From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY, Matcha on Monday is the second volume in the beloved Marble Cafe series. This warm and luminous contemporary fiction novel invites readers into the cozy haven of Café Marble in Tokyo, where healing matcha and everyday human connection offer solace to those seeking a fresh start.

• Volume two in the acclaimed Marble Cafe series.
• Features stories following diverse characters over twelve calendar months as they visit Café Marble on Mondays for tea tasting.
• Explores themes of simplicity, inner peace, and rediscovering purpose.
• Written by Michiko Aoyama, author of the international hit WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY.
• Presented in English, translated by E. Madison Shimoda.

Tucked behind the trees in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood, Café Marble becomes the setting for unexpected encounters. On Mondays, the enigmatic owner hosts a tea tasting ritual, allowing clientele to pause and let the bitterness of matcha soothe their troubles. Follow a woman needing an attitude change, a couple facing a crisis, an artist who has lost her purpose, and a young woman struggling with family expectations as they find community and change within the café's walls.

• Author: Michiko Aoyama
• Translator: E. Madison Shimoda
• Binding: Hardcover
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: July 2, 2026
• Language: English (Original content also available in Japanese)
• Print Length: 208 pages
• Dimensions: 135 x 206 x 21mm (5.3 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches)
• Weight: 272g
• ISBN-10: 1529950147
• ISBN-13: 978-1529950144

Discover the heart-warming story of community and quiet transformation found over a cup of matcha at Café Marble.