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Memphis Reads Blog: Library staff members contribute reviews, essays, and news items about titles in the Library’s collection and raise ideas, questions, and concerns for discussion.


About Memphis Reads!

Memphis Reads is a blog series where Memphis Public Library staff members can discuss their favorite adult fiction and non-fiction books. Library staff members contribute reviews, essays, and news items about titles in the Library’s collection and raise ideas, questions, and concerns for Memphians to consider.

Most Recent Memphis Read Posts!

MEMPHIS READS: DRIFT by RACHEL MADDOW (1/22/2022) - Nathan reviews Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow, Crown, 2012, 275 pages Have you ever wondered… ...Read More
MEMPHIS READS: WHITE BOY (A MEMOIR) by TOM GRAVES (1/8/2022) - Andrea reviews WHITE BOY:  A MEMOIR  by Tom Graves, Devault-Graves Digital Editions, 2019, 264 pages. I picked up this non-fiction tale… ...Read More
MEMPHIS READS: THE PRINCESS SAVES HERSELF IN THIS ONE by AMANDA LOVELACE (1/5/2022) - Nathan reviews The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2017, 208 pages (ebook) Poetry… ...Read More
MEMPHIS READS: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by AMAL EL-MOHTAR and MAX GLADSTONE (12/30/2021) - Nathan reviews This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, Saga Press, 2019, 209… ...Read More
MEMPHIS READS: FOR YOUR OWN GOOD by SAMANTHA DOWNING (12/28/2021) - Andrea reviews FOR YOUR OWN GOOD by Samantha Downing, Berkley Publishing, 2021, 384 pages. Australian writer, Samantha Downing has woven another… ...Read More
MEMPHIS READS: PONY by R.J. PALACIO (12/6/2021) - Andrea reviews PONY by R.J. Palacio, Random House Publishing, 2021, 289 pages. Twelve year-old Silas Bird is not your typical young… ...Read More

Memphis Reads Archives

2022
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
MEMPHIS READS: DRIFT by RACHEL MADDOW (1/22/2022)
MEMPHIS READS: WHITE BOY (A MEMOIR) by TOM GRAVES (1/8/2022)
MEMPHIS READS: THE PRINCESS SAVES HERSELF IN THIS ONE by AMANDA LOVELACE (1/5/2022)
2021
December
MEMPHIS READS: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by AMAL EL-MOHTAR and MAX GLADSTONE (12/30/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: FOR YOUR OWN GOOD by SAMANTHA DOWNING (12/28/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: PONY by R.J. PALACIO (12/6/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: STATION ELEVEN by EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL (12/3/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: MAYBE HE JUST LIKES YOU by BARBARA DEE (12/2/2021)
November
MEMPHIS READS: DAY WORLD CAME TO TOWN by JIM DEFEDE (11/19/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by MATT HAIG (11/19/2021)
October
MEMPHIS READS: BITTER IS THE NEW BLACK by JEN LANCASTER (10/30/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: TOMORROW WILL BE DIFFERENT by SARAH MCBRIDE (10/22/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: DEADLY EDUCATION by NAOMI NOVAK (10/18/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: ODD THOMAS BY DEAN KOONTZ (10/16/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: BEST HORROR BOOKS TO READ FOR HALLOWEEN, 2021 (10/12/2021)
September
MEMPHIS READS: ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by NEIL deGRASSE TYSON (9/22/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY BY DOUGLAS ADAMS (9/18/2021)
Memphis Reads: FIND YOU FIRST by Linwood Barclay (9/16/2021)
August
MEMPHIS READS: ON THE ROAD BY JACK KEROUAC (8/31/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury (8/17/2021)
July
MEMPHIS READS: THE MARTIAN BY ANDY WEIR (7/28/2021)
Memphis Reads: A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman (7/10/2021)
June
MEMPHIS READS: MATILDA GUNDALINI by SUSAN MORESI (6/4/2021)
May
April
MEMPHIS READS: KINGDOM OF ICE (4/7/2021)
MEMPHIS READS: RIP BEVERLY CLEARY 1916-2021 (4/1/2021)
March
MEMPHIS READS: AND THE PEOPLE STAYED HOME (3/4/2021)
February
January
MEMPHIS READS: THE WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP (1/22/2021)
