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I loved Kafka, but may not be the best one to start with. depends on what you like. After Dark is a good introduction to the bizarre, dreamlike and magical aspects of his writing, though it's more conceptual than story driven. Norwegian Wood was his breakthrough novel, but it's less weird and more story-oriented. Kafka is both extremely weird and an engrossing narrative. I'd go After Dark then Norwegian Wood then Kafka On The Shore.