The first meeting of the club will be on January 29 from 5pm to 7pm at the House of Botanics.
Readers will be able to come to the cafe and enjoy being around other book lovers.
The club is free to attend and there is no obligation to talk to other people.
A spokesperson for the club said: “Join us for our first meeting of The Quiet Reading Club. A monthly book club with a difference.
“There’s no assigned reading, and no requirement to discuss your book with others… Unless you want to.
“All readers are welcome, simply join us with whatever book you are currently reading, in any format, ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books.
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“Then settle down for an hour of quiet companionable reading. Afterwards you are free to socialise… or not.
“It’s a reading club where you are free to enjoy any book within the company of other book lovers.It’s completely free to attend.
“We do hope you’ll come along.”