[1] Amir Muhammad, who has directed a number of film titles that were deemed too controversial to be screened in Malaysia, was inspired to establish the company after attending a local book awards ceremony.
[2] Thus, the creation of the label is considered to be his reaction from a need to further diversify the range of popular Malay literature that was produced at that time.
[2] The first three books published were Kougar (by Shaz Johar), Cekik (by Ridhwan Saidi) and Pecah (by Khairunizam Bakeri).
In 2013, Pecah was adapted into a film directed by Asrulhisyam Ahmad and screenplay by Sha Hanim Ramli, starring Tony Eusoff, Sofi Jikan and Izreen Azminda.
[3][4] In the same year, KL Zombi (original title, Zombijaya) written by Adib Zaini was released and starring Zizan Razak, Siti Saleha and Izara Aishah.
[6] Limited edition standalone novels were Profesor (Faisal Tehrani) and Budiman (Regina Ibrahim), both published in 2017.
In 2019, Buku Fixi printed hardback versions of Nikina (Nadia Khan), Fantastik (Hasrul Rizwan) and Anomali (Syafiq Aizat) for the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair.
Since then, more English pulp fiction novels written by local authors were published, as well as a number of anthologies including the acclaimed KL Noir series (Red, Blue, White and Yellow).
[7] Other anthologies from Fixi were inspired by various locations in Malaysia, with contributors from local authors or anyone who has a story or experience of that certain place.
[8] Aside from publishing local and Malaysian based authors, Fixi Novo has contributors from the South East Asian regions with its tryptic anthologies, Heat, Flesh and Trash.
[10] Also launched during the 2016 45th London Book Fair was Fixi Novo’s annual literary journal, Little Basket, for new Malaysian writings.
The following year, the novel won first prize at the Popular’s Readers Choice Award, organised by BookFest Malaysia.
[12] With RM5,000 royalty advance prize, the competition was judged by Brian Gomez, Chuah Guat Eng and Mamü Vies.
The first two books translated and published under this imprint are Stephen King’s Joyland and Neil Gaiman’s Ocean At The End The Lane (Malay language title: Lautan Di Hujung Lorong).
Other famous fictions translated to the Malay language were John Green's The Fault In Our Stars (Tertulis Di Bintang-Bintang) and Paper Towns (Pekan-Pekan Kertas), Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park, Haruki Murakami’s Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Pilgrimage Years (Tsukuru Tazaki Tanpa Warna dan Tahun-Tahun Kembara),[15] Dave Eggers’ A Hologram For The King (Hologram Untuk Raja), and David Cronenberg’s Consume (Konsum).
[16] The Weight of Our Sky, a young adult historical fiction set during the race riot in May 1969 by Malaysian based author Hanna Alkaf was published in 2019 by Salaam Reads, an imprint by Simon & Schuster.
[18] Grafixi was discontinued a year after obtaining the translation rights from DC Comics due to poor sales.
[21] The third book, Hikayat Raja Babi was written by Usop Abdul Kadir who was a merchant travelling from Semarang to Palembang in 1775.
[22][23] In 2020, Hikayat Raja Babi was retold by Heidi Shamsuddin and titled The Malay Tale of the Pig King published under Matahari Books.
[24][25] Perempuan Gusti Samseng Rumah Kosong is a republication of three novels by the late prolific writer, Hamzah Hussin (1927-2007) published in 1950-1960.
[28] This book was transliterated from Arabic script to Roman by Arsyad Mokhtar and illustrated by Ariff Rahman Othman.
[33] Later that year, Fixi London published with its second book, a Muslim erotica novel titled Uqasha written by Maria Isabella.