Order of Haruki Murakami Books

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese author of surrealist fiction. His work has won the Franz Kafka Prize and is often referred to as “Kafkaesque.” His style is more influenced by Western authors, although he maintains a sense of Japanese heritage throughout his works. Haruki learned English by reading crime novels that he purchased from second-hand stores.

Haruki Murakami became a published author in 1979 with the novel Kaze no uta o kike, which would be translated into Hear the Wind Sing in 1987. Below is a list of Haruki Murakami’s books in order of when they were published in English:

Publication Order of The Rat Books

Hear the Wind Sing	(1979)
Pinball, 1973	(1980)
A Wild Sheep Chase	(1982)
Dance, Dance, Dance	(1988)

Publication Order of Kishidancho Goroshi Books

Killing Commendatore

(2017)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World	(1985)
Norwegian Wood	(1987)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle	(1997)
South of the Border, West of the Sun	(1999)
Sputnik Sweetheart	(2001)
Kafka on the Shore	(2005)
After Dark	(2007)
1Q84	(2011)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage	(2014)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Strange Library	(2012)
Desire	(2017)
Birthday Girl	(2019)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Elephant Vanishes	(1993)
After the Quake	(2002)
Vintage Murakami	(2004)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman	(2006)
Men Without Women	(2017)
First Person Singular: Stories (With: Philip Gabriel)	(2020)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche	(2000)
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running	(2008)
Murakami Diary 2009	(2008)
Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai	(2016)
Absolutely on Music	(2016)
Murakami 2020 Diary	(2019)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Birthday Stories	(2004)
Ten Selected Love Stories	(2013)

If You Like Haruki Murakami Books, You’ll Love…

• Chuck Palahniuk
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Kurt Vonnegut

Haruki Murakami Synopsis: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami is set in the year 1984. Aomame is in a taxi cab on the expressway, trying to carry out a mission. She must not talk about her assignment in public. While stuck in traffic, her driver has a proposal for her. She doesn’t have much choice but to agree, but now she feels as if she’s becoming detached from the real world. Her next job will have her meeting the founder of a religious cult. Meanwhile, Tengo is living an average, everyday life but wants to become a writer. He stumbles into a strange disturbance that develops over a literary prize. While Aomame and Tengo affect eachother in different ways, their paths come closer to crossing. Soon, they’ll realize that each one needs the other, but will they ever meet in the real world?

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