Happy July, Readers!

Coming up to read and do… Enjoy, and have a FABULOUS holiday weekend! And don’t forget, memoirs on sale all week long – visit our special display up front!

Thriller Book Club is BACK: Survive the Night

July 8 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Summerville, SC 29483 United States + Google Map

Our Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club is BACK! Join us for a thrilling discussion of this brilliant new release, Survive the Night – releasing this Tuesday from NYT bestselling author Riley Sager! The book is available at the 10% off book club price at Main Street Reads! One of New York Times Book Review’s summer reads guaranteed to make your heart thump and your skin crawl; An Amazon Best of the Month Pick; Named a must-read summer book…Find out more »

Booksigning: Janet Lee Berg

July 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Join us for an entertaining chat and book signing with Janet Lee Berg, author of the new release Restitution. Janet’s work has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines on Long Island, NY, and the Post & Courier in Charleston. Her debut novel, Rembrandt’s Shadow, received a glowing critique in Historical Novels Review magazine, and she published a children’s picture book called Kitti, the Cargo Ship to inspire empathy and kindness. “Illuminating . . . ” -Lynn H. Nicholas, world’s…Find out more »

Living Large Bookclub: Trouble the Water
by Rebecca Dwight Bruff

July 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Join us for an engaging discussion surrounding the American Fiction award-winning Trouble the Water. Deeply moving and illuminating, TROUBLE THE WATER reveals the little-known real-life story of Robert Smalls. Born enslaved before the Civil War, Smalls witnesses great privilege and immense suffering alongside his owner’s daughter and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. At the age of twelve, he’s sent to work in Charleston, where he loads ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the war erupts and his…Find out more »

Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Gumbeaux Sistahs

July 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.
Come join us for some libations and a lively discussion about The Gumbeaux Sistahs by Jax Frey! As always, the book is available from Main Street Reads at the 10% off book club price (and it’s in paperback!) You can join in live or via Zoom (and we’re working on getting the author to join us!) “A bowl of my Mama’s gumbo and a little wine will solve any problem you’ve got,” said every single Gumbeaux Sistah ever. Five Southern…Find out more »

Summer Reading!

Click on any of the images below to learn more about these stunning summer selections, and watch for our next post with updates on July book club selections!