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Haruki Murakami

Born

in Kyoto, Japan

January 12, 1949

Website

https://harukimurakami.com/

Genre

Fiction, Surrealism, Magical Realism

Influences

Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Salinger, Ra ...more

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Murakami Haruki (Japanese: 村上春樹) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described as 'easily accessible, yet profoundly complex'. He can be located on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/harukimuraka...

Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly Western music and literature. He grew up reading a range of works by American writers, such as Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and he is often distinguished from other Japanese writers by his Western influences.

Murakami studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he met his wife, Yoko. His first job was at a record store, which is where one of his main characters, Toru Watanabe in Norwegian Wood, works. Sh ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 3,822,632 ratings · 317,195 reviews · 568 distinct works • Similar authors

	Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 645,408 ratings — published 1987 — 351 editions	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
	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translator) 4.13 avg rating — 496,384 ratings — published 2002 — 288 editions	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
	1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator), Philip Gabriel (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 322,159 ratings — published 2009 — 150 editions	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
	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 294,297 ratings — published 1994 — 219 editions	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
	Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 3.87 avg rating — 187,952 ratings — published 2013 — 198 editions	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
	What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 3.87 avg rating — 178,973 ratings — published 2007 — 189 editions	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
	After Dark 3.74 avg rating — 172,263 ratings — published 2004 — 200 editions	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
	Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 166,224 ratings — published 1999 — 188 editions	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
	Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 141,716 ratings — published 1985 — 216 editions	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
	South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 135,940 ratings — published 1992 — 214 editions	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

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One of the challenges for January-March 2015 will be to read a book by the three authors that get the most votes in this poll. The list is drawn from discussions to date. Vote for your favourite by clicking on the photograph or add someone who is missing in the space at the end of the list.

Haruki Murakami

4 votes 20.0%

David Mitchell (write-in)

3 votes 15.0%

Helen Dunmore

2 votes 10.0%

Marilynne Robinson

2 votes 10.0%

Margaret Forster (write-in)

2 votes 10.0%

Patrick Gale (write-in)

2 votes 10.0%

Gillian Flynn

1 vote 5.0%

Khaled Hosseini

1 vote 5.0%

Jodi Picoult

1 vote 5.0%

Deborah Levy (write-in)

1 vote 5.0%

Ian McEwan

1 vote 5.0%

ian mcewan (write-in)

1 vote 5.0%

David Guterson

0 votes 0.0%

David Nicholls

0 votes 0.0%

Deborah Levy

0 votes 0.0%

Ian McEwan

-1 votes -5.0%

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