U.S. Cities: Memphis, Tennessee (nonfiction)
1. 
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
by:
Peter Guralnick
3.99 avg rating — 1,088 ratings 2. 
Fever Season: The Story of a Terrifying Epidemic and the People Who Saved a City
by:
Jeanette Keith
3.73 avg rating — 214 ratings 3. 
Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown
by:
Robert Gordon
4.12 avg rating — 160 ratings 4. 
Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign
by:
Michael K. Honey
4.41 avg rating — 243 ratings 
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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.17 avg rating — 9,895 ratings 7. 
Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
by:
Colin Escott
4.07 avg rating — 257 ratings 8. 
Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
by:
Robert Gordon
4.31 avg rating — 774 ratings 9. 
Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers
by:
Michael K. Honey
4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings 10. 
Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios (American Made Music Series)
by:
Roben Jones
4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings 11. 
A Secret History of Memphis Hoodoo: Rootworkers, Conjurers & Spirituals
by:
Tony Kail
3.92 avg rating — 75 ratings 
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The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic that Shaped Our History 3.91 avg rating — 6,648 ratings
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An Unseen Light: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee
by:
Aram Goudsouzian
4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings 
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Dewey and Elvis: The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Deejay
by:
Louis Cantor
4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings 
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Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity
by:
Lisa Duggan
3.61 avg rating — 85 ratings 21. 
Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
by:
Mark Ribowsky
3.67 avg rating — 230 ratings 22. 
Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.22 avg rating — 823 ratings 
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When the Levee Breaks: Memphis and the Mississippi Valley Flood of 1927
by:
Patrick O'Daniel
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 27. 
A Massacre in Memphis: The Race Riot That Shook the Nation One Year After the Civil War
by:
Stephen V. Ash
4.12 avg rating — 162 ratings 27. 
River of Hope: Black Politics and the Memphis Freedom Movement, 1865–1954 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings 30. 
Memphis and the Superflood of 1937: High Water Blues
by:
Patrick O'Daniel
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 31. 
Red Hot and Blue: Fifty Years of Writing About Music, Memphis, and Motherf**kers
by:
Stanley Booth
4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings 
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No Depression in Heaven: The Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Transformation of Religion in the Delta 4.18 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Memphis Mayhem: A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World
by:
David A. Less
3.65 avg rating — 49 ratings 41. 
Black Power in the Bluff City: African American Youth and Student Activism in Memphis, 1965–1975 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Cruising the Mississippi: From New Orleans to Memphis on a Genuine Paddlewheeler
by:
Sunny Lockwood
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 116 ratings 44. 
Elvis Aaron Presley: Revelations from the Memphis Mafia
by:
Alanna Nash
4.33 avg rating — 746 ratings 45. 
Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.41 avg rating — 75 ratings 45. 
Playing for a piece of the door: A history of garage & frat bands in Memphis, 1960-1975 by Hall, Ron (2001) Paperback
by:
Ron Hall
3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings 47. 
Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Hours
by:
Ann Bausum
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 93 ratings 47. 
Elvis As We Knew Him: Our Shared Life in a Small Town in South Memphis 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (Justice Knot, #1)
by:
Mara Leveritt
4.16 avg rating — 12,417 ratings 51. 
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You Must Be from the North: Southern White Women in the Memphis Civil Rights Movement 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Mayor Crump Don't Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis
by:
G. Wayne Dowdy
3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings 55. 
The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle: Memoir of a WWII Bomber Pilot
by:
Robert K. Morgan
4.17 avg rating — 563 ratings 57. 
Gateway to Justice: The Juvenile Court and Progressive Child Welfare in a Southern City
by:
Jennifer Trost
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 57. 
Good Abode: 19th Century Architecture in Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee
by:
Perre Magness
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 59. 
A Biblical People in the Bible Belt: The Jewish Community of Memphis, Tennesse, 1840S-1960s
by:
Selma S. Lewis
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Beale Black and Blue: Life and Music on Black America's Main Street
by:
Margaret McKee
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 
63. 
Happy in the Service of the Lord: African-American Sacred Vocal Harmony
by:
Kip Lornell
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 63.
Metropolis of the American Nile: An illustrated history of Memphis and Shelby County (Windsor local history series)
by:
John E. Harkins
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 65. 
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by:
Peter Guralnick
4.17 avg rating — 9,895 ratings 
69. 
A Little Thing Called Life: From Elvis's Graceland to Bruce Jenner's Caitlyn & Songs in Between
by:
Linda Thompson
3.98 avg rating — 2,902 ratings 70. 
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Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story
by:
Ginger Alden
3.91 avg rating — 2,037 ratings 
73. 
Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll 4.01 avg rating — 30,103 ratings
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A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man 3.87 avg rating — 817 ratings
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Bread: A Sweet Surrender: The Musical Journey of David Gates, James Griffin & Co. 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings