Genres
Browse the MekarBooks catalog by genre. Each genre has its own character and reader community.
Action
Fast-paced stories driven by combat, chases, and physical confrontation. Adrenaline over introspection.
Action & Adventure
Stories of exploration, danger, and heroic quests — where the journey matters more than the destination.
Adventure
Journeys into the unknown — real or imagined. Exploration, discovery, and the thrill of what comes next.
Art Book
Illustration collections, art compilations, and visual showcases from artists and studios.
Business
Books on strategy, leadership, entrepreneurship, and the economics of how the world works.
Children
Books for young readers — picture books, encyclopedias, stories, and activity books that spark curiosity.
Classic
Timeless works of literature that have shaped culture, language, and the way we think about stories.
Classics
Enduring works of literature that transcend their era — stories that remain relevant across generations.
Comedy
Stories designed to make you laugh — satire, parody, and the lighter side of life.
Coming of Age
Stories about growing up — the messy, beautiful transition from youth to adulthood.
Cooking
Recipes, culinary inspiration, and the art of making good food.
Cozy Mystery
Crime fiction where warmth wins over darkness. The murder happens off-page. The amateur detective is someone you'd want to have tea with. And the setting — a small town, a warung, or a familiar neighborhood — matters just as much as the mystery itself.
Critical Thinking
Books that sharpen how you think — logic, argumentation, and questioning assumptions.
Dark Fairytale
Before fairytales were sanitized for children, they were stories for everyone — full of bargains priced too high, transformations that cannot be undone, and forests that are genuinely dangerous. This is that tradition, restored. With an Indonesian soul.
Dystopian
Fiction set in broken worlds — authoritarian regimes, collapsed societies, and warnings about where we might be heading.
Education
Textbooks, academic guides, and resources for learning and teaching at every level.
Emotional Healing
Books for understanding emotions, processing pain, and finding peace within yourself.
Fantasy
Worlds of magic, mythical creatures, and impossible adventures — where imagination has no limits.
Finance
Money management, investing, and understanding how financial systems work.
Habit
Books about building good habits, breaking bad ones, and the science of consistent behavior change.
Historical Fiction
Stories set in the past — real events brought to life through fictional characters and imagined dialogue.
History
Accounts of what happened, why it matters, and how the past shaped the present.
Javanese Spirituality
Books that preserve and pass on the deep wisdom of Nusantara — a philosophy of harmony between humans, nature, and the Divine that has guided Javanese life for centuries, and remains relevant today.
Light Novel
Japanese-origin prose novels — fast-paced, accessible, and often tied to anime and manga franchises.
Literary Fiction
Character-driven stories that prioritize depth, language, and human complexity over plot mechanics.
Manga
Japanese comics — from Shonen Jump action hits to indie slice-of-life, spanning every genre and age group.
Memoir
True personal stories — accounts of real lives, told with the craft of fiction and the weight of experience.
Mental Health
Books about understanding the mind, coping with struggle, and taking care of your psychological well-being.
Mystery
Whodunits, detective stories, and puzzles that keep you guessing until the last page.
Non-Fiction
Books grounded in reality — essays, investigations, analyses, and true accounts of the world as it is.
Parenting
Guides for raising children — from baby care and nutrition to understanding child psychology.
Philosophy
The big questions — ethics, existence, knowledge, and the foundations of how we think about thinking.
Political Satire
Fiction that mocks power — using humor, allegory, and absurdity to expose political hypocrisy.
Politics
Books about power, governance, democracy, and the systems that shape societies.
Productivity
Systems, habits, and strategies for getting the right things done — not just doing more, but doing what matters.
Psychology
Books about how the mind works — cognition, bias, decision-making, and the science of human behavior.
Reference
Dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias, and essential reference works for study and work.
Religion
Books on faith, spirituality, religious teachings, and the practice of belief across traditions.
Romance
Love stories — from Regency-era ballrooms to modern city romance, where the heart leads the plot.
Satire
Fiction that uses humor, irony, and exaggeration to critique society, politics, and human folly.
Science
Books about the natural world, the cosmos, and humanity's quest to understand how everything works.
Self-Help
Practical books that help you do the thing you've been putting off. Not motivational speeches. Not the same recycled frameworks. Just people who figured out how — and wrote it down clearly, for people in the same situation.
Solarpunk
Speculative fiction that refuses to give up on the future. Not dystopia, not utopia — but a future worth fighting for, built together, that still has problems worth solving. Ecology, community, and hope as its foundation.
Spirituality
Books on inner life, mindfulness, and the search for meaning beyond the material world.
Technology
Practical guides to computing, networking, programming, and the digital world.
Thriller
High-tension stories that keep you turning pages — suspense, danger, and stakes that escalate until the end.