Healing Fiction

Long popular in Japan and Korea, these books—feel-good novels with elements of magical realism—are taking off in translation.

This list includes titles that are available digitally as an e-book, an e-audiobook, or both.

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Updated November 13, 2024
Westchester Library System Mount Pleasant Public Library
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Before the coffee gets cold : a novel
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu 1971-
Paper Book
*NOW AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER* *AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* The first book in the five million-copy bestselling magical realism series If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet? ...
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library (First Time Trade)
Aoyama, Michiko
Paper Book
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER  *  A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR  *  A WASHINGTON POST BEST FEEL GOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR  For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the...
We'll prescribe you a cat
Syou, Ishida 1975-
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller A cat a day keeps the doctor away... Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats. Tucked away...
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Hwang, Po-r?
Paper Book
Preorder Every Day I Read, a new work from Hwang Bo-reum for book-lovers, coming December 2025 INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER * NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER INDIE NEXT PICK * Debutiful Most Anticipated Book of 2024 * Powell's Pick of the...

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