
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
Parkway Village Branch Library
Parkway Village Library Book Club
- Meeting Time: Meets monthly; dates to be determined
- Contact: Susan Berry – (901) 415-2776; pkyref@memphistn.gov
Raleigh Branch Library
Raleigh Readers Book Club
- Meeting Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM; 2nd Thursday of each month.
- Contact: Jessica Lockett – (901) 415-2778; jessica.lockett@memphistn.gov
Randolph Branch Library
Randolph Readers Book Club
- Meeting Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM; 2nd Monday of each month.
- Contact: Amanda Hill – (901) 415-2799; amanda.hill@memphistn.gov
South Branch Library
South Branch Book Club
- Meeting Time: 11:00 AM; 3rd Saturday of each month.
- Contact: Sharondra Hardrick – (901) 415-2773; sharondra.hardrick@memphistn.gov
Whitehaven Branch Library
Whitehaven Book Club
- Meeting Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM; 1st Saturday of each month.
- Contact: Donna Windham – (901) 415-2781; donna.windham@memphistn.gov