{"id":213949,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/213949-if-you-only-read-the-books-that-everyone-else-is-reading-you-can-only-think-what-everyone-else-is-thinking","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/213949","headline":"“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking”","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHaruki Murakami\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e is a Japanese writer born in Kyoto in 1949. Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture. As of 2024,  Murakami has written a series of 34 books. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally.his work translated into 50 languages and sold millions of copies outside Japan. His first novel, \"Hear the Wind Sing\" was published in 1979, followed by Norwegian Wood in 1987 which cemented increased his popularity. Kafka on the shore was published in 2005. He has received numerous awards for his work\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami\"\u003eMore\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer born in Kyoto in 1949. Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture. As of 2024,  Murakami has written a series of 34 books. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally.his work translated into 50 languages and sold millions of copies outside Japan. His first novel, \"Hear the Wind Sing\" was published in 1979, followed by Norwegian Wood in 1987 which cemented increased his popularity. Kafka on the shore was published in 2005. He has received numerous awards for his work. More","published_at":"2026-08-14T02:29:00-07:00","updated_at":"2026-08-14T02:30:01-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Between the Lines","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297657-between-the-lines"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Between the Lines on Kudos365. View their photo published Aug/14/2026 on Books, Literature . Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/2cea451d-72a3-4c62-bdb4-c5ec6dd488dc-old-book-1553979.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Books, Literature ","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/913-books-literature"},{"name":"Quotes - Proverbs","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1086-quotes-proverbs"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/213949-if-you-only-read-the-books-that-everyone-else-is-reading-you-can-only-think-what-everyone-else-is-thinking","headline":"“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking”","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/2cea451d-72a3-4c62-bdb4-c5ec6dd488dc-old-book-1553979.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Between the Lines","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297657-between-the-lines"},"datePublished":"2026-08-14T02:29:00-07:00","subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Books, Literature ","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/913-books-literature"},{"@type":"Thing","name":"Quotes - Proverbs","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1086-quotes-proverbs"}]}}