2020
December
Memphis Reads: DOLLY PARTON: SONGTELLER, MY LIFE IN LYRICS (12/16/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: FIRE LOVER by Joseph Wambaugh (12/15/2020)
Memphis Reads: WHO ELSE CAN LOVE YOU? by DWIGHT E. KOBAR (12/8/2020)
November
Happy Thanksgiving from Memphis Reads! (11/20/2020)
October
MEMPHIS READS: THE END OF HER by Shari LaPena (10/13/2020)
RIP Sam McBratney (1943–2020) (10/5/2020)
September
10 SCARIEST BOOKS OF 2020 (9/29/2020)
August
MEMPHIS READS: NEW JIM CROW by MICHELLE ALEXANDER (8/3/2020)
July
MEMPHIS READS: LOCK EVERY DOOR by RILEY SAGER (7/21/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: MY DARK VANESSA by KATE ELIZABETH RUSSELL (7/10/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: THE BALLAD OF SNAKES AND SONGBIRDS by SUZANNE COLLINS (7/10/2020)
June
MEMPHIS READS: THE LIBRARY BOOK by SUSAN ORLEAN (6/24/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: RAYNE & DELILAH’S MIDNITE MATINEE by JEFF ZENTER (6/17/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: I LOVE YOU SO MOCHI by Sarah Kuhn (6/15/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: BENT HEAVENS by Daniel Krause (6/9/2020)
May
MEMPHIS READS: THE BOY FROM THE WOODS by HARLAN COBEN (5/20/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: THE DARK THIRTY: SOUTHERN TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL by PATRICIA MCKISSACK (5/19/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: CHILDREN OF THE FIRE by HARRIETTE ROBINET (5/18/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: WORLD WAR Z by MAZ BROOKS (5/12/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: D-DAY GIRLS by SARAH ROSE (5/11/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: AN EAGLE IN THE SNOW by MICHAEL MORPURGO (5/8/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: CORALINE by NEIL GAIMAN (5/6/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: THE DARK IS RISING by SUSAN COOPER (5/5/2020)
April
MEMPHIS READS: DARLING ROSE GOLD by STEPHANIE WROBEL (4/28/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: THE BELEAGURED CITY: THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN (4/27/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: DISPATCHES FROM PLUTO by RICHARD GRANT (4/22/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: LITTLE DEMON IN THE CITY OF THE LIGHT by Steven Levingston (4/21/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: SAVE THE DATE by MARY KAY ANDREWS (4/20/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: A THOUSAND BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman (4/18/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: ARTEMIS by ANDY WEIR (4/17/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: DOG HEAVEN by Cynthia Rylant (4/15/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: AIRMAN by Eoin Colfer (4/14/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas (4/13/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: FINAL SOLUTION by Michael Chabon (4/11/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: UNDERWATER PUPPIES and UNDERWATER DOGS by Seth Casteel (4/10/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: KNOW MY NAME: A Memoir by Chanel Miller (4/9/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: BRINGING ELIZABETH HOME: A JOURNEY OF FAITH by Ed and Lois Smart (4/7/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: CRESCENT CITY by Sarah J. Maas (4/4/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson (4/3/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: DEVILS UNTO DUST by Emma Berquist (4/2/2020)
March
Memphis Reads: LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by S.B. Pfeffer (3/31/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ by Antonio Iturbe (3/31/2020)
Memphis Reads: ROLL WITH IT by Jamie Sumner (3/29/2020)
MEMPHIS READS: REGRETTING YOU: A Novel by Colleen Hoover (3/11/2020)
February
Memphis Reads: THE ESCAPE ROOM by Megan Goldin (2/10/2020)
Memphis Reads: MEDAL OF HONOR by Allen Mikaelian (2/6/2020)
