I've read a few of Murakami's books (including Wind Up Bird) and enjoyed them. They certainly have their flaws and if you ever browse through a thread in a books subreddit, they will be pointed out with glee by one person after another. The primary complaint seems to be how he writes women.

You'd think a books subreddit would be a place for people to celebrate books and writers but it mostly seems to be a place for people who dislike particular books in particular ways to vent and rant. They don't like book X and they don't want you to either.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm going to check them all out.