While my two sons, ages 12 and 14, had zero interest in her earlier books, they battled over who could rip through Kondo’s manga as soon as they spotted it on the dining room table.

On Manga, by Marie Kondo When I was in elementary school, I visited my grandparents in the countryside of Miyazaki Prefecture and found my father’s childhood manga collection in a corner of ...

Marie Kondo, the Japanese professional home organizer and author of the worldwide bestseller, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, will release The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up this summer.

In Marie Kondo’s newest book, “The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story” (Ten Speed Press: $14.99, paperback), the bestselling author and organizer extraordinaire proposes that ...

NOT FOR RESALE. Contact Daniel Wikey at Daniel.Wikey@tenspeed.com (A page from “The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story” by Marie Kondo; illustrations by Yuko Uramoto.) ...

This undated photo provided by Ten Speed Press shows illustrations inside the book “the life-changing manga of tidying up: a magical story,” by Marie Kondo and illustrated by Yuko Uramoto.

Kondo’s message that you should keep only things that “spark joy” is now in manga form, with a love story as a backdrop. Her new book, “The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up” (Ten Speed ...