1986


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The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2)
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
The Hellbound Heart (Hellraiser #1)
The Prince of Tides
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
An Artist of the Floating World
Redwall (Redwall, #1)
The Bourne Supremacy (Jason Bourne, #2)
Strangers
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
A Perfect Spy
Kristy's Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club, #1)
Judo Kata and Combat Skills by James GoddardEleni by Nicholas GageJack by George SayerThe Lost Continent by Bill  BrysonThe Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1980s
210 books — 20 voters
Journey Around the Sun by James Gladstone2061 by Arthur C. ClarkeComet Madness by Richard J. GoodrichHalley's Comet by Hannes BarnardA Viewer's Guide to Halley's Comet by Matthew  Hart
Halley's Comet
32 books — 6 voters

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesIt by Stephen  KingThe Light Fantastic by Terry PratchettSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Best Books of 1986
342 books — 174 voters

Robert Shea
“ Sweet Goddess! she thought suddenly. I have never even spoken to him. I know nothing about the man, nothing at all. What if he tries to get me into some sordid little room and force himself on me, like an animal? How will I fight him off? All alone, not able to cry for help? No, it will not be like that, it could not be. I would have known if he were that kind of man, and felt repelled. He could not sing and write such beautiful verses, and look so fine if he were not the man I want him to be. Y ...more ”
― Robert Shea, All Things Are Lights

Stanisław Lem
“ Purpose informed every scene on Earth, the planet that produced life, because every detail there had its "benefit," its teleology. True, it did not always--but billions of years of organic labor had accomplished much: thus flowers possessed color for the purpose of attracting insects, and clouds existed for the purpose of dropping rain on pastures and forests. Every form and thing was explained by some benefit... ...more ”
― Stanisław Lem, Fiasco: A Haunting Science Fiction Novel of First Contact Where Dark Poetry Descends into a Nightmare of Misunderstanding

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