Curious Book Shop

Curious Book Shop

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Stop in and browse our massive selection of affordable used books! Curious Book Shop is a used and rare book store located in downtown East Lansing, Michigan.

We just celebrated our 51st birthday! Check out this link for info on both of our stores and some online shopping resources: https://linktr.ee/curiousbooks

Ray Walsh, then a student at MSU, began selling science fiction novels out of his basement in 1969. His bookshop has since expanded to three floors of over 50,000 well-organized books, magazines, comics and other paper items. Do you have books

Photos from Curious Book Shop's post 06/11/2026

Listed on our eBay shop is the whimsical and fun "The Wonderful Magical World of Marguerite" by Gail E. Haley! The story follows a young girl and her paper doll as they find adventures in the garden. The illustrations are stunning--in fact, the author was was the only illustrator to ever win both the Caldecott Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal.

For more photos and more info on the listing, check out our eBay page here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/326840549217?itmmeta=01KTVZNDG79D8JYTF1113MF6SF&hash=item4c1936ff61:g:QzcAAeSwJ0BohP9X

06/07/2026

An unsettling little Gorey morsel for your Sunday! We're open from 12 pm to 5 pm, come see what we've been shelving this past week. 📚

06/06/2026

Another rainy morning calls for cozying up with a classic mystery--we've got plenty of hits by Agatha Christie and by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in stock now! Come visit Curious Book Shop from 10 am to 7 pm today (Saturday, 6/6). 📚🔍

Photos from Curious Book Shop's post 06/05/2026

When's the last time you journeyed down to the Curious Book Shop basement? Dime novels, HUNDREDS of magazines, romances, horror--there's a whole treasure trove of goodies that await you!

05/31/2026

Curious Book Shop is CLOSED today (Sunday, 5/31) due to unexpected circumstances. We're sorry for any inconvenience! We'll be back to our usual hours tomorrow, Monday 6/1.

05/26/2026

We're back in the stacks today, 5/26 from 10 am to 7 pm! Today's is a poetry collection dedicated to Old Grand River by Joyce Benvenuto. 💚

05/24/2026

Curious Book Shop will be CLOSED tomorrow, 5/25 for Memorial Day! So if you're looking to find a few books to hunker down with before the long weekend is over, today's the day--we're open until 5 pm tonight, 5/24. Hope you all have a safe and lovely holiday!

05/10/2026

A totally not relatable anthology for todays !

Photos from Curious Book Shop's post 05/09/2026

Today in ! It's rare to have so much new manga in at once--come in and check these out yourself before they're gone!

Photos from Curious Book Shop's post 05/08/2026

What do we think, friends--is this the smallest stack of Shakespeare plays out there? Photo of a mass market paperback beside one of these miniature books for scale!

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307 E Grand River Avenue
East Lansing, MI
48823

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 7pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm