Time-travelling cafe tales of love, regret and reunion.
The sixth instalment in the beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series returns to Tokyo’s mysterious cafe, where one special seat offers a chance to travel back and revisit the people you love. Four luminous stories explore love lost, love found, and the courage to say what matters.
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Before I Knew I Loved You
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Time-travelling cafe tales of love, regret and reunion.
The sixth instalment in the beloved Before the Coffee Gets Cold series returns to Tokyo’s mysterious cafe, where one special seat offers a chance to travel back and revisit the people you love. Four luminous stories explore love lost, love found, and the courage to say what matters.
- Book Synopsis
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The sixth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.
In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible - not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time to revisit the ones you love . . .
In Before I knew I loved you, Toshikazu Kawaguchi takes us back to the warm heart of the mysterious Funiculi Funicula Cafe, with another four guests whose luminous stories of love, lost and won again, will reaffirm your belief in its eternal potential.
In this book, we meet:
- The girl who wishes to make amends with the mother she never accepted
- The man who waited for a reply from his girlfriend, and never heard from her
- The woman anxious to travel ahead to know what her future holds
- The student who travels back to meet his father again, who passed away many years before.
Yet the same rules always apply - you must return before the coffee gets cold.
And while it does, memories are revisited, people are changed forever, and the enduring power of love transcends the boundaries of time.
The sixth book in the phenomenal, bestselling series, translated from Japanese, Before I knew I loved you asks the irresistible question: what would you do if you were offered the chance to go back in time?
Ideal for readers who…
- love cosy, reflective fiction about second chances, reconciliation, and the quiet power of love
- are fans of the “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” series and want to return to Funiculi Funicula Cafe
- enjoy interconnected stories that explore grief, regret, and hope in a gentle, uplifting way
- want a beautifully readable translated novel that feels comforting but emotionally resonant
- like high-concept premises with simple rules and big heart: time travel, but only until the coffee cools
- About The Author
- Toshikazu Kawaguchi was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song and Family Time. The novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold is adapted from a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama Festival grand prize. It was followed by Tales From the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades, Before We Say Goodbye and Before We Forget Kindness.
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- ISBN
- 9781035046300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Picador, (21 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 130 mm
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