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The Memory Bookshop
- Author
- Song Yu-jeong
- Narrator
- Jennifer J. Kim
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 12 March 2026
- Run Time
- 3 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
THE KOREAN SENSATION
For lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, discover a spellbinding novel about a mysterious bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the past is only a page away…
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If you're lost, you'll find The Memory BookshopWhere the shelves are endless. The books, strangely familiar. And where memories are bound in pages.
When Jiwon cautiously crosses the threshold, she's met by Manager K and offered no explanation, only a mysterious hourglass and a rare opportunity: to travel back to three chapters of her life.
But returning to the past isn't without risk. In exchange, Jiwon has to give up time in her future.
As she wanders between the shelves, the bookshop humming with memories and regrets, she must ask herself: can the past truly be rewritten? Or does the real magic lie in the life she's yet to live?
Warm, wise and full of wonder, The Memory Bookshop is a story about the power of books to carry us home.
Critics Review
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Reader Reviews:
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'If you’ve read and loved Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, then The Memory Bookshop is one book you need to add to your TBR'
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'This is a gentle, emotional read that explores memory, loss, and healing in a way that feels both personal and universal. Definitely worth picking up if you’re in the mood for something soft, reflective, and quietly magical'
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'Both heartbreaking and heartwarming, The Memory Bookshop is a tender and comforting read that may just make you re-evaluate your own relationships with those closest to you'
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Details
- Author
- Song Yu-jeong
- Narrator
- Jennifer J. Kim
- Duration
- 3 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 March 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008742881
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Fiction in translation, Magical realism, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
Synopsis
THE KOREAN SENSATION For lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, discover a spellbinding novel about a mysterious bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the past is only a page away… *** If you're lost, you'll find The Memory Bookshop Where the shelves are endless. The books, strangely familiar. And where memories are bound in pages. When Jiwon cautiously crosses the threshold, she's met by Manager K and offered no explanation, only a mysterious hourglass and a rare opportunity: to travel back to three chapters of her life. But returning to the past isn't without risk. In exchange, Jiwon has to give up time in her future. As she wanders between the shelves, the bookshop humming with memories and regrets, she must ask herself: can the past truly be rewritten? Or does the real magic lie in the life she's yet to live? Warm, wise and full of wonder, The Memory Bookshop is a story about the power of books to carry us home.
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