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Matcha on Monday - The Charming Japanese Healing Novel by the Author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY

Michiko Aoyama

By the million-copy bestselling author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY, a Times bestseller and Time magazine Top 100 title

From the three-times nominated author for the Japan Booksellers award: Volume Two of the Marble Cafe series, in which customers, staff, artists and manager connect over 12 powerful episodes to create vivid experiences of unexpected happy encounters and anonymous kindness.

Loving praise from international readers for MATCHA ON MONDAY: ‘These words resonate in my heart’ ***** ‘I felt the depth of each relationship and burst into tears a few times’ ***** ‘A miraculous story that shows the importance of giving things perspective’ ***** ‘It would be a great idea to read this together with HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY’***** ‘The same taste and feeling as drinking a cup of matcha’ *****

GenresFictionLiteraryFriendshipComing of AgeMagical RealismWorld Literature

208 pages

English edition · First published 2026 by Transworld · ISBN 9781529950151

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