What do you think of his books? I'm reading Norwegian Wood right now. So far I'm enjoying it, somewhat. I can see it growing on me eventually. He's quite descriptive when it comes to certain ideas, images, concepts etc.

I want to get the wind up bird chronicles. But i've never read anything by him. Is he good? Could you compare his style of writing to anyone else?

I'm half way through The Wind Up Bird Chronicles. I like how uniquely he writes.

i've got 5 of his novels.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is really his best work, and it declines after that.
Norwegian Wood isnt his usual style, its a straight up love story really. His other novels envolve a bit more fantasy. He is my favorite modern author really, i love his style and i've loved alot of the books he mentions (Gatsby in Norwegian Wood's case), and like him i'm a huge Beatles fan.
After Norwegian Wood i suggest something like Hard Boiled Wonderland to get you started, then move onto Wind-Up Bird which is long and very much in his style.

ive only read norwegian wood so i dont know if his style differs from book to book but here i liked it very much. he seems to convey actions & place in a very simplistic yet precise way, such a focus on the characters and the minutiae of their lives that you get involved with them very quickly. theres also something very still about his writing, though i couldnt say what.

my mum has read them all except the new one (blind willow sleeping woman?) & loved every one.

i knew you'd be in here! haha
i have to agree that norwegian wood is a great book, its the first of his i read but after reading more i realised that it's quite different to his usual style
i'd have to recomend the elephant vanishes which is a collection of short stories as well to get you used to his more fantasy way of writing