Haruki Murakami
1949
Haruki Murakami BiographyAbout Haruki MurakamiHaruki Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan on January 12, 1949. Born during the post-World War 2 baby boom, he spent his younger days in Aishya, Kobe, and Shukugawa. Murakamis’ father was the son of a Buddhist priest and his mother was the daughter of an Osaka merchant. Murakami was raised in a household where both parents taught Japanese literature. Murakamis’ literary inspirations branched out to Western and European writers. This influence distinguished his works from other Japanese writers.
Publication Order
Standalone Books
村上さんのところ
2015
South of the Border, West of the Sun
1999
On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl on One Beautiful April Morning
1981
The Vampire Cabbie
1983
Kangaroo Weather
1986
Sleep
1987
First Person Singular: Stories(With: Philip Gabriel)
2020
Drive My Car
2013
Sleep
1987
On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl on One Beautiful April Morning
1981
The Vampire Cabbie
1983
Kangaroo Weather
1986
Drive My Car(With: Ted Goossen)
2013
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
1985
Norwegian Wood
1987
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
1997
Sputnik Sweetheart
2001
Kafka on the Shore
2005
After Dark
2007
1Q84
2011
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
2014
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
2024
Desire
1984
Tony Takitani
2006
The Strange Library
2012
Birthday Girl
2019
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
2025
The Elephant Vanishes
1993
After the Quake
2002
Vintage Murakami
2004
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
2006
Men Without Women
2017
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, The Seventh Man, Birthday Girl, Where I'm Likely to Find It
2023
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand
2024
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3: Scheherezade, Sleep
2025