Independent bookstore · Est. by lamplight
Stay up late with a book worth staying up for.
Moonlit Books is a small shop of hand-picked shelves, open late four nights a week. Every book on our front table has a staff note tucked inside it, and every visitor gets a cup of tea.
The Lantern Tide
Imogen Hale
A lighthouse keeper's daughter inherits a ledger of every ship that never came home, and a promise to finish its last entry.
Picked by Ada, front desk
Salt & Cedar
Tomas Okafor
An Atlas of Small Hours
Priya Venkataraman
Featured books
Three books we can't stop pressing into hands
Chosen by our booksellers this month. Ask at the counter and we'll set a copy aside.
- Literary fictionThe Lantern TideImogen Hale$27.00
The Lantern Tide
Imogen Hale
A lighthouse keeper's daughter inherits a ledger of every ship that never came home, and a promise to finish its last entry.
Literary fictionPicked by Ada, front desk - EssaysSalt & CedarTomas Okafor$22.00
Salt & Cedar
Tomas Okafor
Twelve quiet essays on coastal kitchens, borrowed recipes, and the small rituals that make a rented room feel like home.
EssaysPicked by Jun, cookbooks shelf - PoetryAn Atlas of Small HoursPriya Venkataraman$18.00
An Atlas of Small Hours
Priya Venkataraman
Night-shift poems mapped street by street, from the last bus to the first bakery light. Our most gifted title this season.
PoetryPicked by Ravi, poetry nook
Opening hours
Open late, by design
Thursday through Saturday we keep the lamps on until nine. Readings and book club meet on Thursday evenings in the back room. All are welcome.
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Wednesday
- 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
- Thursday
- 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Friday
- 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Saturday
- 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Sunday
- 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
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12 Lantern Lane
A fictional shop, beside the old harbour clock.
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