A name is a powerful thing. Names are essential to our identity and can carry deeply personal, social, cultural, and historical connections to the past, present, and one another (shout out to all the baby Jessica’s of the 1980s). Names can be wielded as a weapon or as terms of endearment and when a group of people come together under a shared name— it provides a sense of belonging and community. So it’s no wonder then that the first and arguably the most fun admin task when starting a book club is the naming! We gathered a list of the most pithy, creative, funny, defiant, and badass book club names we’ve come across. Read on, book clubbers!
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Puns: Insert dad joke here.
- Rock of Pages
- It's a Hardback Life
- Prose Before Bros
- See You in the Punny Pages Book Club
- No Shelf Respect
- The Read-y or Not Club
- Easier Read Than Done
- A Novel Idea
- We Like Big Books and We Cannot Lie
Libations: Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here!
- White Claws & Prologues
- Reading Winebow
- Beers N' Dog Ears
- Double Shots and Racy Plots
- Read Between the Wines
- Beer Club with a Book Problem
- Gone with the Gin
- Tequila Mockingbird
- Get Lit
- Turnt Pages
- Cocktails and Crimes
- Petticoats and Pernod--A Historical Fiction Book Club
Food: Just here for the snacks.
- Agree to Dis-a-brie Book Club
- Yes, There Will Be Charcuterie
- The Plot Thickens...and So Do We Book Club
- Bookie Dough Book Club
- Bookies N Cream
- The Bookfast Club
- Matzah Book Soup
Adults Only: Reading is sexy and you know it.
- High-Class Bookers
- Big Book Energy
- The Litty Titty Committee
- The Cliterature Club
- Spread Those Pages
- Sluts for Mr. Darcy
- LITeral Trash
- I Don't Have a Dirty Mind, I Have a Sexy Imagination
Genre Buffs and Superfans: Harry Potter is a genre, right?
- Psycho Thrillers
- Colleen Hoover's Bitches
- "Normal People" Reading
- History Class Do-Over
- Fam Fiction
- Who Done It Mystery Club
- The Muggle Club
- Slytherin' It to Win It
Book Nerds: Read it. Live it. Own it.
- Talk Nerdy to Me
- Nerdy by Nature
- Nerds of a Feather
- Early Nerd Catches the Bookworm
- Can’t Get a Nerd in Edgewise
Literal: These book clubs call it as they see it. Respect.
- Say Goodbye To Our Boyfriends: They’re Not Dead It’s Football Season
- A Very Low-Pressure Club For Women Who Like Books And Math
- Book Club (I’m bad at naming things)
- Bitches, Booze, and Books (In That Order!)
- Who Actually Read The Book Club?
- Ladies Reading About Ladies by Ladies
- Books. We Read Them.
- I Just Want To Do Booknerd Stuff With My Friends
- Stop Scrolling and Read!
- Insert Book Club Pun Here Book Club
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