1979 Books

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,005,598 ratings — published 1979
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The Neverending Story The Neverending Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.18 — 219,964 ratings — published 1979
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The Dead Zone The Dead Zone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.97 — 244,902 ratings — published 1979
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.85 — 236,970 ratings — published 1979
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.02 — 111,202 ratings — published 1979
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The Long Walk The Long Walk (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.02 — 268,661 ratings — published 1978
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Sophie’s Choice Sophie’s Choice (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.17 — 94,313 ratings — published 1979
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The Executioner's Song The Executioner's Song (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.05 — 23,214 ratings — published 1979
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Ghost Story Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.92 — 82,957 ratings — published 1979
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Suttree Suttree (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,033 ratings — published 1979
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,941 ratings — published 1979
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.31 — 268,940 ratings — published 1979
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The White Album The White Album (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.02 — 49,574 ratings — published 1979
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The Fountains of Paradise The Fountains of Paradise (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.95 — 31,647 ratings — published 1979
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Jailbird Jailbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.83 — 26,528 ratings — published 1979
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Amadeus Amadeus (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,934 ratings — published 1979
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Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3) Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.29 — 41,902 ratings — published 1979
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.29 — 52,378 ratings — published 1979
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The Right Stuff The Right Stuff (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.23 — 55,508 ratings — published 1979
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The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.81 — 13,845 ratings — published 1979
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The Gnostic Gospels The Gnostic Gospels (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.94 — 19,856 ratings — published 1979
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A Bend in the River A Bend in the River (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.77 — 18,719 ratings — published 1979
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Alien Alien (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.09 — 22,424 ratings — published 1979
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A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1) A Woman of Substance (Emma Harte Saga #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.21 — 41,584 ratings — published 1979
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Legends of the Fall Legends of the Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.05 — 13,103 ratings — published 1979
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Asterix in Belgium (Asterix, #24) Asterix in Belgium (Asterix, #24)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,301 ratings — published 1979
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Endless Love Endless Love (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.56 — 7,012 ratings — published 1979
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,429,789 ratings — published 1937
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Tales of the Unexpected Tales of the Unexpected (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,996 ratings — published 1979
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The Matarese Circle (Matarese, #1) The Matarese Circle (Matarese, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.07 — 42,253 ratings — published 1979
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The Key to Midnight The Key to Midnight (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.01 — 32,102 ratings — published 1979
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Sleepless Nights Sleepless Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.62 — 4,292 ratings — published 1979
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Shibumi Shibumi (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.17 — 19,591 ratings — published 1979
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,406,596 ratings — published 1915
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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (The Gonzo Papers, #1) The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (The Gonzo Papers, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.10 — 14,309 ratings — published 1979
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Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly, #1) Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.26 — 45,181 ratings — published 1979
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The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1) The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.91 — 22,173 ratings — published 1979
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Kane & Abel (Kane & Abel, #1) Kane & Abel (Kane & Abel, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.35 — 130,665 ratings — published 1979
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Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, #1) Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.89 — 71,297 ratings — published 1979
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Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising, #3) Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.00 — 32,070 ratings — published 1974
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Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1) Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.86 — 56,274 ratings — published 1965
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Passion Play (Kosinski, Jerzy) Passion Play (Kosinski, Jerzy)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.49 — 532 ratings — published 1979
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A Walk Across America A Walk Across America (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.04 — 12,391 ratings — published 1979
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Dark Gods Dark Gods (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,146 ratings — published 1985
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Halloween (Halloween #1) Halloween (Halloween #1)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,928 ratings — published 1979
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The Year of the French The Year of the French (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,195 ratings — published 1979
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The Short-Timers The Short-Timers (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,372 ratings — published 1979
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The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #12) The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #12)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,248 ratings — published 1935
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The Little Vampire The Little Vampire (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 4.06 — 5,966 ratings — published 1979
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1979)
avg rating 3.95 — 54,071 ratings — published 1979
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Robin Jenkins
“There has been some talk (but not enough) about the political and social consequences of the devolution fiasco three years ago, but none at all about the cultural consequences. At the time my friends were startled and mystified when I told them what a blow the result had been to me, not as a person but as a novelist who thought his mission was to portray the Scottish people. I could not see how any writer could portray with enthusiasm and conviction a nation that had so little faith in itself as to reject a modest degree of self-government or, to put it more accurately, to let itself be cheated by a piece of parliamentary chicanery. In Canada I could hardly get anyone to believe me when I explained the 40% condition.”
Robin Jenkins, The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 27

David Markson
“Coincidences undeniably imply meaning.

I am rereading Hart Crane.
I notice the date
On which he stepped off that boat
Was April 26.

Tomorrow is April 26.

The year of his suicide was 1932.
I was four.
I am now fifty-one.
One undeniable implication in this case then
Is that the year, today,
Is 1979.

Afterward, Crane’s mother scrubbed floors.
Eventually, I may or may not
Jump overboard.

Are there questions?”
David Markson, Collected Poems

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