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Ready, Set, Read! When I think of books, I think of those that I have loved, when I started reading them, where I got them, and the memories they built. I make lists for people all the time that patronize Bay Books. Those are tons of fun and I believe

Add this to your reading list  You can order your copy here, online, stopping into the store, or by giving us a phone call. You won’t want to miss out on this mystery that takes place in Michigan. Get ready to be mesmerized by its twists and turns. Can’t make it

“Murder at Mallow Hall” As head of household for none other than famed mystery writer Agatha Christie, Phyllida Bright finds her position includes polishing silver, serving luncheons, and solving murders……   As Agatha Christie said in The Body in the Library,  “If one has got to have a murder actually happening in one’s

Louise Erdich is a Native American author who we would like to congratulate on winning a Pulitzer. She won Fiction in the “Books, Drama & Music” category for the book The Night Watchman. We’re more than excited to read this fabulous book. “In the Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich creates a fictional

Shop Now “Sanitorium” by Sarah Pearse A Cross between “The Shining” and our own Traverse City State Hospital. Shop Now “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner Hidden in eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele:  Women who buy well-disguised poisons to use against the

We have something new to offer at Bay Books for the book lovers on your gift, anniversary, or just for the heck of it list:  Book Bundles! There is a full description on our website under the “Books & More” tab but briefly, we have curated three books that fall