I did land on Murakami's Killing Commendatore. The going was slow, partly because it's not written to be a page-turner, and partly because a couple of excellent video games came out this past month
It was weirdly constructed like a supernatural horror novel, but the emotional tone was low-key longing (like, not even urgent longing) and concern for others (but again, not urgent, like "I'll help as much as I can, but I don't want to get too involved"). Like some of his older stuff, the plot and characters cross the line from magical realism into fantasy/horror territory, but bring along the sensibilities of magical realism, where more often you see authors do the exact opposite. Japanese cultural identity was a pretty strong theme, but I would say the book was mostly about different ways of making peace with the unclosable distance in even the most intimate relationships.
I picked something more or less at random from my unread Audible 2 for 1 buys, and ended up with Monster Hunter International, which I've barely started but is shaping up to be some very pulpy action movie style urban fantasy.