Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book Set

The first three books in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series packaged together.

What would you do if you could travel back in time? Discover the internationally bestselling novels of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, now a worldwide phenomenon and BookTok sensation, in this special new book set. Step inside Tokyo’s whimsical Café Funiculi Funicula and travel back in time with a cast of unforgettable characters, including:

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  Before the Coffee Gets Cold: estranged sisters, a newly pregnant customer, and the wife of a man with early onset Alzheimer’s


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  Tales from the Café: a detective with a gift, a son with regrets, and a man chasing “the one who got away”


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  Before Your Memory Fades: a comedian with big dreams, a grieving sister, and childhood lovers

For new and longtime fans alike, this set is the perfect collection of heartwarming, uplifting tales that remind us we “don’t have to live burdened by regret” (New York Times). Translated from Japanese in the signature prose of Geoffrey Trousselot, each installment of this series brings new adventure that has captivated millions of readers around the world.

Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series: 

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Book 1)


• Tales from the Cafe (Book 2)


• Before Your Memory Fades (Book 3)


• Before We Say Goodbye (Book 4)


• Before We Forget Kindness (Book 5)


• Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Boxed Set (Books 1-3)