| 100% | WOOD | 4 | "Norwegian ___" (Haruki Murakami novel) |
| 85% | HEAR | 4 | Haruki Murakami's first novel "___ the Wind Sing" |
| 76% | MIMI | 4 | Fictional Siamese cat from Haruki Murakami's novel "Kafka on the Shore" |
| 75% | THESHORE | 8 | "Kafka on ___," 2002 World Fantasy Award-winning Haruki Murakami novel featuring themes of magical realism: 2 wds. |
| 67% | END | 3 | "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the ___ of the World" (Haruki Murakami novel) |
| 65% | WOOD | 4 | "Norwegian ___," 1987 novel by Haruki Murakami that has a protagonist named Toru Watanabe |
| 61% | NORWEGIAN | 9 | Nostalgic Murakami novel, __ Wood |
| 56% | WEST | 4 | Haruki Murakami's "South of the Border, ___ of the Sun" |
| 55% | MAGICALREALISM | 14 | Genre for Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami |
| 55% | MURAKAMI | 8 | Haruki, Japanese author of Norwegian Wood |
| 53% | SULA | 4 | Norwegian island or a Toni Morrison novel |
| 53% | DARK | 4 | "After ___," 2004 novel by Haruki Murakami which is set in Tokyo |
| 51% | HARRYHOLE | 9 | Norwegian detective in Jo Nesbø's crime novels |
| 48% | WHAT | 4 | "___ I Talk About When I Talk About Running" (memoir by novelist Haruki Murakami) |
| 47% | NESBO | 5 | Jo —, Norwegian author of the Harry Hole crime novels |
| 45% | NESBO | 5 | Jo —, Norwegian author of the Harry Hole crime novel series |
| 42% | GIRL | 4 | "Birthday ___," 2002 short story by Haruki Murakami that is a recounting of a person's twentieth birthday |
| 42% | SHORE | 5 | “Kafka on the ___” (Haruki Murakami book) |
| 39% | SHORE | 5 | "Kafka on the ___," 2002 novel by Haruki Murakami which received the World Fantasy Award in 2006 |
| 38% | MEN | 3 | "___ Without Women," 2014 short story collection by Haruki Murakami that shares its title with Ernest Hemingway's short story collection |
| 37% | SHEEP | 5 | "A Wild ____ Chase," 1982 novel by Haruki Murakami which won the Noma Literary Newcomer's prize |
| 35% | NORSE | 5 | Norwegian |
| 35% | NEW | 3 | Novel |
| 35% | UNUSUAL | 7 | Novel |
| 35% | NEWFANGLED | 10 | Novel |
| 35% | FRESH | 5 | Novel |
| 35% | BOOK | 4 | Novel |
| 35% | ORIGINAL | 8 | Novel |
| 35% | SING | 4 | "Hear the Wind ___," 1979 novel by Haruki Murakami that is the first of the "Trilogy of the Rat" series |
| 34% | ENEMIES | 7 | Isaac Bashevis Singer novel |