The Secondhand Bookshop Cafe

The perfect next comfort read for fans of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa and What You Are Looking For is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama

When Sango Takashima inherits her beloved brother's second-hand bookshop in Tokyo's famous Jimbocho book district, she leaves behind her quiet life in Hokkaido to keep his dream alive.

She knows nothing about the rare-book trade. But as customers wander through the shop in search of forgotten cookbooks, obscure classics, childhood favourites and impossible-to-find treasures, Sango discovers that the right book always seems to find the right reader.

Together with her great-niece Mikiki, a literature student searching for her own future, Sango begins to build an unlikely community of booksellers, publishers, students and lost souls, each carrying burdens that a single conversation – or a single book – might help to lighten.

Tender, wise and utterly charming, The Second-Hand Bookshop Cafe is a celebration of the stories that shape our lives, the meals we share, and the unexpected places where we find home.