Before the Coffee Gets Cold Books in Order
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi contains 6 books, published between 2015 and 2024. The first book is Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015) and the newest is Before I Knew I Loved You (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2015–2024
Before the Coffee Gets Cold is a series of Japanese magical-realist novels by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, built on time travel. 6 catalogued books run from Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015) to Before I Knew I Loved You (2024), taking in Tales from the Café, Before Your Memory Fades, Before We Say Goodbye and Before We Forget Kindness. Families, friendship and language are the recurring subjects, Japan is the setting, and the series is ongoing.
How many Before the Coffee Gets Cold books are there?
Before the Coffee Gets Cold has 6 books, released between 2015 and 2024.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Before the Coffee Gets Cold books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Before the Coffee Gets Cold2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 2Tales from the Café2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 3Before Your Memory Fades2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 4Before We Say Goodbye2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 5Before We Forget Kindness2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 6Before I Knew I Loved You2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
Is there a chronological order for Before the Coffee Gets Cold?
No separate chronological order is on record for Before the Coffee Gets Cold, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Before the Coffee Gets Cold books in order?
You should read the Before the Coffee Gets Cold books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Before the Coffee Gets Cold book also stands alone.
Where to start with Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Start with Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Before the Coffee Gets Cold book?
Before I Knew I Loved You (2024) is the newest Before the Coffee Gets Cold book released so far.
Is there a new Before the Coffee Gets Cold book coming?
No next Before the Coffee Gets Cold book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold at a glance
- Still running
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Busiest decade
- Most Before the Coffee Gets Cold books, 5 of 6, were published in the 2020s.
What the Before the Coffee Gets Cold books are about
3 of the 6 Before the Coffee Gets Cold books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: contemporary is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Contemporary 2 of 3 books
- Fantasy 2 of 3 books
- Japanese fiction 2 of 3 books
- Magical Realism 2 of 3 books
- Family life 1 of 3 books
- Friendship 1 of 3 books
- Japan 1 of 3 books
- Japanese Literature 1 of 3 books
- Language and languages 1 of 3 books
- Science fiction 1 of 3 books
- Time travel 1 of 3 books
More books by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.