The Memory Bookshop by Song Yu-jeong – Paperback

The Memory Bookshop by Song Yu-jeong

Translated by Shanna Tan

THE KOREAN SENSATION

What if you found a bookshop where the shelves held more than stories—they held your memories?

Since the death of her mother, Jiwon's life has slowly begun to fall apart.

Then, while caught in a sudden rainstorm, she discovers a mysterious bookshop unlike any she's ever known.

Inside, Jiwon meets the enigmatic Manager K and is given an extraordinary opportunity. With the help of a mysterious hourglass, she can return to three chapters from her own life.

But revisiting the past comes at a price.

For every moment Jiwon takes back, she must sacrifice time from her future.

Surrounded by endless shelves filled with memories, regrets, and possibilities, Jiwon must decide whether changing the past can truly heal what has been lost—or whether the life still waiting for her might be more valuable than the one she longs to revisit.

Warm, comforting, and touched with magic, The Memory Bookshop is a beautiful Korean novel about grief, memory, second chances, and the extraordinary power of books to help us find our way home.

BOOK DETAILS

Title: The Memory Bookshop
Author: Song Yu-jeong
Translator: Shanna Tan
Format: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Publication Date: July 7, 2026
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780063475120
Language: English
Original Language: Korean
Genre: Cozy Fantasy / Magical Realism / Literary Fiction / Korean Fiction

PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE

• Cozy fantasy
• Magical realism
• Books about bookshops
• Korean fiction
• Translated fiction
• Healing fiction
• Stories about grief and moving forward
• Time travel and second chances
• Emotional but comforting reads
• Bookish fiction
• The Midnight Library
• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold
• Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop