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僕の考えていることが本当に正しいかどうか、わからない。でもこの場所にいる僕はそれに勝たなくてはならない。

京都市中京区、薄暗い雑居ビルにある「中京こころのびょういん」。評判を聞きつけ、メンタルの悩みを持った人々が訪れるが、そこで処方されるのは薬ではなく、なんと本物の猫だった！

本当に心のこもったプレゼントとは？少年の万引きを目撃してしまった図書館の女性司書、厳しい校則に悩まされる天然パーマの少女など、今日も訳ありのお客さんがご来店！

作家・吉本ばななさんが涙した、喪われし少女たちの恋の物語。あまりに切なくて、気持ちが引き裂かれそうになる、そんな恋愛小説ができました。誰もが一度は、こんな恋をしたいと思ったはずなのです。

少女たちはソウルで夢を見た。K-POPデビューを夢見る陽奈と、大学進学する幼なじみに思いを寄せるソユン。日韓のふたりの少女は、それぞれの理由から芸能事務所の練習生としてソウルで暮らし始めた。

When the younger players in India's cricket team find out that advertising executive Zoya Singh Solanki was born at the very moment India won the World Cup back in 1983, they are intrigued. When having breakfast with her is followed by victories on the field, they are impressed. And when not eating with her results in defeat, they decide she's a lucky charm. The nation goes a step further. Amazed at the ragtag team's sudden spurt of victories, it declares her a goddess.

Paul has been led into a life of crime by his schoolyard protector, Daniel - but one night, what started as petty theft escalates fatally. Now, at 19, Paul must bear witness against his friend to avoid imprisonment. Louisa has her own dark secrets. Having fled from them many years ago, she now spends her days steeped in history, renovating the grounds of a crumbling Elizabethan mansion. But the her fragile peace is shattered when she meets Paul....

Pietro Rinaldi ha ottant'anni e vuole essere lasciato in pace. Ormai è convinto che la sua vita sia arrivata al capolinea e, mentre mangia penne all'arrabbiata, riflette su quanto i libri siano meglio delle persone. Se già fatica a sopportare se stesso, figuriamoci gli altri! Non ha proprio intenzione di avere a che fare con l'umanità... fino a quando, un giorno, nel suo mondo irrompe Diego, il nipotino quindicenne.

平成３年に発生した誘拐事件から30年。当時警察担当だった新聞記者の門田は、旧知の刑事の死をきっかけに被害男児の「今」を知る。再取材を重ねた結果、ある写実画家の存在が浮かび上がる。

時翔のもとに届いた不思議な手紙。100年前を生きる千代子が書いたものらしい。思いがけず始まった〝文通〟で距離を縮めるふたりだったが――令和と大正、時を超えた恋の行方は?

【第163回 直木賞受賞作】
傷つき、悩み、惑う人びとに寄り添っていたのは、一匹の犬だった――。

【累計百万部突破!第152回直木賞受賞作】 　僕はこの世界に左足から登場した――。

【累計百万部突破!第152回直木賞受賞作】 　両親の離婚、そして帰国。母の実家のそばに住む母子三人は、次第にバラバラになっていった。

余命の告知を受けた妻…

Swami is a talkative, mischievous boy whose life is all about having fun with his friends and avoiding school and homework. He lives with his parents, younger brother and grandmother. He has a set of friends in two schools that he gets removed from. But some innocent mischief gets him in trouble and leads him to leave his house and go on the run. Written in his unique style, R.K Narayan's book Swami Aur Uske Dost is simple yet truly entertaining.

This hilarious novel describes one year spent on a small university campus in the United States by an Indian student. His English is comically Indian, and his initial notions of America are absurdly inadequate and stereotyped. The theme of the novel is his comic discovery of America and his own growth and maturing through the diverse adventures he encounters.

Sarah's been sequestered to her grandparents' house for the summer - again - and she's convinced it'll be the most boring summer ever. That is, until she discovers who's been stealing her grandmother's beets. It isn't long before Sarah realizes she's in for the adventure of a lifetime.

Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts - four women born to four different wives of a wealthy plantation owner, her grandfather.

Returning from a funeral, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Briggs find their Beverly Hills mansion ransacked. As they wait for the police, they discover something unusual: Despite the chaos, nothing appears to be missing - a fact that greatly interests Beverly Hills police detective Masao Masuto. But the Zen detective only has a few minutes to ponder the strange break-in before a murder intervenes. The victim is Ivan Gaycheck, a stamp dealer whom Masuto remembers for his stout frame and unplaceable accent.

Rain has spoiled Masao Masuto's vacation. For six days the storm has trapped the Zen Buddhist detective and his family inside their Los Angeles cottage. By the morning of his vacation's final day, he is so stir crazy that the call to come to work is a relief. Detective Masuto knows no better cure for boredom than a puzzling murder.