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Haruki Murakami

b. 1949

22 standalone books

2 awards & honors · incl. Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize 2007

Haruki Murakami, born 1949, is a Japanese writer and translator. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered him critical acclaim, and he is the sixth recipient of the Franz Kafka Prize for his novel Kafka on the Shore. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature, and The Guardian praised him as one of the "world's greatest living novelists."

Born
1949

Books by Haruki Murakami

  1. Cover of Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    2022

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  2. Cover of 1Q84

    1Q84

    2022

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  3. Cover of First Person Singular

    First Person Singular

    2021

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  4. Cover of Killing Commendatore

    Killing Commendatore

    2019

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  5. Cover of Men Without Women

    Men Without Women

    2018

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  6. Cover of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    2014

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  7. Cover of The Strange Library

    The Strange Library

    2014

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  8. Cover of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

    2009

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  9. Cover of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

    Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

    2007

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  10. Cover of After Dark

    After Dark

    2004

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  11. Cover of Kafka on the Shore

    Kafka on the Shore

    2002

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  12. Cover of After the Quake

    After the Quake

    2000

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  13. Cover of Underground

    Underground

    2000

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  14. Cover of Sputnik Sweetheart

    Sputnik Sweetheart

    1999

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  15. Cover of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

    1994

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  16. Cover of The Elephant Vanishes

    The Elephant Vanishes

    1993

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  17. Cover of South of the Border, West of the Sun

    South of the Border, West of the Sun

    1992

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  18. Cover of Dance Dance Dance

    Dance Dance Dance

    1988

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  19. Cover of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

    Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

    1985

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  20. Cover of A Wild Sheep Chase

    A Wild Sheep Chase

    1982

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  21. Cover of Pinball, 1973

    Pinball, 1973

    1980

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  22. Cover of Hear the Wind Sing

    Hear the Wind Sing

    1979

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Awards & honors

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

  • Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book PrizeWinner2007

After Dark

  • Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureNominee2008

Honors as recorded by the publisher for Haruki Murakami’s books. Wording is the awarding body’s own — a nomination is listed as a nomination, never as a win.

Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted a wrong order, a missing book, or any other mistake? and we'll correct it.