Curmudgeon Books

Curmudgeon Books Curmudgeon Books, name means we are the cranky old man bookshop for the young & the young at heart. The store started in 2007 as a 400 sq. ft.

Curmudgeon Books is a community bookstore covering a variety of subjects including children's books, fiction, science fiction, comics, audio-books, DVDs, music CDs and vinyl records. The store's largest section is history, both American and World, with large sections covering the Civil War and WWII. used bookshop in a small mall and now has grown to its current 8,000 sq. expanded location at Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie MD. Author signings and music regularly at 1:00 PM on Saturdays. Our staff are some of the best people in the world, mostly graphic artists, teachers and writers supplementing their income helping our patrons. We are a family owned bookstore here to serve our community.

There was a man, perhaps a hero we’ll never know the story of. He was 91 and had worked at Fort Meade since WWII, never ...
08/25/2026

There was a man, perhaps a hero we’ll never know the story of. He was 91 and had worked at Fort Meade since WWII, never telling his family what he did for our government and thus what he did for Americans. With his passing his personal library went to his son and grand daughter, they shared some of his books with us the Curmudgeon Bookshop.

Many of the books are volumes withdrawn from government libraries. Such as a 1937 edition of Mein Kampf originally published to inform Americans of who was expanding power in Europe. Also in this collection are minutes from the 1947 house of unAmerica activities meets.

Included are his factual books on the FBI and the USSR KGB spy organization. Along with his spy novels, WWIl material, and other subjects. These books are currently available and on display at Curmudgeon Books, Annapolis Mall.

Thank you to all who serve.

Jeff
Curmudgeon Books
Annapolis MD

Pre-service week at my school has ended and next week the kids are back. I love this bookshop but there’s something abou...
08/22/2026

Pre-service week at my school has ended and next week the kids are back. I love this bookshop but there’s something about teaching that grabbed ahold of me many years ago and won’t let go. Maybe, it’s an opportunity to talk ever so briefly to the future. The closest thing I can compare it to, is when I talk to my children and grand sons about random stuff. It is not always what is said that is important, it’s them knowing they’re valued by this listener.

The shop is really an extension of that. Finding and providing books and knowledge to people that are expanding their minds with stories and ideas that become part of them.

To that end, I am blessed to have the opportunity to stock and restock our shelves with books to engage our young readers and those who still seek adventure even if it’s only in our minds.

Thus we’ve restocked our unique Disney books with covers that are 3D. We also brought in a aquarium to delight us and our young patrons. We’ve expanded and set aside a horror section with the fall and the Fright Reads Festival soon approaching.

Reading is a gift, education gives us.
This store is a gift our patrons have given my associates, family and me.

Thank you!

Jeff
The Curmudgeon
Annapolis Mall
Annapolis Maryland

PS: we buy and trade books on Sunday from 12:00 to 5:00 PM. Last week 20 boxes of WWII came in I can’t wait to see what happens this week.

08/06/2026

This is a video created by the mall, that I appreciated.

Jeff
The Curmudgeon
Annapolis Mall, MD

We’ve been open about nine weeks, which means we’re in our third month. Patterns are starting to emerge in running this ...
08/05/2026

We’ve been open about nine weeks, which means we’re in our third month. Patterns are starting to emerge in running this bookstore that are different from any of our previous bookshops. Customer and patron choices are different, meaning that this is not Bethesda, Columbia or Glen Burnie for that matter, Annapolis Maryland has its own unique spin on life and reading habits. Recognizing and learning our new found community’s choices is an opportunity to expand our ideas of what it means to be a bookseller.

I am, with the help of staff and family reorganizing / rearranging books and shelving. We’re expanding the children's, literature, fiction and history sections. Many books need to be replaced as they walk out the door, but the shelves need to be refreshed with new material to satisfy individuals' next great read or unique book to ponder upon.

Venice, known for canals and a hub of pre-renaissance trade and knowledge invented Double Entry bookkeeping to keep balance sheets for all of their activities. We’re going to have to develop our own form of bookkeeping based not on a spreadsheet of sales but on the wants and desires of our community. Yes, that means I need a uniquely curmudgeon way of ordering and inventory.

I prattle on too long about our process. However it is that very process, plus the adding of new and interesting material that keeps Curmudgeon Books fresh and I hopefully appealing to all of our new found friends and patrons.

Jeff
The verbose Curmudgeon
Annapolis Mall, Annapolis MD

A care package came in from Macmillan Publisher today. It brought with it: Sarah Maas, Clive Barker, Robert Jordan, Bran...
08/01/2026

A care package came in from Macmillan Publisher today. It brought with it: Sarah Maas, Clive Barker, Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, a young adult version of The Odyssey, and some Herman Hesse, plus the Fourth Wing series by Rebecca Yarros.

