DISCOVER THE TWO-MILLION-COPY UPLIFTING WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT
A top ten Times bestseller
The NEXT read for lovers of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this feel-good story shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a life.
'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail
'A quirky slice of feel-good fiction that you could recommend to anyone' Mail on Sunday
'A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries' Irish Times
'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times
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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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READERS ADORE THIS BOOK:
'I definitely want to visit this library. I feel kinder after this book' 5***** Reader review
'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted' 5***** Reader review
'Wonderful. It made me look for connection in my life' 5***** Reader review
BOOKSELLERS ADORE THIS BOOK:
'Perfect for anyone who's obsessed with Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Definitely a must-read' *****
'I can wholeheartedly recommend this!' *****
Times bestseller, August 2023

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, a Times bestseller 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 The Recovery Hippo at Hinode Park will be published internationally. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.