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🎃🍻This Weekend at Infinity Books – Oct 30 & 31 Friday 30 – Cosy Night, Friends & Drinks Starts at 8PM Saturday 31 – Halloween Party Starts at 7PM Infinity Books, Asakusa A cosy Friday followed by a spooky Saturday. From quiet drinks to things that go bump in the bookshop!

“Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them.” — The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber Rich, immersive, and deliciously dark, Faber’s sprawling novel brings Victorian society vividly to life while giving voice to those usually left at its margins.

Some books remind us that no one is ever completely known. Perhaps understanding someone is not about reaching a final conclusion, but remaining curious enough to notice who they are becoming. 📖 From the shelves at Infinity Books Japan — Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

📚 New arrivals at Infinity Books Japan 📖 Inside Story — Martin Amis 😂 The Biggest Pub Joke Book Ever! 2 — David Southwell, Sam Wigan & John Muller 👜 Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre — Dana Thomas ⚡ Disclosure — Michael Crichton Available now at Infinity Books Japan. 📚

🇯🇵🎶 Oct 16–17 @ Infinity Books Fri 7PM: Candid Reflections on Residency in Japan – long-term foreign residents share the successes, challenges & realities of living here. Open Q&A. Sat 8PM: Informal Jam w/ Giovanni & Friends. Play, sing or listen! 📍 Asakusa

“In the intelligence business, nothing is ever what it seems.” — The Company, Robert Littell Ambitious, gripping, and packed with historical detail, The Company is a sprawling tale of spies, secrets, and the human cost of living a life built on deception.

Some books remind us that language is never still Perhaps that is why words can hold memory and possibility at once, constantly moving us between who we were, who we are, and who we might become 📖From the shelves at Infinity Books Japan — The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

This week special opening hours

📚 New arrivals at Infinity Books Japan: 🔎 No Man’s Land — David Baldacci 🩸 Magpie Murders — Anthony Horowitz 🏚️ The Haunting of Moscow House — Olesya Salnikova Gilmore 🧛 Dracula — Bram Stoker Murder, mystery, ghosts & Gothic chills.

🎤🎶 Oct 9–10 @ Infinity Books Fri 8:30PM: English Standup Comedy by Meshida – My Japanese Perspective. Sat 7:30PM: Totally Acoustic – bring an instrument or your voice. All levels welcome. No electric guitars or mics! 📍 Asakusa

🎤🎶 Oct 9–10 @ Infinity Books Fri 8:30PM: English Standup Comedy by Meshida – My Japanese Perspective. Sat 7:30PM: Totally Acoustic – bring an instrument or your voice. All levels welcome. No electric guitars or mics!

🔥 Staff Pick “People change. They just don’t change all at once.” — Nobody’s Fool, Richard Russo A warm, funny, and deeply human novel about Sully, a stubborn small-town man navigating the consequences of a lifetime of questionable decisions. Available at Infinity Books Japan

Some books remind us that the way we see others often reveals something about ourselves. Perhaps one of the greatest losses is not goodness itself, but losing the ability to recognise it. 📖 From the shelves at Infinity Books Japan — The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber

📚 New arrivals at Infinity Books Japan 🕵️ The Drop & The List — Mick Herron 🏙️ Fleishman Is in Trouble — Taffy Brodesser-Akner 🌹 The Crimson Petal and the White — Michel Faber 📖 Four Novels — Marguerite Duras Available now at Infinity Books Japan. 📚

🔥 Staff Pick “Sometimes the greatest danger is believing you understand what you see.” — The Eye of the Monkey, Krisztina Tóth Sharp, surreal, and quietly disturbing, Tóth turns the familiar into something sinister, exploring how easily reality can shift beneath our feet.

🎲🎨 Oct 2–3 @ Infinity Books Fri 7PM: Board Game Night – RPGs, tabletop games & friendly competition. Beginners welcome! Sat 8PM: Free Art Party – draw, paint, write, sing, perform or simply enjoy the creativity. 📍 Asakusa | 🆓 Free Art Party

Some books understand the strange contradiction at the heart of the detective story. The detective exists to restore order, yet depends upon disorder to have a purpose. 📖 From the shelves at Infinity Books Japan — Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz

📚 New arrivals at Infinity Books Japan 🔎 The Underground Man — Ross Macdonald 🚀 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever — James Tiptree Jr. 🌊 In Ascension — Martin MacInnes 🕵️ Death on Darby’s Island — Alice Walsh Available now at Infinity Books Japan. 📚

🍷🎶 Sept 25–26 @ Infinity Books Fri 8PM: Friends & Drinks – a relaxed night of drinks, books, conversation & new faces. Sat 7:30PM: Asakusa Acoustika – acoustic open mic. All genres welcome, 3 songs/15 mins. Come play or listen! 📍 Asakusa #InfinityBooks

🔥 Staff Pick “Life is just a series of transitions, some chosen and some imposed.” — Transit, Rachel Cusk Precise, intelligent, and beautifully observed — a novel about change, identity, relationships, and the unsettling possibilities of starting again. Available at Infinity