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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
2,228 books — 2,445 voters
Pawn of Prophecy by David EddingsMagician by Raymond E. FeistThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyDragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisThe Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Best Fantasy of the 80s
355 books — 702 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
325 books — 260 voters
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
285 books — 166 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 — 96 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
204 books — 96 voters

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka BruntAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenIzzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
YA Fiction set in the 1980s
130 books — 58 voters
Paperback Crush by Gabrielle MossAs You Wish by Cary ElwesThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanWhatever Happened to Pudding Pops? by Gael Fashingbauer CooperKristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin
1980s Fun!
418 books — 57 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
178 books — 56 voters
P. S. I Love You by Barbara ConklinDouble Love by Francine PascalSooner or Later by Bruce HartLove Is One of the Choices by Norma KleinLittle Sister by Yvonne Greene
Teen Romance of the 1980s
171 books — 40 voters

Critical Essays on Ayn Rand’s “We the Living” by Emre GurgenThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardJudo Kata and Combat Skills by James GoddardThe Mind’s I by Douglas R. HofstadterFriendly Fascism by Bertram M. Gross
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1980s
211 books — 26 voters
The Root Cellar by Janet LunnPlaying Beatie Bow by Ruth ParkA Handful of Time by Kit PearsonThe Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing HahnThe Singing Stone by O.R. Melling
Children's Time Travel Fiction of the 1980s
148 books — 25 voters

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkWe Dream of Space by Erin Entrada KellyNobody Was Here by Alison PolletThe Breadwinner by Deborah EllisCaminar by Skila Brown
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1980s
43 books — 24 voters
Hatchet by Gary PaulsenTiger Eyes by Judy BlumeJacob Have I Loved by Katherine PatersonThe Wave by Todd StrasserCome Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson
1980's Young Adult Standalones
310 books — 23 voters

This Time of Darkness by Helen Mary HooverEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardBrother in the Land by Robert SwindellsBut We Are Not of Earth by Jean E. KarlFuturetrack 5 by Robert Westall
Children's Science Fiction of the 1980s
227 books — 18 voters
Army of 29 Cats by Wynter St. VaughanLiar's Poker by Michael LewisMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Weaker Vessel by Antonia Fraser
History Published in Decade: 1980s
135 books — 12 voters

Fairyland by Alysia AbbottAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceBorrowed Time by Paul MonetteBody Counts by Sean Strub
Memoirs and Autobiographies About the 1980s HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the US (nonfiction)
49 books — 10 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

Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh FermorGreat Plains by Ian FrazierThe Walk West by Peter JenkinsThe Coast Of West Cork by Peter Somerville-LargeRussian Journal by Andrea Lee
Travel Published in Decade: 1980s
30 books — 6 voters
Seeing What Is by Jacqueline CoxtaylorCountering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys by Jawanza KunjufuThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorDeveloping Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children by Jawanza KunjufuBlack Children by Janice E. Hale-Benson
Education by African-Americans Published in Decade: 1980s
5 books — 5 voters

Journey by Joyce Carol ThomasPromises by Tracy WestGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.His Dark Enchantress by Victoria ChathamBlue Tights by Rita Williams-Garcia
Young Adult Books Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1980s
11 books — 4 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerBatman by Alan MooreBatman by Frank Miller
Best Comics of the 1980s
112 books — 3 voters

Hey Diddle Diddle A first Book of Nursery Rhymes by Anne Grahame-JohnstoneHey Diddle Diddle & Other Mother Goose Rhymes by Tomie dePaolaMy Best Book of Nursery Rhymes by Anne Grahame-JohnstoneAn Enchanting Book of Nursery Rhymes by Janet Grahame-JohnstoneA Merry-Mouse Book of Nursery Rhymes by Priscilla Hillman
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1980s
31 books — 2 voters
The Complete Badger, Volume 1 by Mike BaronThe Collected Neil the Horse by Katherine CollinsJonny Quest # 1 by Doug WildeyMaus I by Art SpiegelmanRAW NO. 3 by Art Spiegelman
Best Independent Comics of the 1980s
164 books — 2 voters

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