We’ve also recently received the “It” by Steven King with a new cover and painted page edges. We placed it with the “It” coloring book and the novel Christine and Doctor Sleep.

Speaking of new arrivals a new to us classics publisher Wordsworth sent us our first shipment. Including: Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Aesop’s Fables, paperback version of The Odyssey and The Iliad, Pride and Prejudice, The Little Prince, Sense & Sensibility, the Essential Kafka, Marx -Das Capital, Clausewitz On War, and a host of others.

I’ve never looked forward to the mail so much!

Jeff and Son
The Curmudgeon
Annapolis Mall
Near the Blue Garage parking lot

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas MertonYes sometimes I get bookstore envy,...
07/28/2026

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas Merton

Yes sometimes I get bookstore envy, when another shop might have or do this or that better than the old Curmudgeon. Such as the now closed but wonderful Deadalus Books of Columbia Maryland. They had an enriching Art section, that was worthy of any museum shop. We will keep trying to develop the Curmudgeon to meet the needs of our community.

In that spirit at seven weeks I’m rearranging furniture again and have built a display wall in the back of our shop. It’s featuring our Art selection to begin with but it will change with the seasons to feature a wide range of product.

Hope you’re enjoying your summer.

If we can be of help we’re in Annapolis Mall back near the upcoming Tesla Dealership and the Blue Garage.

Jeff
Curmudgeon
Annapolis MD

My son and I, took an hour and rummaged through the storage unit and dug out a shelving unit to better display our child...
07/24/2026

My son and I, took an hour and rummaged through the storage unit and dug out a shelving unit to better display our children’s books.

Putting it together was no small matter either. It became a real father and son project for the evening. Couldn’t bring the parts into the store until after the mall closed and then it was bigger than we anticipated. Let’s just say it’s been a day, evening.

However the store, regardless of being named the “Curmudgeon” is really becoming a destination for children’s books.

We now carry a broad range of Board Books, and an assortment of over 200 titles of getting ready to read books. Dr. Seuss books, Disney titles, Rick Riordan, Dog Man, Wimpy Kid, Wings of Fire, and many others. Oh I should also mention the copies of Maryland’s Chadwick the Crab and Misty the pony.

The young adult section is growing with Scholastic titles and we’re slowly expanding the manga section with new books and favorites like Hero Academia titles.

So maybe this old dog can learn some new tricks. Or maybe even a Curmudgeon can stock the stuff kids like and learn with.

Have a great summer and if you’re out this way stop in and say hi.

Jeff
The Curmudgeon
In Annapolis Mall
Annapolis Maryland

07/18/2026

The very air is hard to watch these days. I’ve seen footage of the dust bowl sending brown air to New York and DC but this stuff this week is just sad.

We start buying or trading with patrons this Sunday from 12 noon to 5:00PM. We buy the same products you see in the store, quality books, records, DVDs, and Cds. As I’ve said in the past we don’t charge a lot, so we don’t pay a lot. What are we particularly looking for comics, manga, clean books, Cds, and records.

We are unable to buy previously owned stuffed animals, puzzles, and games.

The last six weeks have been amazing for us, having been so welcomed in Annapolis.

I will do my best to offer fair trade and funds for the materials we see. We’ll make mistakes so please be patient with me as this process begins.

Jeff
The Curmudgeon
Annapolis Mall
Enter from the blue garage

Thanks again!

Saw this in a book on aging and I had to share. The book is for sale so please consider this book promotion. 🙂 JeffCurmu...
07/10/2026

Saw this in a book on aging and I had to share. The book is for sale so please consider this book promotion. 🙂

Jeff
Curmudgeon

07/10/2026

We’re settling in to the Annapolis Mall store. People / patrons / guests everyday introduce themselves as those who remember us at our previous location. And we’re making new friends as well.

Today was box day, boxes and boxes of books came in from Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Source Books, Schiffer Publishing and others. They feel like presents as we open them up.

Chadwick the Crab got restocked, as well as Maryland board books, stuff animals and some Pokémon book. Disney books, Cat in the Hat titles as well as more Grinch. Classics like Poe, Winnie the Pooh, Fahrenheit 451, Cloudy with a chance of meat balls, and more.

We’re open and thank you to everyone who’s visited so far.

Jeff
The Curmudgeon

Address

Annapolis Mall 2002 Annapolis Mall Road Suite 2435
Annapolis, MD
21401

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Friday 10am - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 9pm
Sunday 11am - 7pm

Telephone

(443) 410-0472

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