Best Haruki Murakami Books (25 books)

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1	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 4.12 avg rating — 546,604 ratings score: 39,811, and 402 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 3.99 avg rating — 726,266 ratings score: 34,695, and 352 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 4.14 avg rating — 314,145 ratings score: 33,637, and 340 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) by Haruki Murakami 3.95 avg rating — 339,223 ratings score: 21,521, and 219 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami 4.11 avg rating — 152,146 ratings score: 18,574, and 189 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 3.83 avg rating — 180,666 ratings score: 13,566, and 140 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) by Haruki Murakami 3.94 avg rating — 141,132 ratings score: 12,614, and 130 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	After Dark by Haruki Murakami 3.74 avg rating — 188,268 ratings score: 12,454, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami 3.85 avg rating — 150,188 ratings score: 10,242, and 106 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami 4.04 avg rating — 99,643 ratings score: 10,168, and 105 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami 3.87 avg rating — 202,494 ratings score: 6,956, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami 3.82 avg rating — 58,152 ratings score: 5,445, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami 3.87 avg rating — 202,463 ratings score: 4,932, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami 3.83 avg rating — 43,281 ratings score: 4,346, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	After the Quake by Haruki Murakami 3.77 avg rating — 58,575 ratings score: 4,025, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Hear the Wind Sing (The Rat, #1) by Haruki Murakami 3.57 avg rating — 33,214 ratings score: 2,709, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Pinball, 1973 (The Rat, #2) by Haruki Murakami 3.51 avg rating — 21,971 ratings score: 2,508, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami 3.91 avg rating — 22,424 ratings score: 2,478, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami 3.55 avg rating — 69,652 ratings score: 1,650, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami 3.91 avg rating — 68,656 ratings score: 1,417, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami 3.74 avg rating — 125,827 ratings score: 1,034, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Wind/ Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami 3.53 avg rating — 34,314 ratings score: 640, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	職業としての小説家 by Haruki Murakami 3.89 avg rating — 18,101 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Schlaf by Haruki Murakami 3.55 avg rating — 20,785 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami 3.75 avg rating — 36,491 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

25 books · 840 voters · list created March 14th, 2010 by Alex (votes) .

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message 1: by Rob (new)

Nov 09, 2013 04:22PM

man this list is so flawed. 'pinball' and 'hear the wind sing' are rare as hell so nobody has read them, so of course they won't have voted for them, that's the only reason they're at the bottom. so flawed is this list in fact, that the truth is it's reverse opposite

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message 2: by Andrew (new)

Mar 30, 2015 05:54AM

nykfist wrote: "man this list is so flawed. 'pinball' and 'hear the wind sing' are rare as hell so nobody has read them, so of course they won't have voted for them, that's the only reason they're at the bottom. s..."

Good news, they are releasing a combined Kindle version of both books later this year. I really like Pinball, 1973. Hear the Wind Sing didn't strike me as something that would make it to the top of the list.

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message 3: by Eliya (new)

Aug 14, 2017 07:37PM

where is Sputnik Sweetheart and colorless tsukuru tazaki and his years of pilgrimage?? Those two were great!

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message 4: by Alex (new)

Jul 15, 2019 06:06AM

~☆~Autumn♥♥ wrote: "I heard that one of his books has someone getting skinned so I want to carefully avoid that book. Which one is it? I have forgotten."

I believe that would be "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". I wouldn't be put off too much by the skinning, I don't remember it being that graphic but it's been a minute since I read it :)

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message 5: by Jim (new)

Nov 22, 2019 07:26AM

~☆~Autumn♥♥ wrote: "Hi Alex, Those type of things can give me nightmares for years so I have to be careful."

Autumn If that is the case then avoid it. It is graphic enough to potentially be a problem for you if you are very sensitive.

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message 6: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

Nov 22, 2019 07:50PM