Author · updated 2026
Haruki Murakami Books in Order
Every Haruki Murakami book in publication order — 31 in total, spanning 1979–2020.
Publication Order of The Rat Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hear the Wind Sing | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Pinball, 1973 | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Wild Sheep Chase | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Dance, Dance, Dance | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Kishidancho Goroshi Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killing Commendatore | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Norwegian Wood | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | South of the Border, West of the Sun | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Sputnik Sweetheart | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Kafka on the Shore | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | After Dark | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | 1Q84 | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Strange Library | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Desire | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Birthday Girl | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Elephant Vanishes | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | After the Quake | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Vintage Murakami | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Men Without Women | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | First Person Singular: Stories | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | What I Talk About When I Talk About Running | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Murakami Diary 2009 | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Absolutely on Music | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Murakami 2020 Diary | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birthday Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Ten Selected Love Stories | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 31, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hear the Wind Sing | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Pinball, 1973 | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | A Wild Sheep Chase | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Norwegian Wood | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Dance, Dance, Dance | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Elephant Vanishes | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | South of the Border, West of the Sun | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Sputnik Sweetheart | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | After the Quake | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Vintage Murakami | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Birthday Stories | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Kafka on the Shore | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | After Dark | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | What I Talk About When I Talk About Running | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Murakami Diary 2009 | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | 1Q84 | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Strange Library | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Ten Selected Love Stories | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Haruki Murakami Goes to Meet Hayao Kawai | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Absolutely on Music | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Killing Commendatore | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Desire | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Men Without Women | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Birthday Girl | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Murakami 2020 Diary | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | First Person Singular: Stories | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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