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What You Are Looking for is in the Library

What You Are Looking for is in the Library

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The Top Ten Times bestseller, A Time Magazine Book of the Year, and an inspirational tale of the love, comfort, and growth you can find in the pages of a good book.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 20 June 2024
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd


The Two-Million-Copy Bestselling International Novel

The Top Ten Times bestseller
A Time Magazine Book of the Year
An undeniable page-turner

New York Times
I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel
Daily Mail
It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted
5***** Reader review
A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries
Irish Times
An inspirational tale of the love, comfort, and growth you can find in the pages of a good book.

_________________

What are you looking for?

So asks Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi.

But she is no ordinary librarian.

Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it.

We meet five visitors to the library, each at a different crossroads:

- The restless retail assistant eager to pick up new skills
- The mother faced with a demotion at work after maternity leave
- The conscientious accountant who yearns to open an antique store
- The gifted young manga artist in search of motivation
- The recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose

Can she help them find what they are looking for?

Which book will you recommend?

_________________

An undeniable page-turner
New York Times
For fans of
The Midnight Library
and
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
, this feel-good Japanese book shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a life.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS AWARD

I definitely want to visit this library.

I feel kinder after this book
5***** Reader review
A quirky slice of feel-good fiction that you could recommend to anyone
Mail on Sunday
Wonderful.

It made me look for connection in my life
5***** Reader review
Times bestseller, August 2023

Weight: 192g
Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781804994139

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