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• Get Some Love Therapy with Saki Kawashiro’s The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee

  While February is a time of love, it doesn’t always mean we see the happy side of that love. There are many tricky and complex feelings surrounding Valentine’s Day for many, and I felt that a story about love from a different perspective would be much appreciated by readers sick of hearing about Valentine’s Day.…

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  February 18, 2026

  Contemporary Fiction, Foreign Lit, Romance

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• Be Enchanted by Madeleine Thien’s Stunning Novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing

  In an endeavour to read more historical fiction written by a diverse range of voices, Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing came across my radar at the end of 2025, and I added it to my list of books to read in 2026. This novel won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2016 and…

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  January 30, 2026

  Historical Fiction

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• Marie Kondo’s Letter from Japan is the Perfect Non-Fiction Read

  Marie Kondo is a global celebrity at this point, with her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Cleaning, a worldwide sensation, and her sweet, gentle persona a pleasure to watch. When I heard that she had published an introspective non-fiction book, I knew I needed to read it for myself. So Letter from Japan ended up on my…

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  January 28, 2026

  Non Fiction

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• A Therapeutic Read in Satoshi Yagisawa’s Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

  Forgive me, friends, but my December has been a bit muddled as of late. As such, I haven’t found the right time to read Ursula K. Le Guin’s fourth Earthsea Cycle novel Tehanu, but instead have picked up Days at the Morisaki Bookshop as a short, but soul-touching read to get some good healing vibes…

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  December 19, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Foreign Lit, Poetry and Short Stories

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• A Beautiful Short Story Collection in Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

  Short story collections are something I find myself gravitating towards at this stage in my life, and I am so happy that I can find such great recommendations and works to pick up from a range of authors. Interpreter of Maladies is a book that came across my radar some months ago (I am not…

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  December 12, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Poetry and Short Stories

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• Gripping Feminist Literature in Cho Nam-Joo’s Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

  A global phenomenon and a book I have heard a lot about, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is one of those novels I have seen floating around bookish social media for some time now. It is also a novel that has never been shared without a good word in my circles. In hopes of expanding my…

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  December 8, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Foreign Lit

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• All Aboard Seichō Matsumoto’s Japanese Classic Tokyo Express

  Get your tickets ready for this foreign crime fiction tale. Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto is a riveting novel laced with that crime noir feel and historical setting. It is a short yet well-plotted read that delivers red herrings and dead-ends until the very end. In a rocky cove at Hakata Bay, the bodies of…

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  September 22, 2025

  Classic Fiction, Crime Fiction, Foreign Lit, Historical Fiction

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• Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart – A Beautiful Memoir of Love, Loss, and Food

  Having seen Crying in H Mart come across my feed more than a few times, not to mention the wonderful things people had to say about it, I finally bit the bullet and requested it from the library. With only around 240 pages, I figured it would be a quick an easy before bed read…

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  August 6, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Non Fiction

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• You Must Stop At Mai Mochizuki’s The Full Moon Coffee Shop

  The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki is an adorably informative short read that will leave you feeling gooey in the heart and enlightened in the mind. I wasn’t sure what exactly I would get from this novel, but I knew I needed to pick it up – after all, who could say no…

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  July 7, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Foreign Lit

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• We Do Not Part – Han Kang’s Newest Literary Masterpiece

  We Do Not Part, Han Kang’s most recent literary fiction release, is rich with sharp detail, evocative imagery, and that particular tone she is known for, a blend between ominous and hauntingly beautiful that sticks in your mind for days, and your heart for longer. I think I may have found my favourite of her…

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  May 5, 2025

  Contemporary Fiction, Foreign Lit

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