Here comes the "three-peat" -- Stacy Willingham celebrating her third blockbuster release with us in Summerville, this time featuring the launch of Only If You're Lucky, releasing January 16, 2024! Her Summerville launch party will take place Monday, January 22, with our literary partners, the Timrod Library. This will be our biggest event yet with...
Our first Living Large bestsellers book club selection of 2024 will by Jesmyn Ward's hit and newest Southern Fiction award winner, Let Us Descend. As always, book clubs are free and open to all - you bring the chat, we'll supply the treats - and the book is available in-store at the 10% off book...
Join us for February's first book club of the month when the Fab Fantasy club gathers to discuss Martha Wells' Witch King! As always, the book is 10% off book club priced at Main Street Reads. All our clubs are free and open to all - we'll supply the treats, you bring the chatter! About...
Enjoy a sweet snack while you shop and dine in historic downtown Summerville's amazing small businesses!! Participating shops will have extended hours (til 8 pm) February 9th. Right - we don't make desserts here -- but we'll have 'em anyway, provided by (it's a surprise) so stop on by for a free treat! We're not...
We're super excited to host another school spirit week fundraiser for Spann Elementary School at Main Street Reads. Spann is located less than a mile from us on John McKissick Way, and we love partnering with them to encourage reading and raise money for their literacy initiatives. Here's how it works: Shop us ALL WEEK...
Our February thriller book club will be dishing on Anna O by Matthew Blake. As always, the book is at the 10% off book club price in-store, and we’ll have treats and libations to lubricate the conversations 🙂 This book is already being touted as one of THE thrillers of the year - for anyone...
On Third Thursday, we'll be celebrating one of our own! A few years back, Marissa Hale was workshopping this beautiful piece of historical fiction with us. Now American Wild has been birthed and is ready to meet the world! Based on true events, this is the inspiring story of a French widow thrust alone into...
For all you fans of the incomparable Justin Torres and his debut hit, We the Animals, he's back with Blackouts, which we chose even before we knew it had won the National Book Award! We're excited to discuss this one - hope you are, too. As always, the book is available at our 10% off...
Join us for Fab Fantasy on Thursday, March 7th when we’ll be diving into Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson, author of several mega-popular fantasy books at Main Street Reads, including former club pick Tress of the Emerald Sea! As always, you bring the chatter, we’ll supply the treats – and our book...
YES! The Timrod Library and Main Street Reads are THRILLED to bring another New York Times bestselling author to Summerville! This is both the 25th anniverary year of Timrod's popular author series, plus March is when we're celebrating our FIFTH birthday. What better way to celebrate with y'all then to bring another literary rock star...
Our March thriller book club will be dishing on the latest hit from Rachel Hawkins: The Heiress. As always, the book is at the 10% off book club price in-store, and we’ll have treats and libations to stimulate the conversations 🙂 An Indie Next AND Library Reads Pick: "The reigning queen of the Gothic thriller."...
Shamrockin' on the Square happens on March 16th from 10 am-3 pm. Get your "Luck of the Irish" on and search for clovers at participating businesses in historic downtown. Hint: There will be a map! When you find a clover, return it to the DREAM tent on the square and pull a gift card from...
Join us and downtown merchants for a special spring sidewalk sale - we'll be featuring hundreds of books 50-75% off - you won't want to miss it!
Unlike the live chat with Stacy - this club WILL be full of spoilers as y'all have had a month to dig into this great dark academia thriller! As always, treats will be provided - you bring the chatter! A sharp and twisty exploration of female friendship from the New York Times bestselling author of...
Here's an egg-cellent chance to win egg-citing prizes during our egg-straordinary "Not a Hunt" -- We're putting all our eggs in one basket (should we stop now?) and each in-store purchase wins you an egg! Besides a couple of surprise sweet treats inside each egg, there'll be a prize for a free giveaway item from...
The first Thursday of each month celebrates a new fantasy read and this month it's An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson! Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood. Deep in the...
The Flowertown Festival is the Y’s premiere fundraiser founded in 1973 to support health and wellness programs at the Y. Every spring, thousands of people visit Summerville to see nature’s bounty awash in color, from the hot pink azaleas, to the purple wisteria, to the delicate white dogwood. On this three-day weekend, festival-goers take in...
We have a special "Meet the Author" on Sunday with Margaret Seidler - here's your chance to grab a copy of Payne-ful Business: Charleston's Journey to Truth and get it signed by the author! This elegant, historically important book follows Margaret Seidler's mission to learn and process her family's genealogical past. Margaret will be at...
As always, our book clubs are free and open to all - you bring the chatter, we'll provide the treats! And the book is available at Main Street Reads for the 10% off book club price. This month, it's the incomparable Alex Michaelides, back with another psychological thriller, The Fury. A masterfully paced thriller about...
This month's Third Thursday theme is "Flower the Town" to celebrate all the new flowers you've seen being installed around town, including on the post just outside Main Street Reads! Timely, since next Monday is Earth Day, so we'll begin our Earth Day celebrations early with 10% off gardening, conservation and climate change books, PLUS...