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The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 262 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,579,791 ratings — published 1985
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 518,329 ratings — published 1987
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 141 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 776,033 ratings — published 1982
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.10 — 572,507 ratings — published 1984
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.14 — 390,167 ratings — published 1989
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 125 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.89 — 382,650 ratings — published 1984
Watchmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.39 — 609,847 ratings — published 1987
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 116 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,508,204 ratings — published 1985
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.98 — 778,547 ratings — published 1987
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.04 — 590,737 ratings — published 1985
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,157,082 ratings — published 1988
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,778,059 ratings — published 1988
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,285,481 ratings — published 2012
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.14 — 408,994 ratings — published 1980
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.94 — 565,469 ratings — published 1985
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 101 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 435,041 ratings — published 1983
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.86 — 132,469 ratings — published 1985
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.22 — 868,292 ratings — published 1987
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 86 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.09 — 737,571 ratings — published 1983
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 478,024 ratings — published 1986
The Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.18 — 439,408 ratings — published 1983
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.14 — 249,395 ratings — published 1985
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 719,964 ratings — published 1989
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 — 326,635 ratings — published 1980
The BFG (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.23 — 542,844 ratings — published 1982
Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 137,117 ratings — published 1981
The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.31 — 351,742 ratings — published 1982
Less Than Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.62 — 107,532 ratings — published 1985
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,075,696 ratings — published 2025
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.67 — 253,721 ratings — published 1984
Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,383,877 ratings — published 2021
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.89 — 310,059 ratings — published 1980
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 255,116 ratings — published 1981
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.72 — 98,759 ratings — published 1985
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.61 — 294,754 ratings — published 1985
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.93 — 89,866 ratings — published 1987
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.90 — 684,412 ratings — published 1982
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,351,168 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 — 257,212 ratings — published 1982
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.24 — 282,073 ratings — published 1987
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.11 — 158,810 ratings — published 1985
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 321,926 ratings — published 1989
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 82,331 ratings — published 1981
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,844 ratings — published 1988
The Lover (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.69 — 81,703 ratings — published 1984
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 56 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.26 — 604,978 ratings — published 1988
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.80 — 467,988 ratings — published 1987
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 54 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.86 — 90,736 ratings — published 1987
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.07 — 527,845 ratings — published 2021
“Motel Hell is a black comedy about hypocrisy, about the way in which every person, even serial killers like Farmer Vincent, tell themselves little lies to get through the day. It's easier to do terrible things, one concludes, when you believe you're doing good.”
― Horror Films of the 1980s
― Horror Films of the 1980s
“[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome, the Paris, the London of the twentieth century, the city of ambition, the dense magnetic rock, the irresistible destination of all those who insist on being where things are happening-and he was among the victors!”
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
