Twelve is the number Larry keeps coming back to for a Book Klub table: big enough for real disagreement, small enough that everyone still talks to everyone. A four-top kills the format because two side conversations start and the group never comes back together. A table for twenty kills it too, because half the room goes quiet and just listens.
Fogo de Chao Austin at 200 Congress Ave can seat a group that size in a private area, which is why it works for a standing monthly table. The book itself is the External API here: you are not writing original content every month, you are plugging into whatever book the group already wants to read. Larry’s PQRST checklist happens to double as a reading method for this exact purpose: preview the book, write down your questions, read for the parts that answer them, summarize what you would tell a friend in two sentences, then test that summary out loud before the table starts.
Skim it instead of reading it, and that shows within the first five minutes of the table. Do the PQRST pass beforehand and you are usually the one steering the conversation instead.
Larry treats the Book Klub itself as a franchise: same format, same rough size, run again the next month with no fee attached, just a repeatable sequel. The venue should never be the hard part of a recurring table like this.
Pick a restaurant with a private or semi-private section, confirm the headcount a few days out, and let the book do the rest of the work. The table fills because the format is proven, not because the restaurant is impressive.
Details: Check Fogo de Chao’s private dining · 200 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
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