What is your favorite novel of his, /lit/?

Wind-Up or Kafka

I'm not a woman who reads YA vampire fiction, so I wouldn't know.

>>7504261
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wind up bird is his only half decent book. he's a shit author.

Confessions of a Mask was pretty good. So... that, I guess.

Kafka is the only thing I've really enjoyed by him.

Is that this Japanese samurai wannabe?

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>>7504260
Hard Boiled Wonderland

I'm thinking of starting him with Norwegian Wood. Is that alright?

A lot of his work is super samey so I think people tend to like whatever they read early on. Kafka is by far my favorite, Sputnik Sweetheart is good too.

The Sheep Chase one is underrated

>>7504274
You don't seem to know what you are talking about :^)

Hardboiled Wonderland

>>7504342
yes, it's a good starter
just be aware it's his only novel without anything surreal going on

pleb general?

#1- Wind-up
#2- Norwegian Wood
#3- Hardboiled Wonderland
#4- Kafka

I actually liked After Dark.

First part of the book: 8/10
Middle part of the book: 9/10
Final part of the book: 5/10

1q84. No idea why it's so polarizing on /lit/.

>>7504260
Wind up
1q84
Kafka

I gave the girl I'm madly in love with Norwegian Wood to read. Did I fuck up? Should I kill myself? Will she read it?

Dance Dance Dance

Maybe it was just the translation.

>>7505357
Its more of a guy novel

>>7505379
am i fugged?

>>7504342
You won't like anything else of his. I wish murakami would write another serious novel.
I loved nw, hated wubc.

>>7505114
colorless and his first two novellas didn't have much, if anything surreal in them

Hard Boiled Wonderland because it inspired a pretty good anime.

>>7506200
>anime
>good

>>7504260
whenever I am on a lewd scene I always imagine those eyes are watching me

>>7504281
Nice try

Norwegian Wood

>>7505634
>I loved nw, hated wubc.
Exactly how I feel. Haven't read anything else by him.

>>7506208
kek

>>7504336
Aw yiss

Dance Dance Dance

Best living author tbqh

Norwegian wood for semi realistic

then kafka on the shore or wind up bird for surreal.

underground for nonfiction.

>>7506802
Worst existing b8 tbqh

Wind-up Bird Chronicle. Plenty of interesting content, well written (which is surprising), and nice and long. He doesn't even talk much about his old faithfuls, like pasta and classical music.

It's a really good book.

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>>7504336
Just finished this, having mixed feelings about it.

Chinky Chinky Long Dong

>>7505424
It's the male equivalent to John Green so probably not.
>madly in love
How many girls have you kissed?

>>7507374
0

>>7506206
Serial Experiments Lain was the one good anime specifically because it made you aware of the pandering garbage of all other anime.

What do you guys think of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running?

>>7507374
I appreciate your honesty.

>>7507386
Meant for
>>7507380

South of the Border was nice

>>7504260

Only have read Norwegian Wood, but I plan to get to Wind Up Bird eventually. I actually thoroughly enjoyed NW, even if it was, really, just a notch above John Green-tier shit.

>>7505217
Exactly how I felt about the book. It was beautifully engrossing for the first two thirds and then just ended abruptly. The atmosphere created left an impression enough for me to seek out more of his works.

>>7506988
>He doesn't even talk much about his old faithfuls, like pasta and classical music.

Uh, yes he does.

>>7507374
I don't know, but I've had sex with 15 girls.

>>7506988
Main character is literally cooking pasta on the first page

>current year
>not realizing murakami is a japanese john green
>posting on /lit/

south of the border, west of the sun

How long is Kafka on the Shore supposed to be? One site says 400~ pages, another 600, and the one I have on my Kindle is apparently 700 pages.

>>7504260

no novel for I

shitikami is great dishonor for japan people

>>7508275
Who is good honor author for Japan people?

>>7507613
>Main character is literally cooking pasta on the first page

and how do you know this, anon?

>>7507386
it was pretty good. I love writing about writing, especially in a way that's not mystical and overly reverent.

>>7506200
what animu?

>>7507386
I enjoyed it because I like Murakami and I like running.

>>7508359
Haibane Renmei but the connection is very loose.

>>7508390
you're a fool

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>>7507386
Only I've read by him. I very much enjoyed it. Every night the couple of days prior to my first half marathon. Then in the mornings, I would go on a distance run with the romanticized notions of endurance and self discipline on my mind. I won't read anything else by him because although I enjoyed it, it was only because the topic was of interest and not that he was a particularly captivating writer. He was very honest and sincere in a way that few writers manage without being boring, but not notably elegant or captivating.