Book Nerd University · The book club for book nerds

Welcome, book nerd.

Octavius and Olive, the Book Nerd University octopuses, reading a book together

Octopuses are the bookworms of the ocean, you know.

Twice-monthly meetingsOver Zoom (and sometimes in person)A monthly pick worth talking about

Here’s the deal

How the club works

Vote on the book

Each month we vote on the next read together over on Instagram and Facebook. Always a book worth diving into, not just the bestseller everyone forgets.

Hang out

A casual mid-month hangout: bring your thoughts, your snacks, and your hot takes. No homework required.

Discuss it deep

The end-of-month discussion, where we break the story down like true lit lovers: themes, structure, craft.

Mid-month

The Hangout

Low-key and laid-back hangout for book nerds to talk about a different bookish topic each month. Best fictional couples. Books we hated. Books we want to reread. You never know what we will dive into next!

End of month

The Discussion

The main event: a guided deep-dive into the month’s pick, capped by the live draw for the monthly book giveaway.

Every month, one member wins.

One lucky member wins a copy of next month’s book, drawn and announced live at the end-of-month discussion. Being a member is all it takes to be entered.

This month we’re reading

Nightmare on Nightmare Street

by R.L. Stine · October 2026

Twelve-year-old Joe Ferber, his sister Sadie, and their parents have just moved into a house that has all the hallmarks of a horror movie--tombstones in the basement, a creepy doll lying around, strange noises in the wall, and so on. As Joe tries to fall asleep on the first night, his nightlight begins to flash and change colors, and the creepy doll appears in his bed ... and then twelve-year-old Shawn Hannigan wakes up from a dream. Shawn and his little sister, Addie, are seemingly living in the same house with their mother. But when they arrive at their new school for the first day, the teachers are all wearing animal masks, and the principal's office is pitch black and full of noises. At the end of the day, a stranger claiming to be Shawn's mom picks him up and tells him he doesn't have a sister ... As more and more strange things happen to each of them, Shawn and Joe have to figure out what is real, and what is a nightmare...

Members get the reading schedule, both meeting invites, and the Zoom links, all in one place. Read along, then join both monthly meetings to talk it through.

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