Hot Chocolate on Thursday

By Michiko Aoyama

Much-loved early novel by the bestselling author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD

'I learned first-hand how people, flora, and fauna interact. All that breathes on this Earth is interconnected'

Across a bridge, in view of cherry blossom lies the Marble Cafe where a woman writes in a notebook and a young waiter prepares her favourite hot drink. Both wonder about each other and about the other lives of the clientele who frequent this charming little cafe behind the trees ....

Taking a walk along the river, cooking the best tamagoyaki, ordering hot chocolate, forgetting to remove our nail polish... The small, everyday acts that we do can offer unexpected encounters and ultimately change a life. HOT CHOCOLATE ON THURSDAY connects twelve slice-of-life moments that open and close with a woman ordering her regular hot chocolate at the mysterious Marble Cafe.

What happens in between will touch and swell your heart, as we connect with a community of untold unfolding lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1335002391
• ISBN13: 9781335002396
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Hanover Square Press
• Length: 204 Pages