Welcome to Bay Books

Thank You for Voting for Us

Without your love and support we wouldn’t be voted Red Hot of 2021 best places to buy a book. Therefore, we’d like to give a special thank you to Leelanau and Benzie county for picking us. Your votes put us in the top three picks for places to buy a book. All of us at Bay Books are more than thrilled to on the Red Hot list of 2021.

It’s been an honor to serve our community and surrounding areas. Whether you’re a local, think of our county as your second home, or just stopping in on vacation, we welcome all and are excited to share our bookish passion with other literature enthusiasts.

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Shop for Books

You can check out our book selection by stopping by our store front in Suttons Bay or shop our online selection. All of our books are not currently online, if you know what you’re looking for and would like to order it please give us a call at (231) 944-6809 or send us an email. We’re happy to ship it directly to you.

Join our Book Club

 We’ve been having the best time in our Zoom book club these past months, featuring a new local winery each month, enjoying the knowledge that each winemaker has shared with us regarding the selected wine and then wonderful, wonderful discussions surrounding the chosen book. Thank you to all who have participated! I think we all agree that it gets better and better each time. 

“Sanitorium” by Sarah Pearse

A Cross between “The Shining” and our own Traverse City State Hospital.

“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 oppressive men in their lives. Exposure, mystery, historical references—all the good stuff.

“Consent” A Memoir” by Vanessa Springora

Exposes the hypocrisy of a French culture 30 years ago that allowed the sexual abuse of minors to occur unchecked. Sometimes, all it takes is a single voice to shatter the silence of complicity, Springora does that.

“The Liar’s Dictionary” by Eley Williams

Turns out the dictionary is seeded with invented words and it is Mallory’s job to ferret them out—-all the while someone is calling the office issuing bomb threats due to the dictionary changing its 1899 definition of marriage from “union between man and woman” to “between … persons”. Working under pressure has taken on a new meaning for Mallory indeed!

“The Echo Wife” by Sarah Gailey

Artificial Intelligence takes on a new twist when a clone for an ex-wife becomes…..pregnant.

“Island on Fire” by Tom Zoellner

Ever wonder what began the end of slavery in Great Britain? Five weeks after Christmas in 1831 saw an uprising of the enslaved people of Jamaica and things began to have motion. Horrific but a story told with skill and accuracy. If you like this, look out for “Island Queen” coming out this July 2021.

“Group” by Christie Tate

Honest, raw, and sometimes humorous, this is a memoir that is a true learning experience as Tate opens herself up to highly unconventional psychological methods involving group therapy in which radical honesty is the rule and shares it with us. Non-fiction that reads like fiction.

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Browse our Selection

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 under a specific category to make your shopping easier. Need it shipped? No additional cost. Check them out at Bay Books or order yours today right here. Get free shipping with code baybooks at the checkout.