In 2012, the New York Times published an illustration by Grant Snider called “Haruki Murakami Bingo.” Each square was filled with one of Murakami’s well-documented leitmotifs: “something vanishing,” ...

Tsukuru Tazaki, the reluctant hero of Haruki Murakami’s new novel, “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,” has a curious problem for a character expected to entertain readers over the ...

When Haruki Murakami's latest novel, “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,” was published in his native Japan last year, Tokyo bookstores reported crowds of hundreds of people lined ...

Murakami’s (1Q84) latest novel, which sold more than a million copies during its first week on sale in Japan, is a return to the mood and subject matter of the acclaimed writer’s earlier work. Living ...