Friendly Alien Books

We're getting ready for another fun weekend at FAB! 👽️
It all starts tomorrow with our next workshop (there are TWO spots left!), storytime Saturday, and a sudsy pop-up event Sunday. 🫧
AND THEN- the party continues Monday (6/15) & Tuesday (6/16) FAB will be open 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. both days as the city welcomes Big Boy 4014 to Steamtown National Historic Site🚂

We're getting ready for another yoga class in the stacks!
Join us on Saturday, June 20, as Gianna Cancelli leads the all-levels class!
Tickets are available here: https://square.link/u/JlxO7nhN

New books landing…🛸✨
We’re ready for the first week of Year 2 with plenty of new titles, including signed copies of Dave Eggers “Contrapposto,” a new dark romance from Navessa Allen, Atomsphere in paperback, and so much more! 📚
We’re here til 7!👽

WHAT. A . YEAR. 👽🎉🪩
Thank you everyone who stopped in to shop, party, and celebrate one whole year of Friendly Alien Books🥳
It was so great to see so many familiar (& new!) faces over the last three days. And thank you to the vendors and authors who spent the weekend with us, too!! We love this community so much and we feel so honored to be able to do what we love every day! Can’t wait to see what Chapter 2 has in store!

This post is all over the place, so bear with us because it’s (almost) our birthday!!
Starting with our May best sellers, which features TWO local anthologies👽✨ And we’re getting ready to celebrate another local author tonight as we kick off our first anniversary festivities for First Friday🥳 including FAB stickers and new bookmarks for the occasion- free with every purchase! Plus a bookish raffle going on all weekend📚
There’s A LOT on tap, and we can’t wait to see you on Wyoming 🪩🛸✨

A STACKED new book Wednesday✨
We’ve got the Indie exclusive edition of Maggie O’Farrell’s “Land,” plus new titles from Ann Patchett, Melissa Albert, Claire Fuller, and the Kelce Brothers!
And some new paperbacks in fantasy and mystery👽🛸
We’re here til 7!

It’s going to be a BUSY June at FAB👽🛸✨
And it can’t fit in one post so stay tuned for our offsite events🌈

REMINDER- we are off-site tomorrow‼️🛸
Find Friendly Alien Books (and a TON of amazing vendors) at for a TOTALLY LIT y2k-inspired, BOOZY book fair! So excited to bring this event to life with .and.found.bookshop ! You’re not gonna wanna miss the fun! Then we’re back on Wyoming Sunday👽

Truly something for every reader in this week’s drop📚
Including new books from Matt Haig and Freida McFadden, non-fiction, summer romances, and a royally hilarious romantic comedy✨👽 we’re here til 7!

We’re turning one in TWO weeks, so we’re throwing a weekend-long party 🎉🛸 local artists and authors, permanent jewelry, limited edition swag! There is almost too much to mention, so swipe through to see what’s on tap!!