You know, I did read Kafka on the Shore, but that was about 15 years ago and I remember almost nothing of it except one of the characters loved Beethoven's Archduke Trio. I do remember enjoying it, but the overall story has just completely disappeared from my mind. I was in my Soseki phase at that point. I recall liking Botchan so much that I read it multiple times in multiple translations, trying to pick at it in the original Japanese as well. Maybe that one kind of pushed all others out.

One of these days I'm going to have to go back and read Kafka again.