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1980s

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1
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
34,830 members, 1,008 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), edwinbcn (1), aulsmith (2), roby72 (3), sturlington (6), Bretzky1 (7), thecoroner (17), ManWithAnAgenda (207), cej1027, Myyst

Score: 27.06

Explanations:

aulsmith (2): Not my favorite book, but it is really, truly an 80s book.

2
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,169 members, 272 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: roby72 (1), thecoroner (3), raperper (4), inge87 (6), ahef1963 (8), fundevogel, Myyst, merrystar

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 19.05

3
Misery
by Stephen King
12,340 members, 168 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), mspixieears (1), sturlington (13), ahef1963 (15), fundevogel

Score: 14.34

4
Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
9,418 members, 374 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), norabelle414 (1), ManWithAnAgenda (2), ahef1963 (5), merrystar

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 14.15

5
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
24,346 members, 360 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: eromsted (1), ahef1963 (3), norabelle414 (14), fundevogel, merrystar

Score: 13.41

6
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
16,030 members, 161 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), norabelle414 (6), cej1027 (8), sturlington (17), ManWithAnAgenda (45), Myyst

Score: 13.22

7
The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
18,736 members, 370 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (5), norabelle414 (7), ahef1963 (11), ManWithAnAgenda (30), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 13.09

8
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
9,363 members, 233 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), edwinbcn (3), thecoroner (10), sturlington (18), fundevogel

Score: 12.79

Explanations:

edwinbcn (3): Published in 1985.

9
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
12,199 members, 221 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), Bretzky1 (2), roby72 (4), mspixieears (7)

Score: 12.65

10
Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett
10,777 members, 148 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (2), ahef1963 (6), ManWithAnAgenda (46), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 11.5

11
The Light Fantastic
by Terry Pratchett
12,777 members, 168 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (4), cej1027 (7), ManWithAnAgenda (44), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 10.89

12
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
8,621 members, 616 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), cej1027 (6), ahef1963 (9), norabelle414 (15), ManWithAnAgenda (48), fundevogel

Thumbs down: sturlington, raperper

Score: 10.61

13
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis
5,203 members, 82 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), asurbanipal (4), roby72 (15), thecoroner (30)

Score: 10.57

14
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
19,211 members, 360 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: roby72 (2), eromsted (2), ahef1963 (12), thecoroner (18), ManWithAnAgenda (47)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 10.35

15
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
7,653 members, 114 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (2), sturlington (4), ahef1963 (13), ManWithAnAgenda (38)

Score: 9.91

16
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle
6,723 members, 57 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), norabelle414 (10), ManWithAnAgenda (128), fundevogel

Score: 9.64

17
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
9,986 members, 192 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), raperper (5), roby72 (25), merrystar, fundevogel

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 9.6

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Original published in 1979

18
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
15,680 members, 174 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5), eromsted (5), sturlington (19), ahef1963 (24)

Score: 9.07

19
It
by Stephen King
17,723 members, 352 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (3), sturlington (10), ahef1963 (18), ManWithAnAgenda (35)

Score: 8.88

20
Redwall
by Brian Jacques
9,172 members, 127 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (11), ManWithAnAgenda (13), fundevogel, merrystar

Score: 8.61

21
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
13,362 members, 527 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), ManWithAnAgenda (41), cej1027, fundevogel

Score: 8.45

22
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
16,644 members, 302 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: eromsted (4), sturlington (20), ahef1963 (23), ManWithAnAgenda (34)

Score: 8.2

23
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams
13,662 members, 115 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (5), sturlington (21), ManWithAnAgenda (33), Myyst

Score: 8.15

24
Mort
by Terry Pratchett
13,513 members, 210 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (9), ManWithAnAgenda (40), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 7.95

25
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
19,944 members, 232 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (4), thecoroner (5), roby72 (7), Myyst

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 7.91

26
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
32,468 members, 889 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: roby72 (21), ahef1963 (21), thecoroner (24), merrystar

Score: 7.65

27
Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
12,387 members, 207 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22), ManWithAnAgenda (39), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 7.5

28
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
11,993 members, 171 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), norabelle414 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (42), fundevogel

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 7.28

29
July's People
by Nadine Gordimer
1,543 members, 35 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3), thecoroner (11), roby72 (17)

