Lit Books

Lit Books Lit Books (002681161-M)
Independent bookstore. Purveyor of good reads. Good books light up our world. And that is why we christened our bookstore, Lit Books.

We love that the word “Lit” has different connotations – it’s short for literature or literary, but more pointedly, the word speaks of being illumined or enlightened, much like how reading good books elucidates the world around us. Encapsulating this idea is our firefly mascot, the Lit Bug – because good literature illuminates our minds and souls, and ignites our imaginations. Founded and managed by a husband and wife duo who are former journalists and ardent bibliophiles, Lit Books specialises in English literary titles. Our curated collection of critically acclaimed fiction across genres is complemented by a robust selection of non-fiction as well. From collector’s editions of classics to modern and contemporary reads and of course, exciting new releases, Lit’s handpicked titles are sure to appeal to avid and casual readers alike. More than just a bookseller, Lit was conceived to be a haven for book lovers, where conversation and discourse are encouraged and welcome. Complementing the books are literary themed merchandise and gifts sourced from the UK and the US, and a drinks bar.

Kyoko Tanihara loves books, but life at Musashino Bookstore is testing her patience. Amid customer and author crises, on...
11/09/2026

Kyoko Tanihara loves books, but life at Musashino Bookstore is testing her patience. Amid customer and author crises, only the prospect of changing a life by handing over the perfect book keeps her going.

Meanwhile, her exasperating manager, Takeru Yamamoto, drives her crazy with his self-help obsession and obnoxious antics. But when a mysterious book reveals a startling possibility (what if Yamamoto isn't so stupid after all?), everything changes.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙚 𝙎𝙤 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙙? by Kazumasa Hayami (translated by Haydn Trowell) is a witty, relatable read for anyone navigating workplace frustration.

Available at both our Tropicana Avenue PJ and CzipLee Bangsar stores, as well as online at the link in the comments.

Created by Mike Barfield and illustrated by Jess Bradley, the 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛... illustrated non-fiction series for...
10/09/2026

Created by Mike Barfield and illustrated by Jess Bradley, the 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛... illustrated non-fiction series for ages 8-12 that turns big science, history, and nature into laugh-out-loud adventures.

Explore the series at our Tropicana Avenue PJ store and online at the link in our bio!

🚀 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙪𝙩, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨
🫁 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙋𝙤𝙤, 𝙖 𝙂𝙣𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪
🔥 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙨, 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨
👸🏻 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙖 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣

Hello fellow readers in Singapore 👋 We're excited to announce that we're now shipping across the causeway! Enjoy a flat ...
04/09/2026

Hello fellow readers in Singapore 👋 We're excited to announce that we're now shipping across the causeway! Enjoy a flat rate of RM30 for a limited time. Add to cart now at shop.litbooks.com.my 📚

Join us for a conversation with Wendy Teo, founder and curator of the multidisciplinary practice, Borneo Laboratory, who...
03/09/2026

Join us for a conversation with Wendy Teo, founder and curator of the multidisciplinary practice, Borneo Laboratory, whose projects explore the way traditional knowledge systems and collaborative design respond to contemporary environmental and cultural challenges. Wendy will be talking about their groundbreaking work bridging architecture, indigenous craft, and ecological design across Borneo and beyond with our co-founder Fong Min Hun. Whether you're interested in design, cultural preservation, architecture, or regional storytelling, this intimate talk offers a rare look into the creative process shaping one of the region's most dynamic design labs.

🗓️ Sunday, 27 Sept, 2026
🕓 8pm-9pm
📍 Lit Books @ CzipLee, BVII
🎟 Tickets: RM10 (you'll receive a voucher redeemable on the day). 🔗 Link in the comments.

What is love, and what does it mean to love?The Love Trilogy by renowned American author and cultural critic, bell hooks...
02/09/2026

What is love, and what does it mean to love?

The Love Trilogy by renowned American author and cultural critic, bell hooks, redefines love not just as a fleeting emotion, but as a conscious, active, and ethical practice essential for personal and societal healing to challenge mainstream, consumerist, and trauma-bonded ideas of romance.

