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1980s Books
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The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 259 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,481,694 ratings — published 1985
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 160 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.98 — 499,989 ratings — published 1987
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 140 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 761,415 ratings — published 1982
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.10 — 554,092 ratings — published 1984
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.14 — 370,361 ratings — published 1989
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 125 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.89 — 370,098 ratings — published 1984
Watchmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.39 — 599,566 ratings — published 1987
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 746,613 ratings — published 1987
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,486,444 ratings — published 1985
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.04 — 567,539 ratings — published 1985
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,127,303 ratings — published 1988
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,646,491 ratings — published 1988
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,268,661 ratings — published 2012
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.14 — 400,193 ratings — published 1980
The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
by (shelved 102 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.99 — 426,958 ratings — published 1983
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.94 — 552,945 ratings — published 1985
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.86 — 129,072 ratings — published 1985
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 457,865 ratings — published 1986
Misery (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.22 — 834,863 ratings — published 1987
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.15 — 230,258 ratings — published 1985
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 81 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.09 — 713,239 ratings — published 1983
The Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.18 — 432,583 ratings — published 1983
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
by (shelved 79 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.19 — 319,972 ratings — published 1980
Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 134,427 ratings — published 1981
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 713,446 ratings — published 1989
The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.30 — 329,158 ratings — published 1982
The BFG (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.23 — 533,106 ratings — published 1982
Less Than Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.62 — 103,220 ratings — published 1985
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.73 — 94,942 ratings — published 1985
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.97 — 242,575 ratings — published 1981
Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,319,173 ratings — published 2021
The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.68 — 241,266 ratings — published 1984
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.89 — 302,253 ratings — published 1980
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,319,588 ratings — published 2011
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.93 — 88,163 ratings — published 1987
Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)
by (shelved 61 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.16 — 252,948 ratings — published 1982
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.91 — 671,267 ratings — published 1982
Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.24 — 275,798 ratings — published 1987
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.11 — 154,806 ratings — published 1985
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.59 — 256,796 ratings — published 1985
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.00 — 79,687 ratings — published 1981
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.32 — 825,379 ratings — published 2025
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 56 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.26 — 593,547 ratings — published 1988
The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.71 — 72,564 ratings — published 1988
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 55 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.86 — 88,310 ratings — published 1987
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.28 — 306,704 ratings — published 1989
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as 1980s)
avg rating 3.80 — 457,525 ratings — published 1987
The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2)
by (shelved 54 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.01 — 171,007 ratings — published 1986
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)
by (shelved 54 times as 1980s)
avg rating 4.08 — 187,182 ratings — published 1984
“The apartment was somewhere near
It was 1984, unmistakably so—Jordache and Calvin Klein jeans hugged long legs, paired with pastel tees, Harvard sweatshirts, or blouses that shimmered slightly in the dim lighting. Some girls wore their hair big—carefully styled into perfect waves—while others let theirs fall straight and sleek. The guys were a mixed bunch. A few clung to longish late-‘70s cuts, holding onto an era just barely past; others kept their crewcuts sharp, the kind of clean-cut presence that screamed ROTC. Some went for the middle ground—short, conservative styles, neatly in place.
Most of them were either rowdy or lucky enough to be paired off—dancing, swaying in time, or pressed into corners, lost in whispered conversations or half-hearted make-outs.”
― Comings and Goings - The Art of Being Seen : A Jim Garraty Story
It was 1984, unmistakably so—Jordache and Calvin Klein jeans hugged long legs, paired with pastel tees, Harvard sweatshirts, or blouses that shimmered slightly in the dim lighting. Some girls wore their hair big—carefully styled into perfect waves—while others let theirs fall straight and sleek. The guys were a mixed bunch. A few clung to longish late-‘70s cuts, holding onto an era just barely past; others kept their crewcuts sharp, the kind of clean-cut presence that screamed ROTC. Some went for the middle ground—short, conservative styles, neatly in place.
Most of them were either rowdy or lucky enough to be paired off—dancing, swaying in time, or pressed into corners, lost in whispered conversations or half-hearted make-outs.”
― Comings and Goings - The Art of Being Seen : A Jim Garraty Story
“Far too many policies President Reagan enacted during his two terms boasted this "Don't Worry, Be Happy"/"Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid" schizophrenia.”
― Horror Films of the 1980s
― Horror Films of the 1980s
