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Matcha on Monday
  • Published: 30 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529950144
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $38.00
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Matcha on Monday

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Irresistible companion piece to HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY, set in a charming cafe, by the million-copy bestselling brand author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY and HEALING HIPPO OF HINODE PARK

By the million-copy bestselling author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY, a Times bestseller and Time magazine Top 100 title

From the three-times nominated author for the Japan Booksellers award: Volume Two of the Marble Cafe series, in which customers, staff, artists and manager connect over 12 powerful episodes to create vivid experiences of unexpected happy encounters and anonymous kindness.

Loving praise from international readers for MATCHA ON MONDAY:
‘These words resonate in my heart’ *****
‘I felt the depth of each relationship and burst into tears a few times’ *****
‘A miraculous story that shows the importance of giving things perspective’ *****
‘It would be a great idea to read this together with HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY’*****
‘The same taste and feeling as drinking a cup of matcha’ *****
  • Published: 30 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529950144
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama is from Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. She is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author’s debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo.
Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

portrait photo of Michiko Aoyama

Also by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking for is in the Library
The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park
Penguin Readers Level 4: What You Are Looking for is in the Library (ELT Graded Reader)
Hot Chocolate on Thursday
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