What You Are Looking for is in the Library: The uplifting Japanese fiction bestseller

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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.
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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?
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'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

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Nur Ahmad
August 20, 2023
I think its kinda makes space for people who had the existential crisis to hear their gut and do what you gotta do
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Theresia Aurelia
April 3, 2024
for someone who need motivation
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M.Rafly D
October 18, 2023
Buku ini menceritakan beberapa sudut pandang dari berbagai macam situasi seseorang, dengan berbagai halangan yang dihadapi oleh masing-masing tokoh nya mereka mampu melihat dari sisi lain yang membuat kehidupan nya berubah serta menjalankan kehidupannya dengan hal yang baru. itu semua berkat Perpustakaan yang mereka kunjungi, dengan niat yang telah diinginkan untuk membaca sebuah buku yang mau dicarinya. Oleh sebab itu, Perpustakaan merupakan tempat gudang ilmu yang bisa saja berisikan suatu hal yang kita inginkan dan menjadi suatu cara untuk menemukan sudut pandang yang belum pernah dirasakan sebelumnya dari membaca buku-buku yang ada.
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About the author

Michiko Aoyama (Author)
Michiko Aoyama was born in 1970 in Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. After university, she became a reporter for a Japanese newspaper based in Sydney before moving back to Tokyo to work as a magazine editor. What You are Looking for is in the Library was shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers' Award, was a Time Book of the Year and a New York Times Book of the Month. It has sold two million copies and is being published in over thirty territories. Her new healing fiction title Recovery Hippo will be published internationally. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

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