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Since 2014 · in the heart of old Muscat

Between the shelves, everything begins.

A small independent bookshop with hand-picked titles — literature, ideas and books for little ones — plus a coffee corner and a chair that is waiting for you.

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Migration
Maps of Memory
The Sea
A House of Wind
Lantern
Letters
8,000+titles on the shelves
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The Lantern of Salalah Fiction

The Lantern of Salalah

by Aisha Al-Harthy
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Maps of Memory Essays

Maps of Memory

by Yusuf Al-Balushi
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The Sea Remembers Poetry

The Sea Remembers

by Mariam Saif
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A House of Wind Fiction

A House of Wind

by Khalid Al-Amri
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Quiet Mathematics Science

Quiet Mathematics

by Dana Nasser
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Letters to a Young Reader Children

Letters to a Young Reader

by Omar Al-Saadi
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Staff picks

Recommended by our booksellers

The Orchard Keeper

The Orchard Keeper

by Layla Al-Hinai

Read it slowly. It smells of frankincense and rain on the jabal.

note by Salim, fiction
Small Gods of the Souq

Small Gods of the Souq

by Nadir Kamal

The wittiest thing I’ve shelved all year. Trust me on this one.

note by Hana, ideas
Notes on Stillness

Notes on Stillness

by Reem Darwish

Keep it by the bed. One page a night is enough.

note by Yaqoub, poetry
Reading club

We read one book a month, then meet to talk about it.

Every last Thursday of the month, 7 pm, in the coffee corner. Free entry, and the book comes with a members’ discount.

Join the club
Thu 26 June · 7:00 pm
This month’s book
Season of Migration to the North

Season of Migration to the North

by Tayeb Salih
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