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Every Bookshop Needs a Cat

Name: Every Bookshop Needs a Cat
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9780008810344
Price: 28.99 NZD
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By Takuya Asakura

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Curl up with a good cat… Amane Morikawa arrives at the bookshop she’s inherited from her grandfather in Onomichi, only to find a dusty space with empty bookshelves – and a group of characterful cats who’ve made it their home. Comforted by her new feline friends,... Read More

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Every Bookshop Needs a Cat

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Curl up with a good cat…

An uplifting, feel-good novel full of feline and bookish charm for 2026 from the Japanese bestselling author

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Curl up with a good cat…

Amane Morikawa arrives at the bookshop she’s inherited from her grandfather in Onomichi, only to find a dusty space with empty bookshelves – and a group of characterful cats who’ve made it their home.

Comforted by her new feline friends, Amane begins to connect with the people around her. A clockmaker who tends to the cats. A photographer. A record shop owner. Each meeting drawing her closer to a new purpose: reopening the bookshop.

But the shop needs more than repairs … Can the cats, mysterious guardians of the bookshop, lead Amane to the missing piece that will bring it back to life?

Full of charm and creature comforts, this healing tale from Japanese bestseller Takuya Asakura shows that every reader – and every bookshop – really does need a good cat.

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.

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ISBN: 9780008810344

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 224

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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.

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