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Haruki Murakami Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Haruki Murakami in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 60 books / 8 series

Japanese author best known for surreal novels like *Norwegian Wood* and *Kafka on the Shore*. His works have sold millions worldwide and earned the Jerusalem Prize. This page lists Haruki Murakami’s books in order, including chronological publication and series reading order.

Books by Haruki Murakami in Publication Order

1979 Hear the Wind Sing POoTRB / 1 Buy
1980 Pinball, 1973 POoTRB / 2 Buy
1981 On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl on One Beautiful April Morning POoSS / 1 Buy
1982 A Wild Sheep Chase POoTRB / 3 Buy
1983 The Vampire Cabbie POoSS / 2 Buy
1984 Desire POoSS / 3 Buy
1985 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World POoSN / 1 Buy
1986 Kangaroo Weather POoSS / 4 Buy
1987 Norwegian Wood POoSN / 2 Buy
1987 Sleep POoSS / 5 Buy
1988 Dance, Dance, Dance POoTRB / 4 Buy
1993 The Elephant Vanishes POoSSC / 1 Buy
1993 For Better and for Worse POoSSB / 1 Buy
1997 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle POoSN / 3 Buy
1998 Even More Laughs POoSSB / 2 Buy
1999 South of the Border, West of the Sun POoSN / 4 Buy
2000 Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche POoNB / 1 Buy
2001 Sputnik Sweetheart POoSN / 5 Buy
2002 After the Quake POoSSC / 2 Buy
2004 Vintage Murakami POoSSC / 3 Buy
2005 Kafka on the Shore POoSN / 6 Buy
2006 Timeless Classics POoSSB / 3 Buy
2006 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman POoSSC / 4 Buy
2006 Tony Takitani POoSS / 6 Buy
2007 Falling in Love POoSSB / 4 Buy
2007 Food Fictions POoSSB / 5 Buy
2007 Travel Tales POoSSB / 6 Buy
2007 After Dark POoSN / 7 Buy
2007 Edith Wharton POoSSB / 7 Buy
2007 Pets! POoSSB / 8 Buy
2007 Tales of Betrayal POoSSB / 9 Buy
2007 Family Matters POoSSB / 10 Buy
2008 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running POoNB / 2 Buy
2008 Murakami Diary 2009 POoNB / 3 Buy
2008 Are We There Yet? POoSSB / 11 Buy
2009 A Touch of Magic POoSSB / 12 Buy
2009 The William Hurt Collection POoSSB / 13 Buy
2009 Whodunit? POoSSB / 14 Buy
2010 American Classics POoSSB / 15 Buy
2011 1Q84 POoSN / 8 Buy
2011 New American Stories POoSSB / 16 Buy
2012 The Strange Library POoSS / 7 Buy
2012 Poe! POoSSB / 17 Buy
2013 Drive My Car(With: Ted Goossen) POoSS / 8 Buy
2014 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage POoSN / 9 Buy
2015 ???????? POoNB / 4 Buy
2015 Novelist as a Vocation(With: Philip Gabriel,Ted Goossen) POoNB / 5 Buy
2016 Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai POoNB / 6 Buy
2016 Absolutely on Music POoNB / 7 Buy
2017 Killing Commendatore POoKGB / 1 Buy
2017 Men Without Women POoSSC / 5 Buy
2019 Murakami 2020 Diary POoNB / 8 Buy
2019 Birthday Girl POoSS / 9 Buy
2020 First Person Singular: Stories(With: Philip Gabriel) POoSSC / 6 Buy
2020 Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love(With: Philip Gabriel) POoNB / 9 Buy
2023 Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, The Seventh Man, Birthday Girl, Where I'm Likely to Find It POoGN / 1 Buy
2024 Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand POoGN / 2 Buy
2024 The City and Its Uncertain Walls POoSN / 10 Buy
2025 Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3: Scheherezade, Sleep POoGN / 3 Buy
2025 Super-Frog Saves Tokyo POoSS / 10 Buy

Complete Haruki Murakami Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Non-Fiction Reading Order 9 books / 2000-2020
01 Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche 2000 Buy
02 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 2008 Buy
03 Murakami Diary 2009 2008 Buy
04 ???????? 2015 Buy
05 Novelist as a Vocation(With: Philip Gabriel,Ted Goossen) 2015 Buy
06 Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai 2016 Buy
07 Absolutely on Music 2016 Buy
08 Murakami 2020 Diary 2019 Buy
09 Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love(With: Philip Gabriel) 2020 Buy
01 Killing Commendatore 2017 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 10 books / 1985-2024
01 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 1985 Buy
02 Norwegian Wood 1987 Buy
03 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 1997 Buy
04 South of the Border, West of the Sun 1999 Buy
05 Sputnik Sweetheart 2001 Buy
06 Kafka on the Shore 2005 Buy
07 After Dark 2007 Buy
08 1Q84 2011 Buy
09 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 2014 Buy
10 The City and Its Uncertain Walls 2024 Buy
01 On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl on One Beautiful April Morning 1981 Buy
02 The Vampire Cabbie 1983 Buy
03 Desire 1984 Buy
04 Kangaroo Weather 1986 Buy
05 Sleep 1987 Buy
06 Tony Takitani 2006 Buy
07 The Strange Library 2012 Buy
08 Drive My Car(With: Ted Goossen) 2013 Buy
09 Birthday Girl 2019 Buy
10 Super-Frog Saves Tokyo 2025 Buy
Selected Shorts Reading Order 17 books / 1993-2012
01 For Better and for Worse 1993 Buy
02 Even More Laughs 1998 Buy
03 Timeless Classics 2006 Buy
04 Falling in Love 2007 Buy
05 Food Fictions 2007 Buy
06 Travel Tales 2007 Buy
07 Edith Wharton 2007 Buy
08 Pets! 2007 Buy
09 Tales of Betrayal 2007 Buy
10 Family Matters 2007 Buy
11 Are We There Yet? 2008 Buy
12 A Touch of Magic 2009 Buy
13 The William Hurt Collection 2009 Buy
14 Whodunit? 2009 Buy
15 American Classics 2010 Buy
16 New American Stories 2011 Buy
17 Poe! 2012 Buy
Graphic Reading Order 3 books / 2023-2025
01 Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, The Seventh Man, Birthday Girl, Where I'm Likely to Find It 2023 Buy
02 Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand 2024 Buy
03 Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3: Scheherezade, Sleep 2025 Buy
The Rat Reading Order 4 books / 1979-1988
01 Hear the Wind Sing 1979 Buy
02 Pinball, 1973 1980 Buy
03 A Wild Sheep Chase 1982 Buy
04 Dance, Dance, Dance 1988 Buy
01 The Elephant Vanishes 1993 Buy
02 After the Quake 2002 Buy
03 Vintage Murakami 2004 Buy
04 Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 2006 Buy
05 Men Without Women 2017 Buy
06 First Person Singular: Stories(With: Philip Gabriel) 2020 Buy

Where to start with Haruki Murakami

What is the best order to read Haruki Murakami books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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