Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
This was the first Murakami book I read and it's still my favorite. It's atmospheric and bizarre in the best ways. It's a fun, quick read but it will stick with you for a long time afterwards. This is one of those books that changed the way I saw the world around me in the weeks after I'd finished. The only problem with starting with this one is I've yet to read another Murakami book that I like quite as much.
