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All Otoha Higuchi wants to do is work with books. However, the exhausting nature of her work at a chain bookstore has quickly brought reality crashing down around her. She is already on the verge of quitting when she receives an anonymous invitation to apply for a job at the Night Library. The hours are from seven o’clock to midnight. The library exclusively stores books by deceased authors, and ... Read more

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