The Neverending Book

The Spellbinding Japanese Bestseller – A Magical Celebration of Books and StoriesThere once was a book-loving king who lived in the Kingdom of - well, no need to get into details. The story went something like this:One day, the king called two men to his castle and said, ‘I love books, I think I’ve read most of them. But my eyes are so bad now, I can’t read. Still, I love books, and I want to hear stories about them. I command the two of you to travel the world searching for anyone who knows of unusual books. Come back here and tell me their stories.’The two men set out on their journey. A year later they returned. By then, the king could no longer so much as sit up in bed. Night after night, the two men took turns telling him the stories they collected – tales of detective novels, romances, comedies, diaries, and quests. The book in your hands is the story of the books they found – and of what happened next . . .

THE RUNAWAY JAPANESE BESTSELLER, NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH

Pre-order now and discover the enchanting tale of an aged, near-blind, book-loving king and the stories he collects about unusual and magical books...
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A book that makes the sound of turning pages fractionally too early, infuriating its readers; a diary shared by two children with painful secrets; a photo album left by a dying father for when his daughter gets married . . .

An elderly book-loving king sends two subjects on a mission: to travel the world collecting stories about weird and wonderful books. Upon their return, they recount their stories for the king over the course of thirteen nights.

From the comically irreverent to the heartrending to the heartwarming, The Neverending Book delves into all that a book can be, forming an enchanting compendium that reveals the ways in which we interact with books, and the importance they hold in our hearts - all told through the tale of two subjects gathering stories about books for their blind, book-loving king.
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• | Author: Naoki Matayoshi, Shinsuke Yoshitake
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Oct 02, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780241651506
• | ISBN-10: 0241651506