Haruki Murakami

People who like this writer describe this writer as Original, Surprising, Dark, Distinctive style, A good storyteller, Accessible, Imaginative, Insightful, Convincing and Dramatic.

People who like this writer are more likely to also like other writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Peter Carey, Chuck Palahniuk, Charles Bukowski, Cormac McCarthy, David Mitchell, Margaret Atwood, Virginia Woolf, Alexandre Dumas and Irvine Welsh.

People who like this writer say their favourite books, by any writer, are: Norwegian Wood, Cloud Atlas, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, The Road, We Need to Talk about Kevin, On Chesil Beach, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Life After God and Black Dogs.

Poems and plays they tend to like include Julius Caesar, Doctor Faustus, The Waste Land, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Raven.

People who like this writer are more likely than most to think of themselves as Bossy. Their general interests are more likely to include Art, Sociology, English & Literature, Psychology and Philosophy.

Issues that are important to them include Abortion, Gay Marriage and University Education.

This writer is particularly popular among readers of The Guardian. People who like this writer are statistically more likely to be found driving cars such as Honda.

Fans of this writer tend to like brands such as Cart Noire, Febreze and Bang & Olufsen.

Movies they are statistically more likely to have enjoyed are: Amélie, My Neighbor Totoro, Donnie Darko, Grave of the Fireflies, Pan's Labyrinth, Three Colors: Blue, Gattaca, No Country for Old Men, Sanjuro and Let the Right One In.