Hot Literati

Hot, cool, well-read people.

Your brain, but hotter.

Read one book a month with members in 58 cities. Read alongside them live, keep the lines that stop you, and take short courses that make you a sharper reader.

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153,000 readers follow Hot Literati. Members have finished 187 books and logged 231 hours of reading and writing here.

This month’s bookOrlandoVirginia Woolf · read together all month, then one live finale night
“I read the line last night and immediately got out of my bed to grieve to my roommate about it.”
A member in Oklahoma City
153Kreaders following along on TikTok, Instagram, Substack and YouTube
58city chapters in 12 countries
187books finished by members
404Academy courses completed

What members do most

Read with other people. Finish the book.

And when you want to make something of your own, it’s all in the same app:

In the members’ chat

“I was looking for a book club reading Proust to give me the push I needed to finally make my way through it. The algorithm led me here.”
A member in Rome
“My job is pretty Excel and numbers heavy, so I look for fictional worlds to drown in. Happy to be part of this community.”
A member in New York
“I’ve heard so many fun things about this app and community. I’m happy to be here!”
A new member

How a month in the book club goes

  1. 1 · NominateMembers suggest the books they want to read next.
  2. 2 · VoteOne book wins.
  3. 3 · ReadTogether all month, at your own pace.
  4. 4 · FinaleOne live night to talk about it.

Start with Orlando.

Every Academy course, the book club, the writing studio and your World. Free for 7 days.

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