Memphis Reads: Mary Higgins Clark (1927-2020) (2/4/2020)
January
2019
December
MEMPHIS READS: MADE IN THE USA by Billie Letts (12/30/2019)
Season’s Greetings and Happy Holidays! (12/19/2019)
November
Happy Thanksgiving from Memphis Reads! (11/26/2019)
MEMPHIS READS: A Jewish Community in Memphis in A Biblical People in the Bible Belt: the Jewish Community of Memphis, Tennessee by Selma S. Lewis (11/6/2019)
October
MEMPHIS READS: WHITE BIRD by R.J. Palacio (10/28/2019)
MEMPHIS READS: Titles for Halloween (10/12/2019)
September
MEMPHIS READS: WAITER RANT: Thanks for the Tip- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by the Waiter (9/16/2019)
MEMPHIS READS: SAVING MEGHAN by D.J. Palmer (9/13/2019)
MEMPHIS READS: MY LOVELY WIFE by Samantha Downing (9/12/2019)
August
MEMPHIS READS: THE PERFECT NANNY by LEILA SLIMANI (8/13/2019)
July
MEMPHIS READS: All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin (7/30/2019)
MEMPHIS READS: THE STARTER WIFE by Nina Laurin (7/6/2019)
June
May
MEMPHIS READS: MAKING THE MOOSE OUT OF LIFE by Nicholas Oldland (5/30/2019)
April
MEMPHIS READS: MEMPHIS, 1800-1900 by Carole M. Orelas-Struve and Frederick Lee Coulter (4/28/2019)
MEMPHIS READS: ROBERT CHURCH by Cookie Lommel (4/23/2019)
MEMPHIS READS: THE GREAT PEARL HEIST (4/17/2019)
Memphis Reads: YOU DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING, JILLY P! (4/9/2019)
Memphis Reads: FINDING DOROTHY by Elizabeth Letts (4/1/2019)
March
Memphis Reads- THE FOUNDING OF MEMPHIS, 1818-1820 by James E. Roper (3/27/2019)
February
Andrea reviews THE ADULTS: A Novel by Caroline Hulse (2/19/2019)
Memphis Reads: EDUCATED by Tara Westover (2/5/2019)
January
Memphis Reads: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (1/22/2019)
Memphis Reads: If you could be Mine by Sara Farizan (1/5/2019)
2018
December
Season’s Readings from Memphis Reads! (12/18/2018)
November
Memphis Reads: The Return by William Shatner (11/28/2018)
MEMPHIS READS: I am so Thankful (11/15/2018)
October
MEMPHIS READS: SHIP OF THE LINE BY DIANA CAREY (10/24/2018)
September
MEMPHIS READS: Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber (9/15/2018)
MEMPHIS READS: I’m a Memphian by Dan Conaway (9/10/2018)
MEMPHIS READS: WHO FEARS DEATH by Nnedi Okorafor (9/7/2018)
August
MEMPHIS READS: How Hard can it Be? (8/25/2018)
MEMPHIS READS: Better Late than Never by Kimberla Lawson Roby (8/16/2018)
MEMPHIS READS: FALLEN by David Baldacci (8/13/2018)
MEMPHIS READS: MEMORY MAN by David Baldacci (8/6/2018)
July
MEMPHIS READS: THOR VOL 1 by Michael J. Straczynski, Marvel Books, 2018 (7/23/2018)
MEMPHIS READS- I’LL STAND BY YOU by Sharon Sala (7/19/2018)
MEMPHIS READS- RAMONA BLUE by Julie Murphy (7/16/2018)
June
Memphis Reads: Curl Up & Dye by Sharon Sala (6/9/2018)
May
MEMPHIS READS- The Last Mile by David Baldacci (5/31/2018)
Memphis Reads-THE COLOR OF LOVE by Sharon Sala (5/25/2018)
MEMPHIS READS- TEAM OF RIVALS: THE POLITICAL GENIUS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Doris Kearns Goodwin (5/23/2018)
April
March
Memphis Reads- Dangerous Pleasures by Bertrice Small (3/27/2018)
Memphis Reads: World Famous Astrophysicist dies (3/14/2018)
MEMPHIS READS- MY SISTER ROSA by Justine Larbalestier (3/8/2018)
February
Memphis Reads- DARK IN DEATH by J.D. Robb (2/21/2018)
Memphis Reads- MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea by Otto F. Apel and Pat Apel (2/20/2018)
January
Memphis Reads- After the Jump: Columns on the Best 20 Years in Memphis Sports by Geoff Calkins (1/23/2018)
Memphis Reads- Happy Birthday, Dolly Parton! (1/19/2018)
Memphis Reads- Batman Noir: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore (1/18/2018)
Happy New Year, Readers! (1/17/2018)
2017
December
SECRET SERVICE DOGS: The Heroes who Protect the President of the United States by Maria Goodavage (12/8/2017)
November
11 Most Festive Book Club Choices (11/21/2017)
October
SWCC Review- TAR BABY by Toni Morrison (10/24/2017)
COMING SOON-Southwest Community College Student Reviews! (10/24/2017)
MEMPHIS READS- My Five Husbands (and the Ones Who Got Away) by Rue McClanahan (10/23/2017)
Top Ten Scariest Books of 2017 (10/13/2017)
