TBR: Standalone

Remember, if he wanted to, he wood. After a nasty breakup, Tasha is convinced that her Christmas is ruined. When she goes to a Christmas tree lot to find some holiday spirit, she is surprised to stumble upon some holiday magic. Bruce, Ash, and Forest are cursed Christmas trees, who only want to give her some holiday cheer. But after she takes them home for the holidays to enjoy in their human form, will she keep them for the year? Or will she return them back to the lot? Can all three guys show her what it means to be truly loved and will their love be enough to break the curse? Note: This is a novella.

Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week . . . Because how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself – and his beloved cat – to the brink. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life. This beautiful tale is translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland, who also translated The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide. Fans of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles will also surely love If Cats Disappeared from the World.