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Read St. Louis is a community-wide initiative developed by St. Louis County and St. Louis Public Libraries to encourage St. Louisans to read and discuss books.

Click here to find out how you can be a part
of Read St. Louis.

It is an annual program, commencing
in 2009, that features different books and authors every year. At the core of the program is a belief that making reading fun, exciting and occasionally educational, will stimulate a passion for lifelong learning in all of us.

St. Louis County Library and St. Louis
Public Library will host events with each of the featured authors and a variety of programs and activities designed around each book.

Each year, Read St. Louis will showcase books selected by the two libraries from at least five distinct categories. In 2011, the categories are: classic fiction, modern fiction, non-fiction/memoir, young adult and children’s fiction.

 

Events Calendar:

Joyce Carol Oates
Friday, March 4, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis County Library Headquarters
Main Reading Room
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131

Read St. Louis Book Discussion: A Widow's Story

Walter Mosley
Saturday, March 12, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis County Library Headquarters
Main Reading Room
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131

Read St. Louis Book Discussion: When the Thrill is Gone

Lois Lowry
Saturday, April 16, 2:00 p.m.
St. Louis Public Library
Schlafly Branch
225 N. Euclid Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108

Read St. Louis Book Discussion: The Giver

David Finkel
Thursday, June 16, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis Public Library
Schlafly Branch
225 N. Euclid Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108

Read St. Louis Book Discussion: The Good Soldiers

Jonathan Franzen
Saturday, October 15, 7:00 p.m.
St. Louis County Library Headquarters
Main Reading Room
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131

Read St. Louis Book Discussion: Freedom

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Year's Authors:

 
Sandra Cisneros

Distinguished Literary Achievement:
Joyce Carol Oates,
A Widow’s Story

"A Widow’s Story" is Oates' poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of her husband of 46 years and its surprising aftermath.. Click here to learn more>


 
Joe Posnanski

Mystery:
Walter Mosley,
When the Thrill is Gone

Private Investigator Leonid McGill is back in Walter Mosley’s latest thriller. The economy has hit hard, and Leonid is only getting job offers from the criminals he’s tried to leave behind. Click here to learn more>

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Lois Lowry

Young Readers' Fiction:
Lois Lowry,
The Giver

In “The Giver,” twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memories, shared by only one other in his community, does he begin to understand the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Click here to learn more>

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Stefan Merrill Block

Non-Fiction:
David Finkel,
The Good Soldiers

Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, David Finkel’s “The Good Soldiers” tells the story of the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers that led the 2007 surge into Iraq and returned fifteen months later forever changed. . Click here to learn more>

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Franzen

Fiction:
Jonathan Franzen,
Freedom

In the most talked about novel in recent years, Jonathan Franzen presents an
epic of contemporary marriage and love. “Freedom” combines comedy and tragedy in the story of ideal couple Patty and Walter Berglund struggling to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world. In charting the mistakes and joys of his characters, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time. Click here to learn more>

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