September
Memphis Reads – Banned Book Week – September 24 – 30, 2017 (9/28/2017)
August
Memphis Reads – Monument Men by Robert M Edsel and Bret Witter (8/28/2017)
Memphis Reads- HIGH ON ARRIVAL by Mackenzie Phillips (8/1/2017)
July
Memphis Reads Book Review – Presidential Diversions by Paul F. Boller (7/17/2017)
June
Memphis Reads – HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance (6/2/2017)
May
Memphis Reads – The Girl Before by JP Delaney (5/18/2017)
Memphis Reads – Indigo by Beverly Jenkins (5/8/2017)
April
Memphis Reads – The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (4/17/2017)
March
Memphis Reads – Orleans by Sherri L. Smith (3/31/2017)
Memphis Reads – Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie (3/23/2017)
Memphis Reads – Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (3/3/2017)
February
Memphis Reads – Rainbow Cottage by Grace Livingston Hill (2/27/2017)
Memphis Reads – The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2/3/2017)
January
Memphis Reads – As I Descended by Robin Talley (1/17/2017)
Memphis Reads – El Deafo by Cece Bell (1/5/2017)
2016
December
Memphis Reads – Richard Adams 1920 – 2016 (12/27/2016)
Memphis Reads – The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen (12/20/2016)
November
Memphis Reads – Pretending to be Erica by Michelle Painchaud (11/17/2016)
October
Memphis Reads – If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (10/6/2016)
September
Memphis Reads – Banned Books Week 2016 (9/26/2016)
Memphis Reads – Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (9/21/2016)
Memphis Reads – Tall Tail by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown (9/19/2016)
August
Memphis Reads – EVEN WHEN YOU LIE TO ME by Jessica Alcott (8/29/2016)
Memphis Reads – The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey (8/10/2016)
Memphis Reads – Falling by Jane Green (8/4/2016)
July
Memphis Reads – The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (7/14/2016)
Memphis Reads – Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica (7/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) (7/5/2016)
June
Memphis Reads – 2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (6/30/2016)
Memphis Reads – Spotlight on Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (6/13/2016)
Memphis Reads – The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (6/9/2016)
May
Memphis Reads – Spotlight on Roots: The Saga of an American Family (5/25/2016)
Memphis Reads – Jesus Before the Gospels by Bart D. Ehrman (5/24/2016)
Memphis Reads – Paper Towns by John Green (5/18/2016)
Memphis Reads – Holidays and Festivals (5/6/2016)
Memphis Reads – Book Awards Update 2016 (5/5/2016)
Memphis Reads – May 7, 2016 is Free Comic Book Day (5/2/2016)
April
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: The Ultimate Betrayal (4/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: Best Friends Forever (4/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: One in a Million (4/21/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: Changing Faces (4/20/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: Casting the First Stone (4/19/2016)
Memphis Reads – Roby Reviews: The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla Lawson Roby (4/18/2016)
Memphis Reads – Beverly Cleary: Author, Librarian, and Centenarian (4/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – It’s National Library Week! (4/11/2016)
March
Memphis Reads – Find Her by Lisa Gardner (3/30/2016)
Memphis Reads – Hooked by G. Bruce Knect (3/11/2016)
Memphis Reads – Umberto Eco and Pat Conroy (3/7/2016)
February
Memphis Reads – Author Obit – Harper Lee (1926-2016) (2/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – Bookish Images (2/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – News and Notes (2/11/2016)
January
Memphis Reads – Disclaimer by Renee Knight (1/22/2016)
Memphis Reads – LUSH by Natasha Friend (1/12/2016)
Memphis Reads – The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (1/4/2016)
What to read Memphis Reads from before 2016? Visit the Memphis Reads Blog Archive.