1983


The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
Pet Sematary
The Witches
Christine
The Queen's Gambit
Phantoms
Heartburn
Cathedral
The Woman in Black
The Little Drummer Girl
Cycle of the Werewolf
The Piano Teacher
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
Ironweed
Life & Times of Michael K
The Color of Magic by Terry PratchettPet Sematary by Stephen  KingChristine by Stephen  KingThe Witches by Roald DahlAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Books of 1983
284 books — 167 voters

The Path to Power by Robert A. CaroThe Last Lion by William ManchesterAllen Ginsberg by Barry MilesMaria Malibran by Howard BushnellOscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann
Biography Published in Decade: 1980s
128 books — 6 voters
Swamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanWatchmen by Alan             MooreCrisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman
Best Comics of the 1980s
112 books — 2 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesAlanna by Tamora PierceMossflower by Brian JacquesRedwall by Brian Jacques
Children's Fantasy of the 1980s
173 books — 54 voters
Miracle of the Rising Sun by Joseph SciutoA Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkNobody Was Here  by Alison PolletThe Breadwinner by Deborah EllisCaminar by Skila Brown
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1980s
42 books — 28 voters

Jimi Hendrix
Hooray, I wake from yesterday, Alive but the war is here to stay, So my love Katherina and me Decide to take our last walk through the noise to the sea, Not to die but to be reborn, Away from a land so battered and torn… Forever…
Jimi Hendrix

Paul Fussell
When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America," ... It is if I had said, "I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals. ...more
Paul Fussell, Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

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