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Main Street Reads

Main Street Reads is an independently owned, brick-and-mortar bookstore serving the Charleston and the Lowcountry reader community. Its strengths include new fiction and nonfiction, local authors, children’s reading, signed editions, book clubs, gifts, and community events.

About Main Street Reads

Main Street Reads is an independently owned, brick-and-mortar bookstore serving the Charleston and the Lowcountry reader community. Readers visit for new fiction and nonfiction, local authors, children’s reading, signed editions, book clubs, gifts, and community events. The shop provides a local alternative for discovery, knowledgeable recommendations, special ordering when available, and direct support of the region’s literary life.

This profile is part of the Indie BookSellers directory of independently owned, brick-and-mortar bookstores. Store inventory changes frequently, so contact the bookseller with a title or ISBN when you are looking for a specific edition.

Books, specialties, and services

Specialty

Children’s books

Service

Author events Book clubs Online ordering Signed editions

Community

Woman-owned

Format

New books

Store hours

Current hours have not yet been independently verified.

Hours can change for holidays, events, and seasonal schedules. Check the bookstore’s official website or call before making a special trip.

Accessibility information

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