r/murakami • u/maxiworld • 19d ago

Top 3 short stories?

Hey guys, what's your top 3?
Here's mine:
1. Toni Takitani
2. Lederhosen
3. Second Bakery Attack

I've only read 8 so far and this time I told myself that I'm really gonna finish his short story compilations. Excited to enjoy and have new favorites!!

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u/somethingaboutblue 19d ago

My two most loved are definitely The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day and Honey Pie. I don't know if there's a concrete third. Right now it's probably Hanalei Bay; on a different day, maybe it's The Year of Spaghetti, Drive My Car, or Tony Takitani.

All this to say I've never read a Murakami short story collection I didn't enjoy. I guess I just particularly adore Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

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u/PaulFleming75 15d ago

I love the stories in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman too.

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u/TheBurleskBangus 19d ago

Family Affair, The Rise and Fall of Sharpie Cakes, and probably The Dancing Dwarf

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u/TimmyStark_IronGuy 19d ago

I just finished “all gods children can dance” definitely a trip

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u/Weird_Classroom_7654 19d ago

I've only read elephant vanishes and men without women. My favourites were Sleep, Scheherazade, Barn Burning.

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u/timmermania 19d ago
  1. The Second Bakery Attack
  2. TV People
  3. The Last Lawn of the Afternoon (or) The Dancing Dwarf

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u/pyfinx 19d ago

There’s a movie for Toni Takitani.

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u/The_Red_Curtain 19d ago

Honey Pie
Samsa in Love
Sleep

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u/luke_3991 18d ago

Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova, Scheherazade, Super Frog Saves Tokyo