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1980s Books
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The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 259 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,528,310 ratings — published 1985
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 508,507 ratings — published 1987
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 768,324 ratings — published 1982
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.10 — 562,152 ratings — published 1984
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.14 — 379,369 ratings — published 1989
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 124 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.89 — 374,707 ratings — published 1984
Watchmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.39 — 603,853 ratings — published 1987
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.98 — 760,802 ratings — published 1987
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,496,836 ratings — published 1985
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.04 — 577,728 ratings — published 1985
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,141,335 ratings — published 1988
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,276,783 ratings — published 2012
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,707,272 ratings — published 1988
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.14 — 404,146 ratings — published 1980
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 101 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 430,647 ratings — published 1983
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.94 — 558,722 ratings — published 1985
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.86 — 130,696 ratings — published 1985
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.22 — 849,102 ratings — published 1987
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 466,754 ratings — published 1986
The Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.18 — 435,673 ratings — published 1983
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.15 — 238,867 ratings — published 1985
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 81 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.09 — 724,639 ratings — published 1983
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
by (shelved 79 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.19 — 322,997 ratings — published 1980
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 716,736 ratings — published 1989
Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 135,790 ratings — published 1981
Less Than Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.62 — 105,326 ratings — published 1985
The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.31 — 340,362 ratings — published 1982
The BFG (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.23 — 537,882 ratings — published 1982
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.89 — 305,775 ratings — published 1980
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.73 — 96,856 ratings — published 1985
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.67 — 247,209 ratings — published 1984
Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,349,929 ratings — published 2021
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 247,658 ratings — published 1981
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.32 — 965,338 ratings — published 2025
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.93 — 89,158 ratings — published 1987
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,335,047 ratings — published 2011
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
by (shelved 62 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.16 — 254,847 ratings — published 1982
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.90 — 677,178 ratings — published 1982
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #3)
by (shelved 59 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.60 — 273,996 ratings — published 1985
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.24 — 278,659 ratings — published 1987
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 313,588 ratings — published 1989
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 80,979 ratings — published 1981
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.11 — 156,505 ratings — published 1985
The Lover (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.70 — 78,502 ratings — published 1984
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.80 — 462,743 ratings — published 1987
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,149 ratings — published 1988
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 54 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.86 — 89,395 ratings — published 1987
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 54 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.26 — 598,408 ratings — published 1988
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
by (shelved 54 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.08 — 188,613 ratings — published 1984
“It was 1984, unmistakably so—Jordache and Calvin Klein jeans hugged long legs, paired with pastel tees, Harvard sweatshirts, or blouses that shimmered slightly in the dim lighting. Some girls wore their hair big—carefully styled into perfect waves—while others let theirs fall straight and sleek. The guys were a mixed bunch. A few clung to longish late-‘70s cuts, holding onto an era just barely past; others kept their crewcuts sharp, the kind of clean-cut presence that screamed ROTC. Some went for the middle ground—short, conservative styles, neatly in place.
Most of them were either rowdy or lucky enough to be paired off—dancing, swaying in time, or pressed into corners, lost in whispered conversations or half-hearted make-outs.”
― Comings and Goings - The Art of Being Seen : A Jim Garraty Story
Most of them were either rowdy or lucky enough to be paired off—dancing, swaying in time, or pressed into corners, lost in whispered conversations or half-hearted make-outs.”
― Comings and Goings - The Art of Being Seen : A Jim Garraty Story
“She'd permed her hair to within an inch of its life. When she moved her head, the mass of hair followed along behind her a split second later."
Perhaps you had to live through the late 70's, early 80's to appreciate this.”
― The Year We Left Home
Perhaps you had to live through the late 70's, early 80's to appreciate this.”
― The Year We Left Home
