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Also by Michiko Aoyama:

Hot Chocolate on Thursday, February 2026
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The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park, October 2025
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What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, September 2023
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WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY
By: Michiko Aoyama

Hanover Square Press
September 2023
On Sale: September 5, 2023
304 pages
ISBN: 1335005625
EAN: 9781335005625
Kindle: B0BT82YGGF
Hardcover / e-Book
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Women's Fiction Friendship

For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation can change a readers’ life.

What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri Komachi is able to sense exactly what each visitor to her library is searching for and provide just the book recommendation to help them find it.

A restless retail assistant looks to gain new skills, a mother tries to overcome demotion at work after maternity leave, a conscientious accountant yearns to open an antique store, a recently retired salaryman searches for newfound purpose.

In Komachi’s unique book recommendations they will find just what they need to achieve their dreams. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library is about the magic of libraries and the discovery of connection. This inspirational tale shows how, by listening to our hearts, seizing opportunity and reaching out, we too can fulfill our lifelong dreams. Which book will you recommend?