Big Books of 2026
Genres

Memphis


Memphis Books

The Rainmaker
The Firm (The Firm, #1)
The Client
Memphis
Before We Were Yours
The Firm
Paperboy
Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis
The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History
A Summons to Memphis
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
From Here to the Great Unknown
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
The Blind Side
Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
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Lists

Sam Phillips by Peter GuralnickFever Season by Jeanette KeithMemphis Rent Party by Robert GordonGoing Down Jericho Road by Michael K. HoneyThe Memphis Blues Again by Ernest C. Withers
U.S. Cities: Memphis, Tennessee (nonfiction)
76 books — 6 voters
Risking Ruin by Mae WoodPlus One by Mae WoodBorrowing Trouble by Mae WoodMagic in Memphis by Hunter S. JonesThe Firm by Robin Waterfield
Books set in Memphis
19 books — 18 voters

Jerry Lee Lewis by Rick BraggJerry Lee Lewis Rocks by Robert PalmerGreat Balls of Fire by Myra LewisUnconquered by J.D. DavisJerry Lee Lewis by Joe Bonomo
Jerry Lee Lewis!
17 books — 1 voter
Man in Black by Johnny CashI Walked the Line by Vivian CashComposed by Rosanne CashGood Rockin' Tonight by Colin EscottSam Phillips by Peter Guralnick
Books about Johnny Cash (nonfiction)
35 books — 5 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerChristy by Catherine MarshallBeard in Mind by Penny ReidBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateBatter of Wits by Karla Sorensen
Books Set in Tennessee
489 books — 128 voters

Quotes Tagged “Memphis”

Annie England Noblin
“ Besides, even at night, Memphis is going to be hotter than a billy goat’s ass in a pepper patch. ”
― Annie England Noblin, Sit! Stay! Speak!
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“ So out of Arkansas came Johnny Cash, sounding like doom looked. He had a voice of deep, swaggering sadness and wanted to sing gospel, but it was train tracks and prison bars instead. ”
― David Wesley Williams, Long Gone Daddies (2013)
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Groups Tagged "Memphis"

This is the goodreads group for the Memphis Feminist Book Club. Members can use this group to ma…more
1 member, last active 9 years ago
Memphis Area You live in the Memphis area? You sort of wish you did (are you crazy?) or just want to discuss …more
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Silent World — A discussion group A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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Ask Terrance Bell ...August 16, 2013 to September 15, 2013...Mondays and Fridays ONLY
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