Hooked
- Author Asako Yuzuki, Translated by Polly Barton
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 12 March 2026
- Run Time 5 hours and 32 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
‘Yuzuki has become the poster girl of a British boom for Japanese fiction’ THE TIMES
The unmissable new novel of friendship and dangerous obsession from Asako Yuzuki, the award-winning author of the global bestselling sensation Butter.
Eriko really wouldn't mind being savaged, if it was her best friend doing the savaging …
Eriko's life appears perfect – devoted parents, spotless apartment and a job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness.
Eriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by a housewife, Shoko. Shoko’s posts about eating convenience store food and her untidy home are the opposite of the typical Japanese housewife’s manicured lifestyle. When Eriko tracks Shoko down at her favourite restaurant and befriends her, Shoko is at first charmed by her new companion. But as Eriko’s obsession with Shoko deepens, her increasingly possessive behaviour starts to raise suspicion. As Eriko’s carefully laid plans begin to unravel, how far will she go to hold on to the best friend that she’s ever had?
Beautifully translated by Polly Barton, Hooked is a thrilling and unsettling story of the line between friendship and dangerous obsession. A delicious exploration of food, loneliness and womanhood in contemporary Japan, Hooked brings together all the ingredients for which Asako Yuzuki is so adored.
Critics Review
n Praise for Butter:n
n‘Exuberant, indulgent romp of a novel … Butter is a full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ Sunday Times
n'Yuzuki has created a cult phenomenon' iNews
n‘Yuzuki has become the poster girl of a British boom for Japanese fiction’ The Times
n‘Word of mouth hit and cult Japanese bestseller, Butter, took the literary world by storm' BBC
n‘Readers around the world are finding themselves utterly captivated’ Daily Mail
n‘Ambitious and unsettling … a thought-provoking and surprisingly feelgood take on friendship, transgressive pleasures, and society’s impossibly contradictory expectations of women’ Guardian
n‘A biting satire on fat-shaming culture and double standards in beauty’ Financial Times
n'I have been glued to Butter’ Nigel Slater
n‘I really enjoyed it’ Meera Syal, on BBC Between the Covers
n'Compelling, delightfully weird' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?
n'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' Erin Kelly, author of Broadchurch
n‘A heady serving of food culture and feminism … Yuzuki goes beyond the typical crime narrative’ Japan Times
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