# Haruki Murakami's novels ranked

Haruki Murakami's novels ranked using a survey of 529 readers (Norwegian Wood first, 1Q84 second, Kafka on the Shore third) and popularity polls.

- 1 vote · 12 items
- Jul 30, 2025 · moviejunkie_wandering
- https://even.best/en/l/647/haruki-murakami-s-novels-ranked

## Top 12

1. **Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1985. Two worlds told in alternating chapters; Tanizaki Prize.
2. **Norwegian Wood** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1987. A story of loss and renewal between Naoko and Midori; first in the 529-reader survey (223 votes).
3. **1Q84** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2009–2010. Aomame and Tengo in a world with two moons; second.
4. **Kafka on the Shore** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2002. A 15-year-old runaway and Nakata, who can talk to cats; third.
5. **The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1994–1995. Toru Okada searches for his missing wife, and the bottom of a well.
6. **A Wild Sheep Chase** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1982. The search for a sheep with a star on its back.
7. **Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2013. Tsukuru sets out to learn why his friends cut him off.
8. **Killing Commendatore** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017. A portrait painter and a Japanese painting found in an attic.
9. **Dance Dance Dance** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1988. The sequel to A Wild Sheep Chase, a return to the Dolphin Hotel.
10. **South of the Border, West of the Sun** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1992. A jazz-bar owner meets his first love again.
11. **Sputnik Sweetheart** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999. Searching for the vanished Sumire on a Greek island.
12. **The City and Its Uncertain Walls** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2023. A walled city, in his first novel in six years.

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