Curious Iguana

08/08/2026

"A tisket, a tasket, a BOOK inspired the basket! Still thinking about the WICKER film trailer? Come one in for more weird recommendations!" 😂 Probably one of our favorite chalkboard designs of the year. Swing by between 10 am-8 pm for all our weird and wonderful book recs!

Design by Mel

08/07/2026

Well, it was fun while it lasted. Power is BACK ON!

A little power outage doesn’t stop us from shelving! 📚👻👀 It’s a little spooky in the bookstore right now but we are still open! We still have wifi and a working register, we just request that you bring your own flashlight. We will keep you updated on our stories if we have to close early.💜

08/07/2026

A little power outage doesn’t stop us from shelving! 📚👻👀 It’s a little spooky in the bookstore right now but we are still open! We still have wifi and a working register, we just request that you bring your own flashlight. We will keep you updated on our stories if we have to close early.💜

08/07/2026

It’s *almost* the weekend! 🎉 We hope you have a great book (or two) to devour on your days off. 😎📖 If you don’t, you know where to find us! 12 N Market St in the heart of Downtown Frederick, MD. Open till 8 pm tonight, 10 am-8 pm on Saturday, and 10 am-7 pm on Sunday.

08/04/2026

We have a very exciting stack of new releases this week! 💜✨ What book are you most excited about?

08/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday at Frederick Book Arts Center for a thrilling evening with authors Aggie Blum Thompson and K.T. Nguyen! They discussed Aggie’s suspenseful new book The Neighbors Are Watching. You can find signed copies here at the Iguana! 📚

08/03/2026

Dear Romance Readers,

Join us in-store at Curious Iguana for Bookstore Romance Day! On Saturday, August 15, we are welcoming four local romance authors to the Iguana for in-store book signings and meet & greets. In addition, we’ll have our highly desired Blind Date With a Book display full of wrapped books for your delight. Come out to support local authors and find your soulmate in a book! 💜📚🥰

Signing Schedule (read author bios on our website at curiousiguana.com):

11am-12pm – Emilia Renay, Bluejay Odyssey and Hunt for the Homeworld

1pm-2pm – Mary Cain, Hustle, Bang, Score

3pm-4pm – Anna Applegate & Helen Domico, Blooms of Darkness

Curious Iguana is proud to be an official sponsor for Bookstore Romance Day. It is a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers—and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community. Learn more here: https://bookstoreromanceday.org/

08/01/2026

Goodbye July and hello August! 💜📖

Comment below what the best book (or books) you read in July was. If you need any recs for August, swing by today between 10 am-9 pm! 📚

Don't forget! Waldo seekers must turn in their passports to us by by closing time today (9 pm), and must attend the We Found Waldo Celebration on Sunday, August 2, to be eligible for prizes. All ages can participate in Find Waldo, but all prizes are reserved for kids 12 and younger. You can find all details on our website.

07/31/2026

Join Curious Iguana on Wednesday, August 12, from 6 pm-7 pm at Frederick Book Arts Center to celebrate bestselling thriller author W.H. Chizmar and his solo debut novel, Them! This post-apocalyptic novel centers on a man trying to preserve his humanity while surviving in a changed America. W.H. Chizmar will discuss his writing process and solo debut, then answer questions and sign books. Copies of Them will be available for purchase at the event.

Location: Frederick Book Arts Center, 127 S. Carroll Street, Frederick, MD 21701

This event is free and open to the public. We are proud to partner with Frederick Book Arts Center for this event.

For accessibility requests, email [email protected] at least two (2) weeks prior to the event.

About the book: The solo debut from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting, a post-apocalyptic/survival horror novel written in the bestselling traditions of Stephen King’s The Mist and Josh Malerman’s Bird Box.

A top-secret government project hits upon a revolutionary idea for transporting matter across the vast reaches of the universe, and it succeeds in bringing something back. Something alive. Soon, mankind’s reign comes to an abrupt halt when a truck hauling a very special shipping container overturns and rolls off the highway, unleashing an otherworldly horror upon an unsuspecting New England countryside, where it cannot be contained…

Several years later, an unidentified man emerges from the rubble of humanity, seeking other survivors and a shred of hope amid an eerie and lonely landscape. He travels by night up the rural East Coast, discovering Americana ruins and encountering monsters the likes of which no one has survived. Scarred and molded by the cruel horrors of this new natural order, he must face his own dwindling humanity and pray that any others out there have not become monsters themselves…

About the author: W. H. Chizmar is the New York Times bestselling coauthor (with Richard Chizmar) of Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting, as well as numerous short stories and essays. He lives in Maryland with his Bernese Mountain Dog, J.J. (short for James Joyce).