New York, NY: Hanover Square Press | Harper Collins (May 26, 2026)

First Edition. Signed on a tipped in page.

As new in dust jacket.

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?

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 couldn’t call her mother, and yearns to reconnect with her
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.