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Books Like Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami · about this book

Loved Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami? If its magical realism, japan and literary fiction hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Golem and the Jinni, Malas and And the Mountains Echoed. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Kafka on the Shore: Magical Realism · Japan · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Teen Protagonist

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   The Golem and the Jinni

   Helene Wecker

   Self-Discovery · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Multiple POV

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   Malas

   Marcela Fuentes

   Magical Realism · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Teen Protagonist · Multiple POV

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   And the Mountains Echoed

   Khaled Hosseini

   Estranged Family · Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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4. 

   Gather

   Kenneth M. Cadow

   Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery · Male Lead · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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5. 

   All the Light We Cannot See

   Anthony Doerr

   Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Teen Protagonist · Multiple POV · Male Lead

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   The Dream Thieves

   Maggie Stiefvater

   Teen Protagonist · Character-Driven · Multiple POV · Slow-Paced · Male Lead

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7. 

   The Night Circus

   Erin Morgenstern

   Nonlinear Narrative · Slow-Paced · Multiple POV · Character-Driven · Literary Fiction

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8. 

   The Secret Life of Bees

   Sue Monk Kidd

   Leaving Home · Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery · Literary Fiction · Absent Parent

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9. 

   The Spear Cuts Through Water

   Simon Jimenez

   Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Male Lead · Multiple POV · Haunting

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    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    V E Schwab

    Nonlinear Narrative · Character-Driven · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced

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11. 

    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Nonlinear Narrative · Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Self-Discovery · Slow-Paced

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12. 

    The Catcher in the Rye

    Jerome David Salinger

    Teen Protagonist · Literary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Male Lead · Character-Driven

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13. 

    Lirael

    Garth Nix

    Teen Protagonist · Self-Discovery · Character-Driven · Multiple POV · Male Lead

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14. 

    The Book of Speculation

    Erika Swyler

    Magical Realism · Literary Fiction · Slow-Paced · Male Lead · Lyrical Prose

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15. 

    The Mirror & the Light

    Hilary Mantel

    Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Nonlinear Narrative · Slow-Paced · Male Lead

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16. 

    Night Watch

    Jayne Anne Phillips

    Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Teen Protagonist · Multiple POV

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17. 

    Ship of Magic

    Robin Hobb

    Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Multiple POV · Teen Protagonist · Male Lead

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18. 

    The Hounding

    Xenobe Purvis

    Literary Fiction · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced · Multiple POV · Haunting

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19. 

    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    Literary Fiction · Self-Discovery · Male Lead · Character-Driven · Slow-Paced

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20. 

    The Nightingale

    Kristin Hannah

    Estranged Family · Character-Driven · Multiple POV · Literary Fiction · Absent Parent

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