Vol. XXVII · An independent reading house · Sargodha
Friday, 10 July 2026 · Monsoon light, warm tea
Est. In the quiet lanes
“A room without books is a body without a soul.”
Open daily, 10 to 10
+92 321 658 7419
Issue No. 07 · Featured

The quiet
hours between chapters.

MR BOOKS+ is a slow, well-lit bookshop on Shamsher Town Road — a place for readers who still turn corners of pages, underline in pencil, and stay for one more cup.

Fiction. Non-fiction. Children's stories. Educational titles. And a small, careful shelf of premium and rare editions kept behind the counter.

Browse the shelves Plan a visit — or ring us: +92 321 658 7419
Open book on a wooden table
Warm bookshelf light
Leather journal and pen
this week's
quiet favourite →
FictionPoetryBiographyHistoryUrdu AdabChildrenRare Editions
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Featured collections

Curated · Summer 2026
The Feature
An open book by lamplight

Letters from a Slow Summer

Twelve novels chosen for long afternoons — measured prose, small towns, and rooms with the windows left open.

Non-Fiction
Stack of hardcover non-fiction books

Ideas worth arguing with

Essays, philosophy, and reported histories — books you'll want a pencil in hand for.

Poetry
Poetry book on a linen cloth

A Small Shelf of Verse

Faiz, Rilke, Szymborska, and new voices in Urdu — pocket editions to carry in a coat.

Educational
Student reading with notebook

Schoolroom essentials

Board-approved texts, workbooks, and a careful selection of enrichment titles for O/A levels.

The Long Read
Stack of thick literary novels

Doorstop novels

Nine hundred pages, six hundred pages, four hundred. The kind you carry from room to room and eventually finish sometime around winter.

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New on the table

Freshly unpacked · this week
Just in
Novel cover on wooden surface

The Garden Behind the Wall

Farhat Ishtiaq · Fiction
256 pp · HardbackRs 2,450
Signed
Signed book on a desk

Notes from a Quiet Lane

A. Khan · Essays
192 pp · SoftcoverRs 1,780
History book with old map

A Small History of Punjab

M. Raza Ali · History
412 pp · HardbackRs 3,200
Staff pick
Open book with pressed flower

The Weight of Small Things

Sahar Naeem · Novel
318 pp · HardbackRs 2,690
Poetry chapbook

Ghazals for a Rainy Month

Bilal Rehman · Poetry
96 pp · ChapbookRs 950
Cookbook and coffee

The Everyday Kitchen

Nadia Iqbal · Cookery
240 pp · HardbackRs 3,450
Reprint
Classic hardcover novel

Aag ka Darya (Reprint)

Qurratulain Hyder · Urdu Adab
688 pp · HardbackRs 4,100
Science book with notes

The Restless Universe

Dr. S. Ahmed · Science
276 pp · SoftcoverRs 2,150
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The reading list

From our booksellers

Every Sunday morning, before the shutters go up, our booksellers put five books on the front table and decide which of them to press into your hands that week. These are the ones we can't stop recommending in July — quiet novels, one long argument, and a book of essays we've read twice.

  1. I.
    An Orchard, After Rain

    A gentle novel about a family returning to their orange grove after a long absence. Slow, careful, full of light.

    Ayesha's pick
  2. II.
    What We Owe the Dictionary

    A long essay on Urdu, English, and the way our sentences carry three languages at once.

    Hamza's pick
  3. III.
    The Long Afternoon

    Twelve short stories set between Lahore and Karachi. The last one will stay with you for days.

    Zoya's pick
  4. IV.
    A Field Guide to Being Wrong

    Philosophy that reads like a friend arguing over dinner. Highly re-readable.

    Manager's pick
  5. V.
    Letters to a Young Bookseller

    Not really about bookselling — about paying attention. A tiny book we keep behind the till.

    House favourite
Open book pages with underlines
"Read this one twice —
slowly, the second time." — Ayesha, floor manager
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Rare & premium editions

By appointment
Rs 48,000
Antique leather-bound volumes
First edition · 1956

The Complete Ghalib, vol. I–III

Rs 62,500
Rare cloth-bound edition
Signed · Numbered 42/250

A Study of Iqbal's Letters

Rs 34,900
Vintage books on a walnut shelf
Cloth · Gilt · 1971

The Oxford Anthology of South Asian Writing

“We keep the rare shelf small on purpose. Every book on it has been held, read, and considered by someone who wanted to keep it for themselves — but chose to pass it on instead.” — Mr. Books, on the back-room shelf

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The children's room

Ages 3 – 14
Child reading a picture book
Stack of illustrated children's books
Storybook illustration
for small readers & big imaginations

Where stories learn to walk on their own.

A whole room of picture books, chapter books, and bilingual editions — with a low bench, warm rug, and a shelf of storybooks in Urdu and English. We hold a reading hour every Saturday at four.

·Picture books & board books
·Early readers, ages 5 – 7
·Chapter books, ages 8 – 12
·Middle-grade novels
·Urdu storybooks & folktales
·Activity & drawing books
·Illustrated classics
·Educational workbooks
Ask about story hour
Reading corner with lamp
Long wooden bookshelves
A cup of tea beside a book
A stack of books on a windowsill
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Visit the shop

Sargodha · 40100
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Write to us

  • Address
    Shamsher Town Road,
    Near Shangrilla Bakers,
    Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
  • Telephone
  • Hours
    Monday to Sunday
    10:00 – 22:00
  • Story hour
    Every Saturday, 4 pm
    (children's room, no ticket needed)
  • Privacy