Available at both our Tropicana Avenue PJ and CzipLee Bangsar stores, as well as online.

With the publication of 𝙏𝙤 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, a newly gathered record of the 25-year intellectual exchange between John Berge...
01/09/2026

With the publication of 𝙏𝙤 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, a newly gathered record of the 25-year intellectual exchange between John Berger and Susan Sontag, we present here a selection of books that explore how we make sense of images, stories, symbols and the culture around us.

💡 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨: 𝘼𝙠𝙞𝙧𝙖 𝙆𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙖𝙬𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 by Shinobu Hashimoto
💡 𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙚: 𝘼𝙧𝙩 & 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙉𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣 by Camille Paglia
💡 𝙈𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙚𝙨 by Roland Barthes (translated by Richard Howard and Annette Lavers)

Together, these four books offer different ways of looking at the world: how stories are made, how images come to mean something, how culture shapes the way we see, and what art can tell us about ourselves.

Available in-store now at Lit Books @ CzipLee, BVII and online at shop.litbooks.com.my

When a catastrophe destroys her home, the young queen Darojak finds refuge in a foreign colony ruled by the formidable Q...
31/08/2026

When a catastrophe destroys her home, the young queen Darojak finds refuge in a foreign colony ruled by the formidable Queen Gegana. What begins as survival soon draws her into a struggle over power, succession, and the future of the nest itself.

From the award-winning Indonesian author of Netflix-adapted 𝘊𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 comes 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙮, a political fable set in the subterranean world of ants, where a rigid hierarchy becomes the stage for questions of power, ambition, tradition and the struggle to hold on to control.

Available in-store now at Lit Books @ CzipLee, Bangsar Village II and online at the link in the comments.

Whatever you're in the mood for, this stack of new paperbacks has it: myth, mystery, horror, and everything in between. ...
28/08/2026

Whatever you're in the mood for, this stack of new paperbacks has it: myth, mystery, horror, and everything in between. Check them out at our Tropicana Avenue, PJ store, and online at shop.litbooks.com.my

⭐️ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙛-𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 by Inua Ellams
⭐️ 𝘽𝙖𝙞𝙩 by Eugenia Ladra (translated by Miriam Tobin)
⭐️ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙞𝙣 by Yasmin Zaher
⭐️ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙚 by Angharad Hampshire
⭐️ 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 by Hattie Williams
⭐️ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 by Jennie Godfrey
⭐️ 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 (edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.)
⭐️ 𝙅𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

The September Lit Book Club pick is a short story collection by a fearless literary voice in Malaysia, Fatimah Busu. 𝘼𝙣 ...
27/08/2026

The September Lit Book Club pick is a short story collection by a fearless literary voice in Malaysia, Fatimah Busu. 𝘼𝙣 𝙊𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, translated by Pauline Fan, presents 10 searing stories of women who refuse to be silenced.

🗓️ Thursday, 24 Sept, 2026
🕗 8pm to 9.30pm
📍 CzipLee, Bangsar Village II

RSVP by joining our WhatsApp community at the link in the comments or swipe to scan the code. The book is available at both our Tropicana Avenue PJ and CzipLee Bangsar stores as well as online.

From Douglas Stuart, the Booker Prize-winning author of 𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘪𝘯, comes 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 (longlisted for the Booker Priz...
26/08/2026

From Douglas Stuart, the Booker Prize-winning author of 𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘪𝘯, comes 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026), a searing, deeply moving novel of homecoming and the heavy price of family expectations.

Broke, directionless, and fresh out of art school, John-Calum Macleod returns to the windswept Isle of Harris. At home in the croft, he is trapped between two opposing forces: his devoutly religious father, John (a traditional sheep farmer and church pillar), and his sharp-witted Glaswegian grandmother, Ella.

As the seasons turn, tensions ignite. John despises his son’s long hair and spiritual resistance, while Cal wanders the barren hillsides searching for connection. But beneath this quiet, isolated community, fragile bonds are snapping. Old secrets collide with unspoken desires, threatening to unravel the family and their tight-knit world forever.

Available at our Tropicana Avenue, PJ store, and online at the link in the comments.

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