Hidden Books game 2023

[InMySpareTime]

I haven't seen a thread on this yet, so here's a thread to share hints for the Hidden Books Game this year:

https://hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/

Kurara is how you would transliterate the word that's written in Japanese. It's also maybe not as well known as some of the other books. written abt 3 yrs ago by a British Japanese author.

Kuara. Girls name and what is on her tshirt

I'm down to bin and lion. Not getting anywhere with Google from the self portrait clue. Is the lion or Belle pertinent?
With the bin, is the UK in the bin pertinent?

The UK itself is not pertinent.

That it's a country is pertinent

Where in New York (clue)?

Right, only the lion left

Still can't get bin, Friends, Lion, Bestsellers

Ok, I have lion now. That's a terrible pun.

Stuck on the bin and the lion.

Bin: what goes in the bin, what is a country made of?
Lion: pun, think bent coppers and translate Belle for the last word.

Got the lion based on this. Thanks! I’ve read the bloody book as well!

Removing spoiler

Oh ffs, I have it, thank you

Very close

Thank you! I'd never have got that in a million years from a lion and pink hearts.

@KenAdams more TV, less animal(that's the pun bit), you should be able to Google it from there though.

Oh FFS, I guessed the bin one about half an hour a go, I just hadn't put a space in it. Worth a "Nearly" surely?

Friends
Annie
Door sign
Wedding

Are the ones I'm still stuck on

Stuck on Bestsellers table and suitcase only now

18/20

still stuck on Bin . In spite of the clues I’m still stumped

mythology.

Mythology - Google two of the names you can see

Bin - what do you put in it plus what a country is made of. Its not sea.

The door sign is still lost on me...

Stuck on:
door
bin
natural history

just not seeing them - any further clues much appreciated

Ohhh the sign is not made of ice!

I'm stuck on;

Natural History
Travel
Bestsellers
and Bin