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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
2,320 books — 2,450 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
326 books — 261 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryPerfume by Patrick SüskindLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of 1985
343 books — 217 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
209 books — 99 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

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!
419 books — 58 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
129 books — 55 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
174 books — 55 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
173 books — 41 voters

Hatchet by Gary PaulsenTiger Eyes by Judy BlumeThe President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson WhiteJacob Have I Loved by Katherine PatersonMy Life as a Body by Norma Klein
1980's Young Adult Standalones
311 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
147 books — 24 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 Historical Fiction set in the 1980s
41 books — 22 voters
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

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
226 books — 17 voters
De la Captivité à liberté by Léonce JatcheLE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JatcheDe la captivite a la liberte by Léonce JatcheLE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JatcheSeeing What Is by Jacqueline Coxtaylor
Education by African-Americans Published in Decade: 1980s
10 books — 16 voters

Fairyland by Alysia AbbottAnd the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceLE BÂTON DU VOYAGEUR FATIGUÉ by Léonce JatcheDe la Captivité à liberté by Léonce Jatche
Memoirs and Autobiographies About the 1980s HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the US (nonfiction)
53 books — 13 voters
Liar's Poker by Michael LewisMornings on Horseback by David McCulloughBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Weaker Vessel by Antonia FraserThe Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
History Published in Decade: 1980s
149 books — 9 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
131 books — 7 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

Journey by Joyce Carol ThomasPromises by Tracy WestGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.His Dark Enchantress by Victoria ChathamThe Missing Girl by Stacia Moffett
Young Adult Books Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1980s
12 books — 5 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreCrisis on Infinite Earths by Marv WolfmanBatman by Frank MillerBatman by Alan MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Comics of the 1980s
129 books — 5 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodPerfume by Patrick SüskindHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOld Masters by Thomas BernhardStates of Emergency by André Brink
1985 Literary Fiction
10 books — 3 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
165 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
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. A Guide for Foreigners by Roland BoerManifesto of the Communist Party, and Principles of Communism by Karl MarxThe Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Perestroika by Harpal BrarThe East is Still Red - Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martínez
Market Socialisms - Transition Periods
13 books — 1 voter

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