Where to Start Reading Haruki Murakami

Known for his intricate worlds, complex characterization and wild imagination, Haruki Murakami has written epic feats of mythology and adventure and explored the intricacies of human nature. With just under two months to go until the release of Murakami’s brand-new novel The City and Its Uncertain Walls, we’re looking back on a few of our favorite stories that established him as an unstoppable force in the literary world.
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A story of grief, youth and new beginnings, this is the tender coming-of-age novel that launched Murakami’s career.
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Wild spirits, talking cats and free-falling fish make this a sweeping, surreal epic from one of our greatest contemporary novelists.
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A novel that feels like entering an impenetrable dream world, 1Q84 is a genre-busting story that pulls two complicated and seemingly unconnected lives together.
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Wild, weird and compelling, the mystical and the mundane converge in this profound novel.
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While he’s known for his dreamlike narratives, one of Murakami’s great strengths is his characterization. A story of hope and heartbreak, Sputnik Sweetheart is a tale of love and loss.








