What You Are Looking For Is in the Library (O sagashi mono wa toshu shitsu made)

Originally published in 2021 as お探し物は図書室まで (O sagashi mono wa toshu shitsu made)

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For fans of The Midnight Library & Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this soul-stirring Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can help us fulfil our dreams.

An inspirational tale of the love, comfort & growth you can find in the pages of a good book.  

What are you looking for? 

So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian to the visitors in her library.

For Sayuri Komachi 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 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, & a recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose.

What You Are Looking For is in the Library is about the magic of community libraries & the discovery of connection. Already loved by thousands of readers all over the world, this inspirational tale shows how, by listening to our hearts, seizing opportunity & reaching out, we too can fulfil our long-held dreams.

Can she help them find what they are looking for?

Which book will you recommend?

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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 & became a Japanese bestseller. It is being translated into more than 20 languages. Aoyama’s next book, The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park, will be published in English in 2025. She lives in Yokohama, Japan.