- 1983: Born in Tokyo
- 1990: The Japanese economic bubble collapsed
- 1995: The Aum Shinrikyo subway sarin gas incident
- 1996: Murakami Ryuu says a new method of shocking is necessary
- 2003: Snakes and Earrings won the 27th Subaru Literary Award. The same novel won the 130th Akutagawa Prize.
- 2005: Snakes and Earrings is published in English
- 2006: Autofiction, her fourth novel, is published in Japanese
- 2007: Autofiction is published in English