If you loved getting lost in Toru Okada’s interior monologue and the surreal, dreamlike sense of reality in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, you’ll be captivated by The Book of Disquiet. Pessoa’s masterpiece is a mosaic of philosophical musings, fragmented memories, and profound introspection, delving into the nature of existence with haunting lyricism.

If you were fascinated by the surreal underground world, enigmatic characters like the mysterious Mr. Honda, and the non-linear unraveling of events in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Third Policeman offers an equally mind-bending journey. Its strange landscapes, looping timelines, and philosophical riddles will leave you questioning the nature of reality itself.

If you enjoyed Toru’s descent into the well and the shifting, often illogical dream-logic of Murakami’s world, you’ll find Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled mesmerizing. The novel immerses you in the bewildering mind of Ryder as he navigates a city that seems to rearrange itself around his anxieties, memories, and desires, blurring the lines between reality and imagination.

If you were drawn to the symbolic well, the mysterious figure of the man with the guitar, and the recurring motifs in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, you'll find Kafka on the Shore just as enchanting. The novel is laden with talking cats, raining fish, and metaphysical riddles—all working as symbols that invite deeper interpretation.

If you relished the intricate, puzzle-like structure of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle—with its interlocking stories, mysterious letters, and shifting realities—House of Leaves will draw you in even deeper. Through a labyrinthine narrative of a house that defies the laws of physics, footnotes within footnotes, and a story told through multiple unreliable narrators, it offers a reading experience as immersive and disorienting as Murakami’s masterpiece.