Library Book Clubs - Memphis Public Libraries

Library Book Clubs

Book Clubs are where you can meet to discuss book selections (both fiction and nonfiction) with other people, and at the end of each meeting, determine the next month’s book selection.

If you are looking to start your own book club, the library can help:

Download our booklet, “How to Start and Sustain a Book Club”.
Check out our “Books in a Bag” service. Each bag contains 10 copies of a single title and other information about the author.

Or, join one of the many book clubs at various library locations and meeting times. Below is a list of book clubs that typically meet at our libraries. For more information, including current book selections, please see our Events Calendar.

Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

Central Readers Club

Meeting Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM; 2nd Monday of each month. Lobby level, Room L-56
Contact: Alieo Jackson – (901) 415-2726 or (901) 415-2729; alieo.jackson@memphistn.gov

Central Library Daytime Books & Beyond Book Club

Description: Books and Beyond features an author/speaker one month and reads and discusses a selected book (both fiction and non-fiction) the next month.
Meeting Time: 10:15 AM – 12:00 NOON; 3rd Tuesday of each month (except July).
Contact: Wang-Ying Glasgow – (901) 415-2709; wang-ying.glasgow@memphistn.gov

I Read That Movie @ the Library (a page-to-screen book club)

Meeting Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM; 3rd Saturday of each month
Contact: Josh Thomas – (901) 415-2726; joshua.thomas@memphistn.gov

Bartlett Branch Library

Book Chat Club

Meeting Time: 1:00 PM; 3rd Thursday (mostly); Every other month.
Contact: Cathy Brooks – (901) 386-8968

Heart and Soul Book Club

Meeting Time: Please call for details.
Contact: (901) 386-8968

Cordova Branch Library

Cordova Library’s First Tuesday Book Club

Meeting Time: 10:30 AM, 1st Tuesday of each month (currently virtual only)
Contact: Sara Priddy – (901) 415-2764; sara.robertson@memphistn.gov

Cordova Library’s Third Tuesday Book Club

Description: Group run followed by a book discussion
Meeting Time: 12:00 NOON – 2:00 PM, 3rd Tuesday of each month.
Contact: Sara Priddy – (901) 415-2764; sara.robertson@memphistn.gov

Cordova Library’s NovelSpeak Book Club

Meeting Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 2nd Thursday of even months of year
Contact: Andrea King – (901) 415-2764; andrea.king@memphistn.gov
Meeting Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, 3rd Saturday of odd months of year
Contact: Sara Priddy – (901) 415-2764; sara.robertson@memphistn.gov

East Shelby Branch Library

East Shelby Book Lovers Book Club

Meeting Time: 1:30 PM; 3rd Tuesday of each month.
Contact: Heather Remmert – (901) 681-8251; or call the East Shelby Library (901) 415-2767
Book Club Link: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

Frayser Branch Library

Frayser Book Club

Meeting Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM; 1st Saturday of each month.
Contact: (901) 415-2768

Gaston Park Branch Library

Gaston Park Library’s African-American Book Club

Meeting Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM; 3rd Saturday of each month.
Contact: Pam Madden – (901) 415-2769; pamela.madden@memphistn.gov

Levi Branch Library

Levi Book Club

Meeting Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM; 4th Friday of each month.
Contact: Shirley Rice – (901) 415-2773; shirley.rice@memphistn.gov

North Branch Library

Wealth of Knowledge Women’s Book Club

Meeting Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM; 4th Saturday of each month.
Contact: Vanessa Luellen – (901) 415-2775; vanessa.luellen@memphistn.gov

Onyxx Sport Readers’ Club

Meeting Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM; 1st Month of every other month.
Contact: Johnnie Mosley – (901) 415-2775; johnnie.mosley@memphistn.gov

Renaissance Men’s Book Club

Meeting Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM; 3rd Saturday of each month.
Contact: Johnnie Mosley – (901) 415-2775; johnnie.mosley@memphistn.gov

Officer Geoffrey Redd Library

Poplar-White Station Adult Book Club

Meeting Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 NOON; Generally the 4th Saturday of every other month.
Contact: Sandra VanVelsor – 901-365-0669; vanvelsors@gmail.com or (901) 415-2777