Welcome
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—and 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.
Note: We have switched to our summer hours, which means we will stay open until 8 PM Monday-Saturday. Sunday hours will remain 12-5 PM.
Latest News
Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out and Deception
7/18/10 If it's too hot to go to the beach, here's a quick look at a pair of quirky crime novels set in sunny California...
Storm Prey and Slim to None
7/11/10 Hospitals are dangerous places in a pair of recent crime novels...
The Wonderful World of Oz
Most of us are familiar with the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (based on the 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum) centered around the 12 year-old Dorothy Gale and the meteorological troubles in Kansas which transport her to another world...
Strip
7/4/10 If you're ready for fast-paced action, quirky characters and unpredictable plot twists, here's a quick look at one of the year's most entertaining crime novels...
Read more at our online journal, Curiosities!