Welcome to Bay Street Trading Company

Established in 1979, Bay Street Trading Company is an upscale full-service bookstore with a special area of titles pertaining to the low country of South Carolina.

Titles include signed editions (some firsts) by Pat Conroy, Cassandra King, Carl T. Smith, Dorothea Benton Frank, Sandra Brown, Kathryn Wall, Mary Kay Andrews, Jonathan Green, among others.

Recent Bestsellers and Books to Look For

Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou’s new book. This is the much awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom dedicated to the daughter she never had, but sees all around her.

It reveals a path to living well and living a life of meaning. It's part guidebook, memoir, poetry and pure delight. Like the rest of Maya Angelou's remarkable work, Letter to My Daughter will entertains and teach; it is a book to cherish, savor, re-read, and share.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - A novel written by David Wroblewski.

Oprah's 2008 Book Club Selection tells the magnificient story of a coming of age tale of a boyborn mute and speaking only in sign, who lives in a world populated by dogs as wll as humans. It is a novel of the human heart and the mysteries that live there.

By far this is one of the best debuts in a long, long time. It is the number one choice of all of the staff.

Curtis Settenfeld’s third novel, American Wife is now available. A brave and moving novel about a Republican First Lady whose life is woven around race, class, and wealth on her public and private life. It takes her from her simple living in a small town, to the highest position a woman can hold in the political world that she knows.

“Sittenfeld boldly imagines the inner life of a first lady…an intimate and daring story…American Wife is a vicarious experience, an up-close portrait of the interior life of a very complicated woman…cinematic.” –USA Today

A new book by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie.

The setting, January 1946 - London is emerging from the shadow of WW2.

The reader is drawn into the members of the Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society, an unique book club formed as an alibi to protect its members from arrest from the Germans. A wonderful, smart and delightful book that everyone will enjoy.

The Night of the Gun a story by David Carr.

A Reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own.

His investigation of his own history reveals his travels through addiction, revocery, cancer and life as a single parent. Eloquent, Courageous and bitterly funny.

The First Daughter - From the author of the Borne Betrayal, Eric Van Lustbader, comes a number one political thriller with tenderness, action, suspense and psychological tension.

Once you start it, it is hard to put down.

Identical - A truly beautifully written book once again by, Ellen Hopkins In her unique way of writing she able to take you into the minds of two identical teenage twins to find their deepest, darkest secrets that define their differences.

These troubled girls are battling with their own demons but one realizes she must step up and save the her sister from a real monster in her life.

The Gargoyle For a first time author, Andrew Davidson has made a hit with this compelling novel of believing the impossible.

It's hypnotic and astonishing and manages to be redemptive. A great fast read.

So much more to see – come in and ask your favorite bookseller for a review or suggestion!

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