An uplifting, feel-good novel full of feline and bookish charm for 2026 from the Japanese bestselling author -The next must-read for fans of Japanese translated fiction -And the new novel from Takuya Asakura, the author of international hit THE VANISHING CHERRY BLOSSOM BOOKSHOP (close to 70k copies now shipped by HCUK), which is being published simultaneously by HC Japan -A whimsical, heartfelt novel about the healing power of cats and bookshops -Japanese cat novels are perennially popular, with huge gifting appeal, and this novel has the extra commercial magic of a bookshop setting, giving the novel a brilliant USP in the translation space -The perfect read for lovers of We'll Prescribe You a Cat (33K hardbacks TCM) and The Cat Who Saved Books (75k copies TCM) Competition: The;the;We'll Prescribe you a Cat;The Cat Who Saved Books;Cat Lady;Guest Cat;We'll Prescribe You Another Cat;Full Moon Coffee Shop;Before the Coffee Gets Cold;Blanket Cats;Butter;Strange Pictures; Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop. Syou Ishida; Mai Mochizuki; Toshikazu Kawaguchi; Asako Yuzuki.