Literary Fiction
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
2020·304 pages
Five Tokyo residents seeking purpose receive life-changing book recommendations from an enigmatic librarian in this gentle, cozy tale.
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Five Tokyo residents seeking purpose receive life-changing book recommendations from an enigmatic librarian in this gentle, cozy tale.
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A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST BEST FEEL GOOD BOOK OF 2023 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 ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore present
Profanity
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No strong language present
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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No religious content present
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft; librarian’s insight is not spellcraft
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Light themes of work-life balance, community, and maternity-leave setbacks
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content present
Abuse & suffering
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Mild workplace demotion; some unkind physical descriptions of characters
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