100% | THESHORE | 8 | "Kafka on ___," 2002 World Fantasy Award-winning Haruki Murakami novel featuring themes of magical realism: 2 wds. |
43% | PIRANESI | 8 | 2020 Susanna Clarke novel featuring themes of magical realism that won the Women's Prize for Fiction |
40% | MIDNIGHTS | 9 | "___ Children," 1981 Booker Prize-winning Salman Rushdie novel featuring themes of magical realism |
38% | SHORE | 5 | "Kafka on the ___," 2002 novel by Haruki Murakami which received the World Fantasy Award in 2006 |
32% | LANE | 4 | "The Ocean at the End of the ___," 2013 Neil Gaiman novel featuring themes of magical realism that was nominated for a Nebula Award |
32% | LIFE | 4 | "___ of Pi," 2001 Yann Martel novel featuring themes of magical realism that has an eponymous film adaptation |
30% | AIMEEMANN | 9 | Grammy award winning female bassist who has been named one of the world's top ten greatest living songwriters by NPR: 2 wds. |
30% | SEANPENN | 8 | Two time Academy Award winning actor of "Mystic River" who appeared in a guest role on "Two and a Half Men": 2 wds. |
30% | BLUEHEAVEN | 10 | C.J. Box novel featuring Joe Pickett that won an Edgar Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
29% | WHOFEARSDEATH | 13 | 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel winner by 49-Across (3 wds.) |
28% | BLONDEFAITH | 11 | 2007 novel featuring 17-Across for which 29-Across won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (2 wds.) |
27% | SILVERSLUGGER | 13 | NL batting award won by 14-Across in 2000, 2002, and 2003: 2 wds. |
26% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Fantasy TV series based on the novels of George R. R. Martin: 3 wds. |
26% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
26% | WRINKLEINTIME | 13 | With "A," classic science fantasy novel, and a feature of the theme answers |
26% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | HBO series based on fantasy novels, which has won 38 Emmys: 3 wds. |
25% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |
25% | GAMEOFTHRONES | 13 | Current HBO series based on a series of George R.R. Martin fantasy novels: 3 wds. |
25% | MIMI | 4 | Fictional Siamese cat from Haruki Murakami's novel "Kafka on the Shore" |
24% | FLIGHTBEHAVIOR | 14 | Barbara Kingsolver novel featuring the discovery of monarch butterflies in rural Tennessee (2 wds.) |
24% | ICEANDFIRE | 10 | "A Song of ___," the epic fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin on which 30a is based: 3 wds. |
24% | INDEMNITYONLY | 13 | First novel featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
24% | MAPS | 4 | Features of some fantasy novels |
23% | PIRATES | 7 | "___ of the Caribbean: At World's End," 2007 American fantasy film starring Keira Knightley for which she won a Teen Choice award |
23% | AMAP | 4 | "___ of the World" (Jane Hamilton novel) (2 wds.) |
23% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
23% | LANE | 4 | "The Ocean at the End of the ___," 2013 novel by Neil Gaiman featuring an unnamed protagonist that won a British Book Award |
23% | WORLDSERIESMVP | 14 | Award won by Steve Pearce on October 28, 2018: 3 wds. |
23% | HEISMANTROPHY | 13 | Award won by 15-/18-Across in December 2011: 2 wds. |
23% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 15-, 19-, 43-, and 52-Across: 2 wds. |