Score: 7.21

Explanations:

aulsmith (3): Dated now, but prescient in the 80s

30
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
19,213 members, 431 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: sturlington (3), ManWithAnAgenda (18), fundevogel

Score: 7.18

31
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
by J. R. R. Tolkien
8,452 members, 39 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: raperper (3), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 7.09

32
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
15,947 members, 393 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), norabelle414 (3), ahef1963 (7)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 6.86

33
Grass
by Sheri S. Tepper
2,104 members, 41 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), sturlington (22), merrystar

Score: 6.78

34
Animalia
by Graeme Base
2,821 members, 78 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (5), ahef1963 (25), fundevogel

Score: 6.66

35
The eleventh hour: a curious mystery
by Graeme Base
1,958 members, 50 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (9), fundevogel, merrystar

Score: 6.61

36
Mossflower
by Brian Jacques
5,575 members, 29 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (9), ManWithAnAgenda (14), fundevogel

Score: 6.57

37
Amphigorey Also
by Edward Gorey
1,666 members, 23 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: eromsted (7), sturlington (23), fundevogel

Score: 6.48

38
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King
7,061 members, 66 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9), mspixieears (10), ManWithAnAgenda (20)

Score: 6.45

39
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,783 members, 468 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (8), sturlington (11), ahef1963 (19), ManWithAnAgenda (21)

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 6.36

40
Mattimeo
by Brian Jacques
4,388 members, 17 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (8), ManWithAnAgenda (31), fundevogel

Score: 6.27

41
The Drawing of the Three
by Stephen King
13,504 members, 206 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: sturlington (12), ManWithAnAgenda (19), fundevogel

Score: 6.26

42
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
9,636 members, 100 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: inge87 (2), KimarieBee (5)

Score: 6.04

43
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
12,423 members, 205 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (13), eromsted (18), ManWithAnAgenda (28), fundevogel

Thumbs down: raperper

Score: 5.98

44
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver
2,636 members, 86 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12), roby72 (13), ManWithAnAgenda (29)

Score: 5.98

45
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
5,524 members, 127 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (11), roby72 (20), thecoroner (22)

Score: 5.94

46
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
19,991 members, 321 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (13), sturlington (24), Myyst

Score: 5.86

47
Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
23,742 members, 694 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (3), Bretzky1 (3), mspixieears (14), ahef1963 (33)

Thumbs down: sturlington, raperper

Score: 5.82

48
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
by Douglas Adams
12,546 members, 104 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (15), sturlington (25), Myyst

Score: 5.76

49
The Tao of Pooh
by Benjamin Hoff
7,631 members, 120 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (27), ahef1963 (29), merrystar

Score: 5.59

50
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
4,344 members, 137 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (16), ManWithAnAgenda (26), roby72 (28)

Score: 5.51

51
Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays
by Christa Wolf
441 members, 3 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (4), roby72 (5)

Score: 5.5

52
Cujo
by Stephen King
8,252 members, 128 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), ManWithAnAgenda (96)

Score: 5.28

53
Slaves of New York
by Tama Janowitz
656 members, 7 reviews
3.29 stars (3.29 stars)

Lists: asurbanipal (2), ManWithAnAgenda (25)

Score: 5.15

54
The History of the Siege of Lisbon
by José Saramago
1,515 members, 20 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: inge87 (4), thecoroner (9)

Score: 5.14

55
The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
7,838 members, 72 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (4), mspixieears (6), ahef1963 (28)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 5.12

56
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa
1,949 members, 42 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: roby72 (6), thecoroner (7)

Score: 5.02

57
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
11,486 members, 193 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5), ManWithAnAgenda (10)

Score: 4.92

58
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
12,140 members, 209 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (8), roby72 (9), merrystar

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 4.79

59
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
35,907 members, 977 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: sturlington (8), ahef1963 (10), merrystar

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 4.73

60
Sarum
by Edward Rutherfurd
3,565 members, 66 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (6), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 4.62

61
The Accidental Tourist
by Anne Tyler
4,934 members, 87 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (5), sturlington (26)

Score: 4.45

62
The Summer Tree
by Guy Gavriel Kay
3,563 members, 86 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9), merrystar

