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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters
Pawn of Prophecy by David EddingsMagician by Raymond E. FeistThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisQueen of Sorcery by David Eddings
Best Fantasy of the 80s
343 books — 691 voters

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin SchwartzHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingKristy's Great Idea by Ann M. MartinDouble Love by Francine PascalHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Young Adult Series Books published in the '80s & '90s
696 books — 576 voters
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Martian by Andy WeirGone Girl by Gillian FlynnStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelYes Please by Amy Poehler
2015: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2015
1,914 books — 528 voters

Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy Weir
2016: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2016
2,139 books — 373 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardHyperion by Dan SimmonsNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
303 books — 261 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara Westover
2018: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2018
1,679 books — 244 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleDivergent by Veronica Roth
What Women Born in the 80s Read in 2014
978 books — 189 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidCirce by Madeline Miller
2019: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2019
1,407 books — 161 voters
1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
445 books — 143 voters

Trick or Treat by Richie Tankersley CusickRemember Me by Christopher PikeThe Betrayal by R.L. StineBury Me Deep by Christopher PikeThe Baby-Sitter by R.L. Stine
'80s–'90s Young Adult Horror
123 books — 142 voters
It by Stephen KingMy Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady HendrixStarr Creek by Nathan CarsonSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyPaper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Books Like Stranger Things
161 books — 137 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidEducated by Tara Westover
2020: What People Born in the 1980's Have Read in 2020
1,388 books — 132 voters
Becoming by Michelle ObamaLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensEducated by Tara WestoverEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2019
917 books — 119 voters

The Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettAnxious People by Fredrik BackmanThe Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
2021: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2021
1,301 books — 114 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
357 books — 104 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoA Great Deliverance by Elizabeth GeorgeA Time to Kill by John GrishamGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithThe Man With a Load of Mischief by Martha Grimes
Best Mysteries from the 1980s
202 books — 92 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidCirce by Madeline MillerThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2020
874 books — 91 voters

P. S. I Love You by Barbara ConklinSecrets by Kate WilliamMurder On Ice by Carolyn KeeneLove Match by Janet Quin-HarkinDouble Love by Francine Pascal
Out-of-Print 80's Teen Series
79 books — 87 voters
1984 by George OrwellEvery Five Years by Christine ArdigoThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMagic America by C.E. MedfordThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books Set in the Eighties
208 books — 87 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlotte's Web by E.B. WhiteThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
New York Times Bestsellers
231 books — 80 voters
Big Little Lies by Liane MoriartyLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgEducated by Tara WestoverThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2018
861 books — 78 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenThat Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. HintonSteffie Can't Come Out to Play by Fran Arrick
Classic Teens in Trouble
268 books — 70 voters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2014: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2014
526 books — 57 voters

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Books Mentioned in Lizzie Skurnick's "Shelf Discovery"
73 books — 48 voters
Paperback Crush by Gabrielle MossEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonWatchmen by Alan MooreAs You Wish by Cary Elwes
'80s and '90s Nostalgia
369 books — 48 voters

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellWivenhoe Park by Ben VendettaGoing Over by Beth KephartMy Fat, Mad Teenage Diary by Rae EarlTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
The 1980s are back!
75 books — 47 voters
My Little Pony by G.M. BerrowThe Elements of Harmony by Brandon T. SniderMy Little Pony by G.M. BerrowMy Little Pony by Katie CookMy Little Pony by Katie Cook
My Little Pony
199 books — 45 voters

Funny Story by Emily HenryCheck & Mate by Ali HazelwoodNorth Woods by Daniel MasonThe Women by Kristin HannahButcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
2024: What Women Born in the 1980's are Reading in 2024
1,058 books — 43 voters
Annabelle by Ruby Jean JensenSoul-Eater by Dana BrookinsHalloween II by Jack MartinToy Cemetery by William W. JohnstoneChild's Play by Andrew Neiderman
Zebra 1980's Horror Line
143 books — 40 voters

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