Murakami

"No gleaming, functional Starbucks for me—my coffee shop was untouched by time, a back-alley spot run by a man on the cusp of old age who served a jet-black, muddy brew in a cup that weighed a ton." -- Murakami

Haruki Murakami masterfully blends American and Japanese cultures in his stories, creating an intriguing concoction that seems both familiar and foreign. He crafts a unique literary atmosphere by infusing American elements such as jazz, Western literature, and popular culture with the mystique and depth inherent in Japanese tradition.

Checklist

Fiction

• 1979 — Hear the Wind Sing (Rat Triology 1)
• 1980 — Pinball, 1973 (Rat Triology 2)
• 1982 — A Wild Sheep Chase (Rat Triology 3)
• 1985 — Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
• 1987 — Norwegian Wood
• 1988 — Dance Dance Dance (Post Rat)
• 1992 — South of the Border, West of the Sun
• 1995 — The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
• 1999 - Sputnik Sweetheart (PTBR)
• 2002 — Kafka on the Shore
• 2004 — After Dark
• 2008 - Strange Library
• 2010 — 1Q84 (PTBR)
• 2013 — Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
• 2017 — Killing Commendatore

Short Stories

• 2000 - After the Quake
• 2005 - The Elephant Vanishes (PTBR)
• 2009 - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
• 2014 - Men Without Woman (PTBR)
• 2021 - First Person Singular: Stories

Non Fiction

• 1997 - Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
• 2007 - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running