The Color Purple by Alice WalkerLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) separate by Stephen  KingThe BFG by Roald DahlDifferent Seasons by Stephen  King
Best Books of 1982
194th out of 285 books — 182 voters
Mornings on Horseback by David McCulloughBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Weaker Vessel by Antonia FraserThe Fatal Shore by Robert HughesThe Last Lion by William Manchester
History Published in Decade: 1980s
60th out of 134 books — 7 voters

The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesBoy by Roald DahlEleni by Nicholas GageJack by George SayerLessons from a Sheep Dog by W. Phillip Keller
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1980s
124th out of 177 books — 11 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Robert K. MassieGulag by Anne Applebaum
Best Russian History Books
466th out of 563 books — 388 voters

Red Notice by Bill BrowderThe Man Without a Face by Masha GessenThe Future Is History by Masha GessenOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynNothing Is True and Everything Is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev
Books about Russia
136th out of 139 books — 74 voters
Into Siberia by Gregory J. WallanceNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassiePutin Country by Anne GarrelsSecondhand Time by Svetlana AlexievichAfter the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
Nonfiction Books for Russophiles
131st out of 181 books — 25 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellWitness by Whittaker ChambersThe Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Criticism of Socialism/Communism
159th out of 160 books — 13 voters