New Murakami

Haruki Murakami’s latest novel debuted in North America this week, universally answering that basal bibliophile wonder of “What should I read next?”

Based on this excerpt, Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage brings the vibrant imagery, earnest existential queries and cool dips into warping astral planes we’ve come to love from the prolific Japanese author. Just in case you need your Murakami fix before you can pick up a copy, there’s also this collection of free online short stories to tide you over.

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we have mysterious cats to follow. —Adrienne Matei

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage