Every Bookshop Needs a Cat

Curl up with a good cat... From bestselling Japanese author Takuya Asakura comes an unforgettable story about the lovable stray cats who find sanctuary in a bookshop in a small town in Onomichi, and the lonely souls who become their companions. The perfect comfort read for those who loved We''ll Prescribe you a Cat and The Cat Who Saved Books. Available to pre-order now.

About the author

Born in Sapporo in 1966, Takuya Asakura graduated from the University of Tokyo. He won the first 'This Mystery is Amazing!' Grand Prize in 2002 for Yokkakan no Kiseki (The Miracle of Four Days), which was subsequently made into a film and sold over 1.3 million copies. Takuya is also a translator and translated Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library from English into Japanese.

Product details

• Authors: Takuya Asakura
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.08.2026
• EAN: 9780008810337
• ISBN: 978-0-00-881033-7
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 204 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Japan, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Animals, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, c 2100 onwards, Narrative theme: books and the world of books, FICTION / Family Life / Multigenerational, FICTION / Books, Bookstores & Libraries, Literature of Japan