Many of his novels have themes and titles that evoke classical music, such as the three books making up "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle": "The Thieving Magpie" (after Rossini's opera), "Bird as Prophet" (after a piano piece by Robert Schumann usually known in English as "The Prophet Bird"), and "The Bird-Catcher" (a character in Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute"). Some of his novels take their titles from songs: "Dance, Dance, Dance" (after The Dells' 1957 B-side song, although it is often thought it was titled after the Beach Boys' 1964 tune), "Norwegian Wood" (after The Beatles' song) and "South of the Border, West of the Sun" (after the song "South of the Border").