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• We'll Prescribe You a Cat

  Syou, Ishida, 1975-

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  "Tucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cat Who Saved Books

  Natsukawa, Sōsuke, 1978-

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  "Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he has inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. However, one day, a talking cat named Tiger appears and asks Rintaro to save books with him. Of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Travelling Cat Chronicles

  Arikawa, Hiro, 1972-

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  "A life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice, The Travelling Cat Chronicles shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy. We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Goodbye Cat

  Seven Cat Stories

  Arikawa, Hiro, 1972-

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  "In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives, climbing, comforting, nestling, and sometimes just tripping everyone up in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She and Her Cat

  Shinkai, Makoto

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  A collection of four interrelated, stream-of-consciousness short stories follows women and their cat companions as they explore the frailty of life, the pain of isolation, and the limits of communication.

• If Cats Disappeared From the World

  Kawamura, Genki, 1979-

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  Our narrator's days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Whisper of the Heart

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  A schoolgirl named Shizuku, who longs to discover her true talents, meets the mysterious Seiji, a boy who is determined to follow his dreams, and The Baron, a magical cat who helps her listen to the whispers in her heart.

• I Am a Cat

  夏目, 漱石 1867-1916,

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  Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cat Returns

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  The Baron!

• Kafka on the Shore

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  This magnificent new novel has a similarly extraordinary scope and the same capacity to amaze, entertain, and bewitch the reader. A tour de force of metaphysical reality, it is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Neighbor Totoro

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  Deep inside a tree trunk, two children discover a fascinating new world inhabited by Totoros, amazing, charming creatures who become their friends.

• Barn Cat

  Mori, Kyoko

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  A young girl leaves Tokyo with her mother in 1979, carrying her pink suitcase to a new home, a new father and sister, on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Thirty-three years later, her mother's belongings are found packed into boxes, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kiki's Delivery Service

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  On her 13th birthday, a young witch named Kiki must fly away from home to a new city to find her niche in life. Accompanied by her chatty cat, Jiji, she starts a flying service and discovers lots of fun-filled escapades and meets plenty of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 1Q84

  Murakami, Haruki, 1949-

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  An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cat Nation

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  Cat fanatics everywhere rejoice! CAT NATION takes viewers on a journey into the unique world of Japanese cat culture. Follow British YouTube personality Chris Broad, as he treks across the land of the rising sun to document numerous…Read moreRead more of this annotation