Dorothy's Silent Book Club!

SILENT BOOK CLUB breaks the barriers of a traditional book club where there's no pressure to finish a certain book, no pressure to socialize and no pressure to do anything but read! Silent Book Club is just that: a silent gathering of readers in Dorothy once a month with an option to follow our highlighted reads and an option to chat with our book club curator - or to keep on reading!

During a Silent Book Club Sundays, Dorothy will be playing instrumental music at a slightly lower volume than normal and will keep the lights at a key higher than usual. Due to the dark nature of our bar we encourage anyone to bring reading lights! Silent Book Club lasts all night: 6-11pm*. Arrive early for seating and happy hour from 6-7pm.

*except for our October event which will wrap at 8pm due to a private event

Dorothy is 21+ and requires physical ID for all to enter. Dorothy is also ADA accessible with elevator access on Campbell Ave. If you are a guest who requires elevator access, please wait by the black doors on Campbell Ave and call our staff to assist: 773-770-3799

For October - December 2025, our host and curator Charlie has curated book suggestions which you're welcome to explore, bring to the bar or completely ignore and read whatever you want. :)

OCTOBER

• Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
• Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
• Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America by by Lillian Faderman

NOVEMBER

• Notes of a Crocodile by by Qiu Miaojin
• Bellies by by Nicola Dinan
• A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson

DECEMBER

• Martyr! by by Kaveh Akbar
• Fair Play by Tove Jannson
• Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Alongside our event we will have pop up guests with us, including:

NOVEMBER: Chicago Public Library - bringing books, registering library cards and changing personal information on CPL accounts

DECEMBER: Chicago Books to Women in Pr*son - collecting books for incarcerated women

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ABOUT OUR HOST AND CURATOR

Charlie is a writer, bookseller, and pop culture enthusiast who lives in Logan Square with their (cool as fuck) spouse, Beth and (demonic) cat, JJ Peppers Convenience Store. A Chicago native, Charlie knows there’s no place like (or better than) home. When they’re not in the photo booth at Dorothy or FaceTiming their friends to talk about fanfiction, they like to go out for Italian ice, visit the garlic couple at the farmers market, and howl at the moon.

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