# A book club that is not buried in a group text

> The thing a book club actually needs is a place where the next date and the next book are still findable in three weeks — not a thread where both scrolled past a fortnight ago.

- Page: https://navenapp.com/communities/book-club
- Last updated: 2026-10-15
- Published by: Naven, a free messaging app that runs in a web browser (https://navenapp.com/about)

## Who this is for

Reading groups of six to twenty people who meet monthly and spend the rest of the month losing each other's messages.

![A Naven group chat on a phone, with a member typing](https://navenapp.com/shots/phone-group.webp)  
What it looks like in Naven: a screenshot of the app.

## How it is usually set up

One channel for the current book, a canvas for the questions somebody is preparing, and a poll for what to read next.

## What Naven does not claim

Naven promises no security and no moderation. Messages are screened before they send against twelve published categories, by automated software — it misses things, and it is weaker in languages other than English. Calls are not screened at all. Naven is not end-to-end encrypted, which is what makes screening possible; anyone whose first requirement is end-to-end encryption should use Signal.

## What it costs

Nothing. Naven is free, with no advertising, no paid tier and no data sale.

**Other communities:** [a robotics team](https://navenapp.com/communities/robotics-team) · [a neighbourhood group](https://navenapp.com/communities/neighbourhood-group) · [a church youth group](https://navenapp.com/communities/church-youth-group) · [a sports team](https://navenapp.com/communities/sports-team) · [a study group](https://navenapp.com/communities/study-group) · [a volunteer group](https://navenapp.com/communities/volunteer-group) · [family in another country](https://navenapp.com/communities/family-abroad) · [a parent-teacher group](https://navenapp.com/communities/parent-teacher-group) · [a gaming group](https://navenapp.com/communities/gaming-group) · [a church or faith group](https://navenapp.com/communities/church-group) · [an allotment or gardening group](https://navenapp.com/communities/allotment-group) · [a choir or band](https://navenapp.com/communities/choir-or-band) · [a tabletop games group](https://navenapp.com/communities/dnd-group) · [a neighbourhood watch](https://navenapp.com/communities/neighbourhood-watch) · [a peer support group](https://navenapp.com/communities/support-group) · [an alumni or reunion group](https://navenapp.com/communities/alumni-group) · [a small business team](https://navenapp.com/communities/small-business-team)

## Naven, in brief

- **Price:** Free. No ads, no paid tier
- **Phone number:** Never asked for
- **To install:** Nothing. It runs in a browser
- **End-to-end encrypted:** No. Messages are screened before they send
- **Works on:** Phones, tablets, laptops, Chromebooks

### Limits, stated plainly

- Calls are not screened; messages, pictures and voice notes are
- The screen is automated. It misses things, and is weaker outside English
- No guarantees: Naven describes what it does, and its terms promise no outcome

**Naven is a free messenger that runs in your browser.** No phone number, nothing to install, and no new password.