JoLynn's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 1980s

Listopia > JoLynn's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 1980s (51 Books)

1	The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson 4.65 avg rating — 123,617 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Devices and Desires (Adam Dalgliesh, #8) by P.D. James 3.96 avg rating — 15,422 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh, #7) by P.D. James 4.02 avg rating — 16,645 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Man With a Load of Mischief (Richard Jury, #1) by Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 19,711 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work by Mel Bartholomew 4.17 avg rating — 886 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 177,154 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto 3.87 avg rating — 1,608 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 360,311 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 4.28 avg rating — 326,820 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 3.89 avg rating — 298,266 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Misery by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 849,994 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1) by Scott Turow (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 126,105 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco 3.91 avg rating — 74,908 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3) by Tom Clancy 4.12 avg rating — 388,700 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Lover by Marguerite Duras 3.71 avg rating — 73,194 ratings JoLynn rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) by Martin Cruz Smith 4.04 avg rating — 69,898 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez 3.97 avg rating — 236,292 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) by James Ellroy 3.78 avg rating — 96,474 ratings JoLynn rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 43,291 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray, #2) by P.D. James 3.78 avg rating — 9,020 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Innocent Blood by P.D. James 3.67 avg rating — 6,314 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Light Thickens (Roderick Alleyn, #32) by Ngaio Marsh 3.91 avg rating — 2,394 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek 3.61 avg rating — 16,407 ratings JoLynn rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Woman in Black by Susan Hill 3.76 avg rating — 82,281 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon 4.14 avg rating — 829 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Dirty Duck (Richard Jury, #4) by Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 5,935 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Far Side Gallery by Gary Larson 4.44 avg rating — 26,237 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Help the Poor Struggler (Richard Jury #6) by Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 4,819 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Flower Fairies of the Wayside by Cicely Mary Barker 4.33 avg rating — 284 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Anodyne Necklace (Richard Jury, #3) by Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 9,216 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease 4.40 avg rating — 7,619 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Hilary Tamar, #1) by Sarah Caudwell 3.86 avg rating — 6,186 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Carousel by Rosamunde Pilcher 3.82 avg rating — 6,250 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd 3.46 avg rating — 4,945 ratings JoLynn rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Sirens Sang of Murder (Hilary Tamar, #3) by Sarah Caudwell 3.97 avg rating — 3,418 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book by Bill Watterson 4.64 avg rating — 22,409 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark 3.84 avg rating — 7,246 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Sword of Honour Trilogy by Evelyn Waugh 4.21 avg rating — 2,120 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon 4.10 avg rating — 1,553 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Rumpole for the Defence by John Mortimer 4.11 avg rating — 719 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis 3.31 avg rating — 4,172 ratings JoLynn rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet 4.27 avg rating — 1,786 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Five Bells and Bladebone (Richard Jury, #9) by Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 4,281 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	E is for Evidence (Kinsey Millhone, #5) by Sue Grafton 3.95 avg rating — 42,362 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Old Fox Deceiv'd (Richard Jury, #2) by Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 11,595 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Vacant Possession by Hilary Mantel 3.54 avg rating — 1,204 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	F is for Fugitive (Kinsey Millhone, #6) by Sue Grafton 3.95 avg rating — 41,600 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka 4.32 avg rating — 195,769 ratings JoLynn rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) by Sue Grafton 3.89 avg rating — 45,714 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3) by Sue Grafton 3.94 avg rating — 55,834 ratings JoLynn rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Personal History: A Memoir by Katharine Graham 4.09 avg rating — 24,761 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars