'Suzume-ui Mundansok'... Millie's Library Popular Books in April

The movie Suzume no Tojimari has sparked a craze in theaters, propelling director Makoto Shinkai's original novel of the same name to the top spot in Millie's Library's popular books for April. The paper book sales of this work at retail bookstores reached 200,000 copies. The long novel Kamitsuki by Japanese author Mitsuyo Kakuta, recently remade into a Genie TV original drama, ranked 36th.

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Books about attitude also attracted attention. Seiko's Teachings dropped one rank from the previous month but still held the 2nd place. As a self-help book in novel form, Cafe at the End of the World, which has been the European bestseller for seven consecutive years, ranked 8th, and Don't Let Your Mood Become Your Attitude, which deals with proper basic usage, ranked 15th.

Essays also drew readers' interest and secured high ranks. The fantasy novel Marigold Mind Laundry, depicting mysterious events at a somewhat suspicious laundry, and You Are Ultimately Someone Who Can Do Anything, which conveys sentences of hope and belief that you will succeed when lacking confidence and feeling anxious, ranked 3rd and 5th respectively. The million-seller series Uncomfortable Convenience Store 1 and 2 ranked 16th and 34th respectively. Among essays, lyricist and writer Kim Ina's warm stories and comfort in To the Child Within Me ranked 22nd.

In humanities books, All Life Flows, containing advice from a French philosopher on how to properly navigate unfamiliar life, ranked 18th; The New York Psychiatrist's People Library, a story of empathy and connection told by Yale University psychiatry professor Jongho Na, ranked 19th; and How Can I Be Happy?, which shares life wisdom from protagonists in 28 classic literary works, ranked 27th.

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Kim Taehyung, head of content business at Millie's Library, said, “Many members in April engaged in reading not just to gain knowledge or information but to protect and heal themselves from threats present in daily life. Millie's Library will continue to provide customized book prescriptions exclusively for its readers by expanding various reading contents that can solve diverse crises and concerns encountered in life, beyond the current 140,000 titles available.”

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