Score: 4.42

63
Fences
by August Wilson
1,404 members, 14 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: eromsted (6), ManWithAnAgenda (23)

Score: 4.38

64
Waiting for the Barbarians
by J. M. Coetzee
3,763 members, 70 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: roby72 (11), thecoroner (14)

Score: 4.26

65
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker
3,679 members, 46 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (7), ahef1963 (31)

Score: 4.15

66
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,369 members, 122 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: roby72 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (16)

Score: 4.15

67
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8,037 members, 140 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: raperper (8), thecoroner (27)

Score: 4.13

68
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
12,107 members, 188 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (12), Myyst

Score: 4.09

69
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
5,793 members, 52 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (1)

Score: 4

70
The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera
1,191 members, 39 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1)

Score: 4

71
In Broad Daylight
by Harry N. MacLean
178 members, 6 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1)

Score: 4

72
Ambition
by Julie Burchill
49 members, 0 reviews
2.35 stars (2.35 stars)

Lists: asurbanipal (1)

Score: 4

73
Libra
by Don DeLillo
3,252 members, 38 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: roby72 (14), thecoroner (19)

Score: 3.98

74
Red Sorghum
by Mo Yan
868 members, 34 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15), roby72 (19)

Score: 3.95

75
Empire of the Sun
by J. G. Ballard
3,323 members, 65 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (12), roby72 (26)

Score: 3.92

76
Gorky Park
by Martin Cruz Smith
3,357 members, 66 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: eromsted (14), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 3.84

77
The Plague Sower
by Gesualdo Bufalino
265 members, 7 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: roby72 (18), thecoroner (20)

Score: 3.83

78
Magician: Apprentice
by Raymond Feist
4,519 members, 66 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), merrystar

Score: 3.82

79
If Not Now, When?
by Primo Levi
1,235 members, 16 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: roby72 (16), thecoroner (25)

Score: 3.79

80
Fire and Hemlock
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,912 members, 53 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (32), merrystar

Score: 3.79

81
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Douglas Adams
11,019 members, 106 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: eromsted (17), ManWithAnAgenda (24)

Score: 3.78

82
Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card
13,942 members, 184 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20), sturlington (27), merrystar

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 3.75

83
Slow Learner
by Thomas Pynchon
1,312 members, 15 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: eromsted (16), thecoroner (29)

Score: 3.72

84
Contact
by Carl Sagan
7,720 members, 113 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), sturlington (28)

Score: 3.71

85
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
17,539 members, 414 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (17), sturlington (29)

Score: 3.69

86
The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
4,807 members, 117 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (21), roby72 (24)

Score: 3.68

87
Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,791 members, 18 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: sturlington (30), Myyst

Score: 3.65

88
Black Box
by Amos Oz
581 members, 20 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: roby72 (22), thecoroner (28)

Score: 3.59

89
Kitchen
by Banana Yoshimoto
4,102 members, 103 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: roby72 (23), thecoroner (31)

Score: 3.52

90
God Emperor of Dune
by Frank Herbert
8,825 members, 65 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: eromsted (8), ManWithAnAgenda (208)

Score: 3.43

91
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
8,539 members, 86 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

Score: 3.36

92
Baltasar and Blimunda
by José Saramago
2,051 members, 44 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2)

Score: 3.36

93
Firestarter
by Stephen King
7,973 members, 93 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: sturlington (31), ManWithAnAgenda (53)

Score: 3.18

94
Dance Dance Dance
by Haruki Murakami
5,401 members, 83 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3)

Score: 3.04

95
World's Fair
by E. L. Doctorow
1,142 members, 27 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: eromsted (3)

Score: 3.04

96
The Hounds of the Morrigan
by Pat O'Shea
1,027 members, 21 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: inge87 (3)

Score: 3.04

97
Madonna Unauthorized
by Christopher Andersen
81 members, 0 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: asurbanipal (3)

Score: 3.04

98
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
13,672 members, 406 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: sturlington (32), ManWithAnAgenda (95)

Score: 2.96

99
Ellen Foster
by Kaye Gibbons
3,234 members, 61 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: sturlington (33), ManWithAnAgenda (107)

Score: 2.91

100
The Eyes of the Dragon
by Stephen King
8,911 members, 139 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: sturlington (34), ManWithAnAgenda (130)

Score: 2.84

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