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This is a list of books published in the current millennium (so, after 1999) that are at least partially set in the 1980s. It is further proof that the 80s will never die.
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My Best Friend's Exorcism
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Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 149,202 ratings
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Eleanor & Park
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Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 1,252,182 ratings
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,288,680 ratings
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Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies
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Kevin Smokler (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 363 ratings
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American Hair Metal
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3.98 avg rating — 133 ratings
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I Love the 80s
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Megan Crane (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 722 ratings
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Tell the Wolves I'm Home
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Carol Rifka Brunt (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 149,014 ratings
score: 787,
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Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
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4.08 avg rating — 3,138 ratings
score: 782,
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On the Jellicoe Road
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 51,647 ratings
score: 676,
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Malibu Rising
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Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 1,271,803 ratings
score: 597,
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One Day
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3.87 avg rating — 406,784 ratings
score: 591,
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The Decade That Rocked: The Photography Of Mark "Weissguy" Weiss
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4.76 avg rating — 116 ratings
score: 484,
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8-Bit Christmas
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Kevin Jakubowski (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 531 ratings
score: 385,
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We Are Lost and Found
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Helene Dunbar (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 2,916 ratings
score: 298,
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We Ride Upon Sticks
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3.78 avg rating — 17,340 ratings
score: 297,
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
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Emily M. Danforth (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 59,677 ratings
score: 295,
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W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone, #23)
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3.96 avg rating — 35,170 ratings
score: 200,
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The Micro Kids: An 80s Adventure with ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and more
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Gary Plowman (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 72 ratings
score: 200,
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The Cousins
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 140,752 ratings
score: 200,
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Yesterday's Gone
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Kelly Pawlik (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 200,
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Dead Scared
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Ivan Blake (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 200,
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The Cotton Candy Massacre
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Christopher Robertson (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 1,937 ratings
score: 200,
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A Totally Killer Wedding (Totally 80s Mysteries, #1)
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D.A. Wilkerson (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 157 ratings
score: 200,
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Foster
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4.31 avg rating — 155,076 ratings
score: 198,
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Paper Covers Rock
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Jenny Hubbard (Goodreads Author)
3.38 avg rating — 2,361 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Time After Time
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Sue Haasler (Goodreads Author)
3.34 avg rating — 142 ratings
score: 193,
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2 people voted
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The Marriage Plot
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3.48 avg rating — 124,189 ratings
score: 186,
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Starter for Ten
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3.62 avg rating — 24,070 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Circuits of the Wind: A Legend of the Net Age (Volume 1)
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Michael Stutz (Goodreads Author)
3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Glasshopper
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Isabel Ashdown (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 704 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Screaming Divas
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Suzanne Kamata (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 84 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Wivenhoe Park
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Ben Vendetta (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 88 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Jenna's Journey (A Greek Island Mystery Book 1)
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Julie Ryan (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 98 ratings
score: 100,
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Bog child
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3.81 avg rating — 4,902 ratings
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Holding out for a Hero
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Victoria Van Tiem (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 157 ratings
score: 100,
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Tuesday Nights in 1980
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3.73 avg rating — 4,668 ratings
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War for the Oaks
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Emma Bull (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 10,638 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Moon at Nine
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3.88 avg rating — 1,197 ratings
score: 100,
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Soulless Creatures
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Katharine Grubb (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 100,
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Silver Sparrow
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Tayari Jones (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 45,730 ratings
score: 100,
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The 'Lovely' Past
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David Richards (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings
score: 100,
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The Dark Isle (Sam Coyle Trilogy, #3)
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Clare Carson (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 212 ratings
score: 100,
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Hide
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S.J. Morgan (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 88 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Three More Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #2)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 699 ratings
score: 100,
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Caroline
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3.01 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Lazy Witchcraft
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M. Benjamin Woodall (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 100,
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Blast from the Past
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Jeb Wright (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 85 ratings
score: 100,
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Of School and Women
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D.S. Marquis (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Of School and Women
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D.S. Marquis (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Mighty Six-Ninety (690)
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4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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I Was a Teenage Slasher
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Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 22,720 ratings
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Music from Another World
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Robin Talley (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
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Monolith Records
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Thom Carnell (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 100,
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Hurry Up and Wait
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Isabel Ashdown (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 580 ratings
score: 99,
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Sing Fox to Me
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Sarah Kanake (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 189 ratings
score: 99,
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Don't You Forget About Me (Cate Whelihan #1)
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Erin McCole Cupp (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 125 ratings
score: 99,
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The Salt Marsh (Sam Coyle Trilogy, #2)
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Clare Carson (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 225 ratings
score: 99,
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Murder Book (Boystown #5)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 535 ratings
score: 99,
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Orkney Twilight (Sam Coyle Trilogy, #1)
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Clare Carson (Goodreads Author)
3.30 avg rating — 571 ratings
score: 98,
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From the Ashes (Boystown #6)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 506 ratings
score: 98,
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Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 157,537 ratings
score: 98,
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It Lives in The Basement
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Sahara Foley (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 474 ratings
score: 97,
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Three Nick Nowak Mysteries (Boystown #1)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
score: 97,
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 4,002,690 ratings
score: 97,
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Bloodlines (Boystown #7)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 438 ratings
score: 96,
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Stepmotherland
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3.99 avg rating — 68 ratings
score: 96,
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South of Charm: A Novel
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4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Two Nick Nowak Novellas (Boystown #3)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 608 ratings
score: 95,
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Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad #3)
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Tana French (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,803 ratings
score: 95,
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House of Diamonds
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Karen Jones Gowen (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 67 ratings
score: 94,
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Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante, #2)
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 109,051 ratings
score: 94,
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The Lies That Bind (Boystown #8)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 395 ratings
score: 93,
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Paper Girls, Volume 6
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4.20 avg rating — 14,533 ratings
score: 93,
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A Time For Secrets (Boystown #4)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 579 ratings
score: 92,
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Paper Girls, Volume 2
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4.10 avg rating — 34,789 ratings
score: 92,
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Lucky Days (Boystown, #9)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 337 ratings
score: 91,
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
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4.39 avg rating — 371,933 ratings
score: 91,
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Gifts Given (Boystown, #10)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 311 ratings
score: 90,
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Paper Girls, Volume 1
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3.88 avg rating — 110,255 ratings
score: 90,
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Fade Out (Boystown, #13)
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Marshall Thornton (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 272 ratings
score: 89,
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Paper Girls, Volume 4
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4.13 avg rating — 20,377 ratings
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
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Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 671,755 ratings
score: 88,
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You should add Dear Rockstar to your list, such a good book!
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Megan wrote: "You should add Dear Rockstar to your list, such a good book!"Done! Thanks for the tip - just added it to my to-read list too. :)
You're welcome! Such a good read, hope you enjoy!
Carly Usdin's "Heavy Vinyl" is removed. It's set in 1998.
Matti wrote: "Carly Usdin's "Heavy Vinyl" is removed. It's set in 1998."Thanks for catching that, Matti.
Does Ready Player take place in the future?
Mary Anne wrote: "Does Ready Player take place in the future?"It takes place in the future but is loaded with references to 80s pop culture flashbacks, so I guess that's why it was added to the list. Does't technically belong, but since it does have a strong 80s tie-in it's not out of the realm.
"Rumours of a Hurricane" needs to be on this list, though mostly for UK readers.
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