All the Lovers of the Night - Mieko Kawakami
Read if you love: books that will stay with you for a longtime, numerology, sad girl makes good, romance, Christmas stories
The Nakano Thrift Shop - Hiromi Kawakami
Read if you love: quirky and idiosyncratic communities, funny and heartwarming, life through the eyes of a thrift shop, love stories
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagasawa
Read if you love: bookshops, gentle romances, finding your place in the world, books can change your life, family dynamics
The Miracles at the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino
Read if you love: time slips, mysteries, small time crooks, magical general stores, sad and sweet, love letters
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Read if you love: time travel, short stories, memory, cosy cafe ASMR videos on Youtube
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Read if you love: Mathematicians, numbers, unexpected friendships, baseball, memory loss
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Read if you love: Diverse characters, Japanese convenience stores, dark humour, critique of social norms
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Read if you love: Magical librarians, libraries as community hubs, finding yourself in modern society, interconnected stories
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Read if you love: Cats, road trips, humour, friendship, animal points of view, warm fuzzies
