The Bookshop Woman: My Year Transforming Lives--One Book at a Time by Hanada, Nanako
The Bookshop Woman: My Year Transforming Lives--One Book at a Time by Hanada, Nanako

The Bookshop Woman: My Year Transforming Lives--One Book at a Time

This international bestseller is the true story of a devoted book lover who finds connection in the...
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Author: Nanako Hanada
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Bookshop Woman: My Year Transforming Lives--One Book at a Time by Hanada, Nanako

The Bookshop Woman: My Year Transforming Lives--One Book at a Time

$34.80
The Bookshop Woman: My Year Transforming Lives--One Book at a Time by Hanada, Nanako

The Bookshop Woman: My Year Transforming Lives--One Book at a Time

$34.80
Author: Nanako Hanada
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
This international bestseller is the true story of a devoted book lover who finds connection in the vast sea of Tokyo by recommending to strangers the book that will change their lives.

"I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have over ten thousand books in my vast memory bank, and I'll recommend the perfect one for you."

Nanako Hanada is a passionate book lover who manages the Village Vanguard, an iconically eccentric bookstore in Tokyo. But her story takes a turn with the breakdown of her marriage. Spending her nights alone in Tokyo's four-hour capsules, she's finding herself rather isolated. That's until Nanako finds the meet-up site Perfect Strangers.

Perfect Strangers isn't a dating site--it's where people meet for thirty-minute bursts to find friendship or romance, build a network, or just share ideas. She sets up her profile promising to recommend people "the book that will change their life." In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of people, a ragtag range of strangers who happen to believe in the power of a great book. Soon she discovers that she can connect with just about anyone, and bustling Tokyo begins to feel like a welcoming--if a bit quirky--small town.

Written with comforting humor and populated by a delightful cast of Tokyo-ites, The Bookshop Woman is a soul-stirring book about a bookseller's self-discovery. Here she shares what every bookseller knows: Books can be joyful paths toward meaningful connections.

Author: Nanako Hanada
Publisher: Tiny Reparations Books
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.66w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9798217045556


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2026 pg. 64

About the Author
NANAKO HANADA is a bookseller in Tokyo. Her first book, The Bookshop Woman, was an unexpected global bestseller, and has since been adapted into a TV drama. The royalties allowed Nanako to open her own bookshop called Kani Books.

Cat Anderson has won the Japanese Literature Publishing Project's international translation competition and is the translator of The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi and The Tsubaki Stationery Store by Ito Ogawa.
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