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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,309,634 ratings — published 2011
My Best Friend's Exorcism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.92 — 153,603 ratings — published 2016
Less Than Zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.61 — 101,156 ratings — published 1985
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,453,576 ratings — published 1985
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,264,218 ratings — published 2012
Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,303,651 ratings — published 2021
Paper Girls, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.88 — 111,492 ratings — published 2016
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.98 — 495,102 ratings — published 1987
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.28 — 756,999 ratings — published 1982
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.99 — 737,901 ratings — published 1987
Watchmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.39 — 596,900 ratings — published 1987
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.93 — 87,680 ratings — published 1987
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.80 — 366,214 ratings — published 1991
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.89 — 367,140 ratings — published 1984
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.14 — 364,699 ratings — published 1989
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.11 — 549,095 ratings — published 1984
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.97 — 711,352 ratings — published 1989
Matilda (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,118,404 ratings — published 1988
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.04 — 560,381 ratings — published 1985
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.86 — 128,034 ratings — published 1985
Tell the Wolves I'm Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.02 — 149,837 ratings — published 2012
The Impossible Fortress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.78 — 12,766 ratings — published 2017
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.28 — 679,870 ratings — published 2012
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,606,788 ratings — published 1988
Pet Sematary (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.08 — 706,542 ratings — published 1983
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.14 — 397,799 ratings — published 1980
Bright Lights, Big City (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.81 — 37,349 ratings — published 1984
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.33 — 732,060 ratings — published 2025
Firestarter (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.92 — 248,277 ratings — published 1980
Like a Love Story (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 11 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.26 — 15,977 ratings — published 2019
Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.94 — 549,963 ratings — published 1985
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.15 — 225,183 ratings — published 1985
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.08 — 459,754 ratings — published 2021
Brat: An '80s Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.61 — 15,766 ratings — published 2021
The Lover (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.70 — 74,549 ratings — published 1984
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.44 — 187,610 ratings — published 2020
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,182 ratings — published 1981
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,479,874 ratings — published 1985
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,164,862 ratings — published 2017
The Great Believers (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.30 — 173,347 ratings — published 2018
Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.07 — 375,634 ratings — published 1981
Cujo (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.80 — 324,240 ratings — published 1981
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.26 — 590,952 ratings — published 1988
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as 80s)
avg rating 4.28 — 452,637 ratings — published 1986
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 80s)
avg rating 3.89 — 300,192 ratings — published 1980
“Most days Florence would proudly sport a halter top sans a brassiere and briskly march across her yard in crudely trimmed cut-off-jeans —her cheap flip flops flailing off her feet and her sagging breasts bouncing in cadence to her determination to find escape through a good time.”
― Trailer Trash: An '80s Memoir
― Trailer Trash: An '80s Memoir
“The Lottery by Stewart Stafford
It was New York, 1984,
The AIDS tsunami roared in,
Friends, old overnight, no more,
Breathless, I went for a check-up.
A freezing winter's dawn,
A solitary figure before me,
What we called a drag queen,
White heels trembled in the cold.
"Hi, are you here to get tested?"
Gum chewed, brown eyes stared.
This was not my type of person,
I turned heel and walked away.
At month's end, a crippling flu,
The grey testing centre called,
Two hundred people ahead of me;
A waking nightmare all too real.
I gave up and turned to leave,
But a familiar voice called out:
"Hey, you there, come back!"
I stopped and turned around.
The drag queen stood there in furs,
But sicker, I didn't recognise them,
"Stand with me in the line, honey."
"Nah, I'm fine, I'll come back again."
"Support an old broad before she faints?"
A voice no longer frail but pin-sharp.
I got in line to impatient murmurs:
"If anyone has a problem, see me!"
Sylvester on boombox, graveyard choir.
My pal's stage name was Carol DaRaunch,
(After the Ted Bundy female survivor)
Their real name was Ernesto Rodriguez.
After seeing the doctor, Carol hugged me,
Writing down their number on some paper,
With their alias not their real name on it:
"Is this the number of where you work?"
"THAT is my home number to call me on.
THAT'S my autograph, for when I'm famous!"
"I was wrong about you, Carol," I said.
"Baby, it takes time to get to know me!"
A hug, shimmy, the threadbare blonde left.
A silent chorus of shuffling dead men walking,
Spartan results, a young man's death sentence.
Real words faded rehearsal, my eyes watered.
Two weeks on, I cautiously phoned up Carol.
The receiver was picked up, dragging sounds,
Like furniture being moved: "Is Carol there?"
"That person is dead." They hung up on me.
All my life's harsh judgements, dumped on Carol,
Who was I to win life's lottery over a guardian angel?
I still keep that old phone number forty years on,
Crumpled, faded, portable guilt lives on in my wallet.
© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
―
It was New York, 1984,
The AIDS tsunami roared in,
Friends, old overnight, no more,
Breathless, I went for a check-up.
A freezing winter's dawn,
A solitary figure before me,
What we called a drag queen,
White heels trembled in the cold.
"Hi, are you here to get tested?"
Gum chewed, brown eyes stared.
This was not my type of person,
I turned heel and walked away.
At month's end, a crippling flu,
The grey testing centre called,
Two hundred people ahead of me;
A waking nightmare all too real.
I gave up and turned to leave,
But a familiar voice called out:
"Hey, you there, come back!"
I stopped and turned around.
The drag queen stood there in furs,
But sicker, I didn't recognise them,
"Stand with me in the line, honey."
"Nah, I'm fine, I'll come back again."
"Support an old broad before she faints?"
A voice no longer frail but pin-sharp.
I got in line to impatient murmurs:
"If anyone has a problem, see me!"
Sylvester on boombox, graveyard choir.
My pal's stage name was Carol DaRaunch,
(After the Ted Bundy female survivor)
Their real name was Ernesto Rodriguez.
After seeing the doctor, Carol hugged me,
Writing down their number on some paper,
With their alias not their real name on it:
"Is this the number of where you work?"
"THAT is my home number to call me on.
THAT'S my autograph, for when I'm famous!"
"I was wrong about you, Carol," I said.
"Baby, it takes time to get to know me!"
A hug, shimmy, the threadbare blonde left.
A silent chorus of shuffling dead men walking,
Spartan results, a young man's death sentence.
Real words faded rehearsal, my eyes watered.
Two weeks on, I cautiously phoned up Carol.
The receiver was picked up, dragging sounds,
Like furniture being moved: "Is Carol there?"
"That person is dead." They hung up on me.
All my life's harsh judgements, dumped on Carol,
Who was I to win life's lottery over a guardian angel?
I still keep that old phone number forty years on,
Crumpled, faded, portable guilt lives on in my wallet.
© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.”
―
