Community is EVERYTHING

At FMC Books, our community is built one book club and one flash mob at a time. These gatherings aren’t just events—they’re rituals of connection, chaos, and mutual obsession. Whether you're whispering about spice levels over snacks or showing up in a corset to storm downtown with fellow book lovers, you’re part of the magic. We believe in low-pressure meetups, high-impact friendships, and the kind of joy that only comes from giggling about fictional men in public. This is how we make space—for readers, for weirdos, and for each other. (Double check the calendar for the most up to date info, this is a nightmare to update.)

Upcoming Missoula Area Events

  • 3/6 First Friday

    We’re lucky this March to be hosting Chloe Lyons as she brings a lush, living surrealism to FMC Books. Blending technical realism with the vivid soul of the natural world, her succulents pulse with color and her coral blooms in otherworldly detail. Through her eyes, living organisms become both grounded and dreamlike—rooted in reality yet suspended in something far more intimate.

    Join us March 6 from 4–8 PM.

    Come wander. Stay a while.

    Curious about Chloe? 

  • 3/18 BOOKS & BANTER + GET LUCKY TREAT SWAP

    Books & Banter Social Hour is back — and this time we’re bringing treats.

    Bring something small and delicious to share.

    Leave with something new.

    Low pressure. High vibes.

    Community over chaos.

    Sometimes the luck is just showing up.

    Instagram for more details 

  • 3/28 BOUND TICKET DROP

    This is your invitation into the velvet dark.

    A seated gourmet dinner.
    Burlesque during dinner.
    A formal ball.
    A pajama breakfast.
    Author panels.
    Vendor market.
    Immersive experiences all weekend long.

    September 26–27, 2026.

    Tickets are limited.
    Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

    Get lucky.

    Bound Presale 

Check the calendar for more events!

Traditional Book Clubs

Traditional doesn’t mean boring here — it means consistent, cozy, and community-driven. These clubs read one book together each month and meet to chat, laugh, and fall collectively in love with great stories (and occasionally yell about plot twists).

FMC Book Club
Meets: First Wednesday • 6pm

Our classic, cozy, everybody’s-welcome book club. Each month we pick one title to read together, gather in the shop, and fall collectively in love (or dramatically out of love — it happens). Expect lively discussions, new book-ish friendships, and a warm, supportive space where readers of all kinds can settle in, sip something delicious, and talk stories.
Fable - FMC BOOK CLUB

Spicy Lunch Book Club
Meets: First Tuesday • 12pm

A midday escape for the feral girlies, the spice-seekers, and the folks who think lunch tastes better with a little heat. Bring your sandwich, your opinions, and your willingness to blush in public. Zero judgment, maximum giggles, all spice.
Fable - FMC SPICY LUNCH CLUB

Specialty Book Clubs

Fantasy Book Club
Meets: Second Sunday • 2pm

Dragons, quests, portals, fae courts, morally gray men — need we say more? This club gathers once a month to lose ourselves in worlds full of wonder, magic, and adventure. Perfect for readers who like their Sundays with a side of escapism and their swords a little… sharp.
Fable - FMC FANTASY BOOK CLUB

Dark Romance Book Club
Meets: Third Thursday • 6pm

For the romantics who like it twisted, tormented, taboo, or emotionally devastating in the best possible way. If your favorite love stories come with plot twists, wicked villains, impossible choices, or morally questionable men who need a hug and therapy, this is where you belong.
Fable - FMC DARK ROMANCE BOOK CLUB

Queer Book Club
Meets: Fourth Saturday • 2pm

A celebration of queer joy, queer stories, and queer readers. This club explores LGBTQIA+ fiction across genres — romance, fantasy, literary, sci-fi, you name it — all through a lens of community, representation, and connection. Expect warmth, belonging, and the occasional happy tear.
Fable - FMC QUEER BOOK CLUB

NapTime Book Club
Meets: Last Friday • 11am

A daytime, stroller-friendly, judgment-free book club for readers who need a space that works with real life. Parents, caregivers, night-shifters, early birds — you’re all welcome here. Conversation is relaxed, kiddos are welcome, and the vibe is soft, supportive, and low-pressure.
Fable - FMC NAPTIME BOOK CLUB

Not Your Mother's Book Club

Meets: Second & Fourth Wednesday • 6pm

Chaotic. Unhinged. A little feral. Utterly beloved.

This is FMC Books’ signature choose-your-own-adventure book club — no assigned reading, no stress, just a room full of readers talking passionately about whatever they’re reading this week. Bring your current obsession, your hot takes, your TBR pile drama, and settle in for a night of laughter, community, and glorious nonsense. It’s therapy with books. It’s church. It’s everything.