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About Us

Curious Book Shop is a used and rare book store located in downtown East Lansing. Originally started in a basement in 1969, the store has since expanded to three floors of over 50,000 well-organized books, magazines, and other paper items.

We take great pride in supplying books to the community - everything from recent paperbacks to scarce antiquarian titles. Our staff members are knowledgeable and dedicated to good customer service. Shop specialties are science fiction, mystery, children's books, Michigan history, sports memorabilia, and old magazines of every variety. We invite you to stop by and browse.

Latest News

As seen on Youtube: Curious Book Shop! Click here to see Curious featured on Focal Point.

Click here to see a video of the 54th Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show!

The next show is Sunday, October 13!

New Arrivals

We have expanded our comics section! We currently have boxes of Mad Magazine, Vintage Disney, Spiderman, Classic X-Men, Western Comics, Romance Comics, DC's, and more.

We've recently stocked up on great books by Harlan Ellison, Terry Pratchett, May Sarton, Erle Stanley Gardner, Sigmund Freud, Harry Turtledove, Mark Twain, Glen Cook, Philip Jose Farmer, and more!

Did you know? You can now find NEW BOOKS at Curious! Our selection includes local authors, Michigan-specific titles, counter-culture titles, 20th Century favorites (including John Green and Howard Zinn), and some of the latest new releases.

Book Shows

Classicon 43 is Saturday, June 8th, 2013!

Classicon is a one-day Pulp and Paper Show held twice a year. The show features pulp magazines and pulp-related items, including magazines, digests, paperbacks, comics, pinups, original paperback art, posters, calendars, and more.

The 58th Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show is coming Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Lansing Center.

Click here to see the online guide for the last show!

Book Reviews

Ray's most recently reviewed books can be found on our blog where you can read the full review and browse others from the archive.

Die a Stranger by Steve Hamilton
A book review by Ray Walsh posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
7/3/2012 "Die a Stranger" by multiple Edgar award-winning author Steve Hamilton is the ninth in his best selling series starring Alex McKnight

Book Review: Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance
A book review by Ray Walsh posted on Sunday, June 24, 2012
6/24/12 If you're getting ready to escape the heat, here's a cool book full of intriguing short stories.

Eli Broads new book captures 'Art' of success
A book review by Ray Walsh posted on Monday, June 18, 2012
6/18/2012 Michigan State University doesn't have many alumni who are multi-billionaires. But Eli Broad, who graduated cum laude in 1954 with a major in accounting and a minor in economics, is certainly among the most successful.

Read more at our online journal, Curiosities!