Books to read instead of Haruki Murakami

1.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating β€” 37,526 ratings
2.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating β€” 349,252 ratings
3.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating β€” 49,439 ratings
4.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating β€” 124,276 ratings
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The Nakano Thrift Shop
The Nakano Thrift Shop 3.37 avg rating β€” 14,374 ratings
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The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating β€” 11,391 ratings
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Breasts and Eggs
Breasts and Eggs 3.85 avg rating β€” 75,069 ratings
8.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,589 ratings
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Earthlings
Earthlings 3.60 avg rating β€” 91,720 ratings
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Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,528 ratings
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Quicksand
Quicksand 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,189 ratings
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The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,334 ratings
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Revenge
Revenge 4.02 avg rating β€” 27,958 ratings
14.
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories 3.87 avg rating β€” 602 ratings
15.
All The Lovers In The Night
All The Lovers In The Night 3.69 avg rating β€” 45,187 ratings
16.
The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1)
The Easy Life in Kamusari (Forest, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 6,327 ratings
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Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2)
Kamusari Tales Told at Night (Forest, #2) 4.04 avg rating β€” 2,044 ratings
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People From My Neighbourhood
People From My Neighbourhood 3.50 avg rating β€” 12,165 ratings
19.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating β€” 113,418 ratings
20.
Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
Things Remembered and Things Forgotten 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,665 ratings
21.
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1) 3.64 avg rating β€” 158,216 ratings
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Strange Pictures
Strange Pictures
by: Uketsu
4.02 avg rating β€” 25,492 ratings
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The Convenience Store by the Sea
The Convenience Store by the Sea 3.75 avg rating β€” 3,219 ratings
24.
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop
Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,942 ratings
25.
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino 3.44 avg rating β€” 6,933 ratings
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The Blanket Cats
The Blanket Cats 3.47 avg rating β€” 3,530 ratings
27.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating β€” 228,495 ratings
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The Salaryman's Wife (Rei Shimura #1)
The Salaryman's Wife (Rei Shimura #1) 3.61 avg rating β€” 3,718 ratings
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We'll Prescribe You a Cat (We'll Prescribe You a Cat, #1)
We'll Prescribe You a Cat (We'll Prescribe You a Cat, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 31,774 ratings
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The Forest of Wool and Steel
The Forest of Wool and Steel 3.75 avg rating β€” 4,367 ratings
30.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating β€” 95,681 ratings
32.
Ms Ice Sandwich
Ms Ice Sandwich 3.77 avg rating β€” 14,501 ratings
32.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1) 3.68 avg rating β€” 38,230 ratings
34.
The Gun
The Gun 3.60 avg rating β€” 1,994 ratings
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Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon (The Go-Between, #1)
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon (The Go-Between, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,083 ratings
36.
The Lantern of Lost Memories
The Lantern of Lost Memories 4.06 avg rating β€” 17,854 ratings
37.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating β€” 95,681 ratings
37.
Devils in Daylight
Devils in Daylight 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,837 ratings
37.
The Goodbye Cat
The Goodbye Cat 3.89 avg rating β€” 8,720 ratings
40.
The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating β€” 34,199 ratings
40.
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen, #1)
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen (Meals to Remember at the Chibineko Kitchen, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 4,360 ratings
42.
Spark
Spark 3.09 avg rating β€” 1,005 ratings
42.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 625,187 ratings
44.
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) 3.64 avg rating β€” 20,948 ratings
44.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library 4.05 avg rating β€” 99,160 ratings
46.
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction
The Book of Tokyo: A City in Short Fiction 3.53 avg rating β€” 1,266 ratings
46.
The Last Children of Tokyo
The Last Children of Tokyo 3.41 avg rating β€” 13,098 ratings
48.
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Under the Eye of the Big Bird 3.77 avg rating β€” 3,681 ratings
49.
The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 18,710 ratings
49.
The Cat and The City
The Cat and The City 3.76 avg rating β€” 11,380 ratings
51.
Scattered All Over the Earth
Scattered All Over the Earth 3.25 avg rating β€” 6,403 ratings
52.
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
The Woman in the Purple Skirt 3.27 avg rating β€” 16,811 ratings
52.
Sweet Bean Paste
Sweet Bean Paste 4.06 avg rating β€” 66,975 ratings
54.
How Do You Live?
How Do You Live? 3.99 avg rating β€” 16,842 ratings
55.
Heaven
Heaven 3.79 avg rating β€” 80,600 ratings
55.
Heaven
Heaven 3.79 avg rating β€” 80,600 ratings
57.
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 77,574 ratings
58.
Mornings Without Mii
Mornings Without Mii 3.70 avg rating β€” 1,403 ratings
59.
She and Her Cat
She and Her Cat 3.88 avg rating β€” 19,018 ratings
60.
The Boy and the Dog
The Boy and the Dog 4.01 avg rating β€” 5,791 ratings
61.
Diary of a Void
Diary of a Void
by: Emi Yagi
3.49 avg rating β€” 27,717 ratings
62.
Butter
Butter 3.49 avg rating β€” 81,677 ratings
63.
The Premonition
The Premonition 3.38 avg rating β€” 10,091 ratings
63.
Hit Parade of Tears
Hit Parade of Tears 3.42 avg rating β€” 1,920 ratings
65.
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Under the Eye of the Big Bird 3.77 avg rating β€” 3,681 ratings
66.
Dragon Palace
Dragon Palace 3.28 avg rating β€” 762 ratings
66.
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1)
The Cat Who Saved Books (The Cat Who..., #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 77,574 ratings
68.
The Third Love
The Third Love 3.46 avg rating β€” 1,213 ratings
68.
Butter
Butter 3.49 avg rating β€” 81,677 ratings
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Gifted
Gifted 3.28 avg rating β€” 1,198 ratings
70.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating β€” 49,439 ratings
72.
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2) 3.86 avg rating β€” 31,438 ratings