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Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3: Scheherezade, Sleep (Graphic Novel) was the most recently released book by Haruki Murakami, on April 1st, 2025.

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Haruki Murakami Stats: The highest rated book by Haruki Murakami on Book Notification is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is 1Q84, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Haruki Murakami on Book Notification is 1Q84, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Kafka on the Shore, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Haruki Murakami books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of The Rat Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Hear the Wind Sing
1979
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2
Pinball, 1973
1980
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3
8.5
A Wild Sheep Chase
1982
Go
4
8.5
Dance, Dance, Dance
1988
Go

List of Kishidancho Goroshi Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6.5
Killing Commendatore
2017
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.9
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
1985
Go
2
8.6
Norwegian Wood
1987
Go
3
8.4
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
1997
Go
4
8
South of the Border, West of the Sun
1999
Go
5
7.5
Sputnik Sweetheart
2001
Go
6
7
Kafka on the Shore
2005
Go
7
6.5
After Dark
2007
Go
8
8.7
1Q84
2011
Go
9
7.8
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
2014
Go
10
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
2024
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Desire
1984
Go
2
8
Kangaroo Weather
1986
Go
3
8
The Strange Library
2012
Go
4
Drive My Car (With: Ted Goossen)
2013
Go
5
Birthday Girl
2019
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
The Elephant Vanishes
1993
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2
6
After the Quake
2002
Go
3
8
Vintage Murakami
2004
Go
4
8
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
2006
Go
5
6.8
Men Without Women
2017
Go
6
6
First Person Singular: Stories (With: Philip Gabriel)
2020
Go
7
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories (With: Ryunosuke Akutagawa)
2023
Go

List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, The Seventh Man, Birthday Girl, Where I'm Likely to Find It
2023
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2
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2: The Second Bakery Attack, Samsa in Love, Thailand
2024
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3
Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3: Scheherezade, Sleep
2025
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.7
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
2000
Go
2
6.5
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
2008
Go
3
Murakami Diary 2009
2008
Go
4
8
村上さんのところ
2015
Go
5
10
Novelist as a Vocation (With: Philip Gabriel, Ted Goossen)
2015
Go
6
Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai
2016
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7
10
Absolutely on Music
2016
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8
Murakami 2020 Diary
2019
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9
Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love (With: Philip Gabriel)
2020
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List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
1993
Go
2
Even More Laughs (By: Jonathan Lethem, T.C. Boyle, Philip Roth, Stephen Colbert, Miranda July, Christine Baranski, Alec Baldwin, Robert Sean Leonard, Symphony Space, Jerry Zaks, Julia Slavin, Harry Mathews, Thomas Meehan, Marian Seldes, Parker Posey)
1998
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3
Timeless Classics (By: Shirley Jackson, James Thurber, Raymond Carver, John Shea, Jack London, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Connell, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Charles Keating, Symphony Space, Marian Seldes, Isaiah Sheffer, Steven Gilborn)
2006
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4
Falling in Love (By: E. Nesbit, Padgett Powell, Maile Meloy, Rick Bass, Edna O'Brien, Fionnula Flanagan, Hope Davis, Laurie Colwin, Ted Marcoux, Christina Pickles, Jane Curtin, William Hurt, Symphony Space)
2007
Go
5
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
6
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
7
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
8
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
9
Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever, Tessa Hadley, John Biguenet, Adam Haslett, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Symphony Space, Galina Vromen)
2007
Go
10
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Go
11
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
2008
Go
12
A Touch of Magic (With: Ray Bradbury, T.C. Boyle, Maria Tucci, James Naughton, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kevin Brockmeier, Donald Barthelme, Stephen Colbert, John Lithgow, Anthony Rapp, Daniel Gerroll, Symphony Space, Andrew Lam, Jerry Zaks)
2009
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13
The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff, Aleksandar Hemon, William Hurt, Ron Carlson, Symphony Space)
2009
Go
14
Whodunit? (By: Ed McBain, Dashiell Hammett, Shirley Jackson, John Shea, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, René Auberjonois, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Sean Leonard, C.S. Montanye, Symphony Space, Isaiah Sheffer, Hattie Winston)
2009
Go
15
10
American Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe, Joyce Carol Oates, Eudora Welty, John Cheever, Alice Walker, Donald Barthelme, John Sayles, Amy Tan, Symphony Space)
2010
Go
16
New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Aleksandar Hemon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Symphony Space)
2011
Go
17
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
2012
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List of Haruki Murakami Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction
1991
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2
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Go
3
Fourth Annual Collection
1991
Go
4
The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark
2000
Go
5
The Vintage Book of Amnesia
2000
Go
6
8
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
Go
7
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
2003
Go
8
Birthday Stories
2004
Go
9
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers
2005
Go
10
8
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
2007
Go
11
8
Read Real Japanese Essays
2008
Go
12
Great Modern Stories
2009
Go
13
Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection
2009
Go
14
Stories to Get You Through the Night
2010
Go
15
AQA GCSE Anthology Sunlight on the Grass
2012
Go
16
Ten Selected Love Stories
2013
Go
17
Freeman's: Arrival
2015
Go
18
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
Go
19
MONKEY New Writing From Japan Volume 2: TRAVEL
2021
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Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami was born on January 12th, 1949 and is currently 76 years old. Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan.

Haruki Murakami is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 10 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1985 with the novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. The most recently released novel was The City and Its Uncertain Walls which was released in 2024. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Haruki at this time.

Haruki Murakami has also written the Non-Fiction Books series which has 9 books including Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.

Haruki Murakami: Awards & Accolades

Murakami's books have won multiple awards, Fourth Annual Collection won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1992. Kafka on the Shore won the World Fantasy Award, Novel, in 2006. 1Q84 won the Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction, in 2011.

Haruki Murakami books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, in 2003. Kafka on the Shore was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction, in 2005. 1Q84 was nominated for the British Book Awards, International Author of the Year, in 2011 as well as the Audie Award - Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award in 2012. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction, in 2014. Killing Commendatore was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction, in 2018.

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  4. Andy Weir, author of the novel: Project Hail Mary.
  5. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale Series.

Haruki Murakami: F.A.Q

When was Haruki Murakami Born? How old is Haruki Murakami?

Haruki Murakami was born on January 12th, 1949. Haruki Murakami is currently 76 years old.

Where was Haruki Murakami Born?

Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan and is Japanese.

What book awards has Haruki Murakami won?

Fourth Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award Anthology (1992).
Kafka on the Shore: World Fantasy Award Novel (2006).
1Q84: Goodreads Awards Best Fiction (2011).

What was the first book Haruki Murakami wrote?

The first book written by Haruki Murakami was Hear the Wind Sing, published in 1979.

What was the most recent book Haruki Murakami wrote?

His most recently released work was Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3: Scheherezade, Sleep on April 1st, 2025.

Will there be any more books by Haruki Murakami?

Haruki Murakami does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

How many books has Haruki Murakami written?

Haruki Murakami has written 40 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 4 books in The Rat Series, 1 book in the Kishidancho Goroshi Series, 10 Standalone Novels, 5 Short Stories/Novellas, 7 books in the Short Story Collections, 3 books in the Graphic Novels, 9 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the Selected Shorts Series.

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