The group began in May of 2012 just in time for that year’s production of Othello #InTheGlen by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis. Our long-term goal is to read all of the plays in the canon (38 of them) while enjoying the many creative works written that illuminate, complicate, and build on them. This group is meeting virtually on Zoom for an invitation to join email shane.m@left-bank.com	Well-Read Black Girl Book Club The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club is focused on empowering Black and Latinx writers. We encourage book club ambassadors to highlight classic novels written by Black women (i.e. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison) and bring visibility to debut authors like Elizabeth Acevedo, Brit Bennett, and Tomi Adeyemi. Our curated reading list celebrates the work of underrepresented writers and encourages readers who feel inspired by what we’re doing to be a part of our community. This group is meeting virtually on Zoom for an invitation to join email shane.m@left-bank.com

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: 2018 Recommended Book Group Titles

Other Lists for Inspiration: Book Group Title Suggestions, Black Lives Matter - A Reading List and Hamilton: A Reading List, Lemonade Syllabus Reading List

Public Groups

These groups welcome new readers. Please join!

Community for Understanding and Hope Book Club	Feminist Literary Society
Ferguson Readings on Race	Grafting the Grape Reading Group
Humane Society of Missouri's Women's Leadership Council Book Club	Jazz St. Louis
Pages of the Rainbow	Pragmatic Buddhist Book Discussion Group
Schlafly Library Blender Book Group	Schlafly Library Global Reads Discussion Group
SLU Library Associates	St. Louis Area Lesbian Reading Club
Such Great Heights	The Gloss Book Club
Wash U Libraries Book Club	WashU AMWA Women in Medicine Book Club
Webster University Film Series - April Fulcis	Well Read Native
Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice

Private Groups

These groups are private. To register your private group and receive 20% off your selected books, email shane.m@left-bank.com.

4545 Book Club	All The Feels
Bitches Get Stuff Read	Booklovers
Books & Booze	Booksters
Chapter Chicks	CWE Group
Eat, Read, and Be Merry	Foreign Lit Group
I.D.E.A. (Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in the Arts)	Intelligentsia Literati St. Louisius
It's Young Adult, But...	Lafayette Literary Society
Medicine and Literature: Using Medical Humanities to Enrich Our Professional Lives	Popping Bottles and Books
Rad Womyn	Rec Reading 101
Rise Book Club	SLU High School Summer Reading
SLU Literature & Medicine Alumni Group	St. John's Book Group
St. Louis Woman's Club	TBC
Tenth Life Cat Rescue Reading Group	Texts in the City
The Ten	Ultimate Book Challenge Group
Wash U Department of Pediatrics	Webster University Alumni Book Club
WIMSical	WU Kid Docs Book Club

Gay Men's Reading Group Meets at Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO on the fourth Thursday of every month. Open to gay men and our friends. This group is meeting virtually on Zoom for an invitation to join email Shane.m@left-bank.com 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.	Great Novels of the 22nd Century 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. Due to Coronavirus, the meeting format for this reading group is changing to an online space. Please visit the Great Novels of the 22nd Century Facebook Group for updates.
Lesbian Reading Group 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 7:00pm downstairs at Left Bank Books in the Central West End. You will find the book we are reading for the month on this page. Note that this reading group will also have virtual access via Zoom email Shane (email above) for link to join	Novel Ideas 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. Note that all meetings have been moved virtually Contact Shane.m@left-bank.com for your invitation to join.
Read the Resistance 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! Our 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! This reading group has moved to virtual meetings
Shakespeare Festival Reads The Magnificoes! are interested and interesting folks who gather once a month to talk plays, poems, criticism, history, and fiction! The group began in May of 2012 just in time for that year’s production of Othello #InTheGlen by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis. Our long-term goal is to read all of the plays in the canon (38 of them) while enjoying the many creative works written that illuminate, complicate, and build on them. This group is meeting virtually on Zoom for an invitation to join email shane.m@left-bank.com	Well-Read Black Girl Book Club The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club is focused on empowering Black and Latinx writers. We encourage book club ambassadors to highlight classic novels written by Black women (i.e. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison) and bring visibility to debut authors like Elizabeth Acevedo, Brit Bennett, and Tomi Adeyemi. Our curated reading list celebrates the work of underrepresented writers and encourages readers who feel inspired by what we’re doing to be a part of our community. This group is meeting virtually on Zoom for an invitation to join email shane.m@left-bank.com