
Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws listeners into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect....
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Great, but..
- By St. Thomas on 2021-01-12
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-12
- Language: English
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Men Without Women
- Stories
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone....
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Loved it!
- By Nuria on 2018-03-20
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Men Without Women
- Stories
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2017-05-09
- Language: English
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1Q84
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin - translator, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
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The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her....
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Soft porn pretentiousness
- By Madeleine on 2019-03-08
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1Q84
- Narrated by: Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Length: 46 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2011-10-25
- Language: English
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
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The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years, revisits a Town his listeners will remember, a place where a Dream Reader reviews dreams and where our shadows become untethered from our selves.
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long-winded and boring
- By Vic on 2024-12-09
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The City and Its Uncertain Walls
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2024-11-19
- Language: English
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Kafka on the Shore
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
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A tour de force of metaphysical reality, Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters....
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One of the best books I have ever read!
- By Adriano Pereira on 2020-09-07
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Kafka on the Shore
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, Oliver Le Sueur
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2013-08-06
- Language: English
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The Elephant Vanishes
- Stories
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum - translator, Jay Rubin - translator
- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher, John Chancer, Walter Lewis, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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By turns haunting and hilarious, The Elephant Vanishes is further proof of Murakami's ability to cross the border between separate realities....
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The Elephant Vanishes
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- Narrated by: Teresa Gallagher, John Chancer, Walter Lewis, Rupert Degas, Tim Flavin, Mark Heenehan, Jeff Peterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2013-08-06
- Language: English
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
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In a Tokyo suburb, a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife’s missing cat—and then for his wife as well—in a netherworld beneath the city’s placid surface....
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Unfortunate voicing
- By Ed White on 2018-01-14
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 26 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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Hear the Wind Sing
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
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Hear the Wind Sing is the first novel by Haruki Murakami. First published in the June 1979 issue of Gunzo, one of the most influential literary magazines in Japan....
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Hear the Wind Sing
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Series: Rat, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-04
- Language: English
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Danse, danse, danse
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Corinne Atlan - traducteur
- Narrated by: Jérémy Bardeau
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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Surtout n'arrêtez jamais de danser... À la suite d'une série de rêves, un journaliste free-lance désabusé part à la recherche...
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Danse, danse, danse
- Narrated by: Jérémy Bardeau
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-10
- Language: French
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Wind/Pinball
- Two Novels
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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In the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels—Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973—that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time....
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Wind/Pinball
- Two Novels
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Series: Rat, Book 1-2
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2015-08-04
- Language: English
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Dance Dance Dance
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum - translator
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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As he searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, Haruki Murakami's protagonist plunges into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread in which he collides with call girls....
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Surprisingly One Dimensional
- By M. Raike on 2022-01-23
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Dance Dance Dance
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Series: Rat, Book 4
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2016-12-13
- Language: English
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
- A Memoir
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers Murakami's four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon....
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Hoped for insight – got monotony
- By C. L. Peressotti on 2020-05-03
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2008-07-29
- Language: English
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1Q84 - Livre 3, Octobre-Décembre
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Maia Baran, Emmanuel Dekoninck
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
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Ils ne le savaient pas alors, mais c'était là l'unique lieu parfait en ce monde. Un lieu totalement isolé et le seul pourtant à n'être pas aux couleurs de la solitude...
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1Q84 - Livre 3, Octobre-Décembre
- Narrated by: Maia Baran, Emmanuel Dekoninck
- Series: 1Q84, Book 3
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2012-05-24
- Language: French
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Underground
- The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale, Janet Song
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
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In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world....
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Insightful look at a tragic incident
- By Roberta W on 2022-05-29
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Underground
- The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Ian Anthony Dale, Janet Song
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2013-09-03
- Language: English
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South of the Border, West of the Sun
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Eric Loren
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the simple arc of a man's life - with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment - becomes the exquisite literary terrain of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work....
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Such a disappointment
- By Graeme on 2019-12-01
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South of the Border, West of the Sun
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Eric Loren
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2013-10-08
- Language: English
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1Q84 - Livre 2, Juillet-Septembre
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Maia Baran, Emmanuel Dekoninck
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
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Les choses qui restent enfermées dans notre cœur n'existent pas en ce monde. Mais c'est dans notre cœur, ce monde à part, qu'elles se construisent pour y vivre...
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1Q84 - Livre 2, Juillet-Septembre
- Narrated by: Maia Baran, Emmanuel Dekoninck
- Series: 1Q84, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2012-02-29
- Language: French
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After Dark
- Written by: Haruki Murakami
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Here is a short, sleek novel of encounters, set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn. At its center are two sisters....
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After Dark
- Narrated by: Janet Song
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2007-04-12
- Language: English
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Killing Commendatore
- A Novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator, Ted Goossen - translator
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
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In Killing Commendatore, a 30-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he opens a circle of mysterious circumstances....
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Adore Murakami but Kirby was annoying
- By Team Awesomeness on 2019-09-09
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Killing Commendatore
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2018-10-09
- Language: English
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage
- A novel
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Bruce Locke
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
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The new novel - a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan - from the internationally acclaimed author, his first since IQ84....
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Another narrator is much needed!!!
- By Melanie Leefa on 2018-09-26
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage
- A novel
- Narrated by: Bruce Locke
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 2014-08-12
- Language: English
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La Cité aux murs incertains
- Written by: Haruki Murakami, Hélène Morita
- Narrated by: Olivier Martinaud
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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Le retour de l'auteur japonais le plus lu en France. Parution le 2 janvier 2025 Evènement!!! Le grand retour du maître Murakami pour un roman éblouissant...
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La Cité aux murs incertains
- Narrated by: Olivier Martinaud
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-02
- Language: French
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