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1980s

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1
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
36,979 members, 1,059 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), edwinbcn (1), aulsmith (2), roby72 (3), Bretzky1 (7), thecoroner (17), ManWithAnAgenda (209), cej1027, Myyst

Score: 24.02

Explanations:

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

2
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,992 members, 283 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: roby72 (1), thecoroner (3), raperper (4), inge87 (6), ahef1963 (8), alex68 (9), fundevogel, Myyst, merrystar

Score: 23.36

3
Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
10,236 members, 401 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), norabelle414 (1), ManWithAnAgenda (2), ahef1963 (5), alex68 (53), merrystar

Score: 17.63

4
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
12,666 members, 230 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), Bretzky1 (2), roby72 (4), alex68 (5), mspixieears (7)

Score: 15.33

5
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
25,493 members, 375 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: eromsted (1), ahef1963 (3), norabelle414 (14), alex68 (32), fundevogel, merrystar

Score: 15.09

6
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,249 members, 379 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: roby72 (2), eromsted (2), ahef1963 (12), thecoroner (18), alex68 (29), ManWithAnAgenda (47)

Score: 14.07

7
The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
19,758 members, 393 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), norabelle414 (7), ahef1963 (11), ManWithAnAgenda (30), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 13.24

8
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
9,197 members, 636 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), cej1027 (5), ahef1963 (9), norabelle414 (15), ManWithAnAgenda (48), fundevogel

Thumbs down: raperper

Score: 12.73

9
Misery
by Stephen King
13,162 members, 181 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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

Score: 12.23

10
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
20,731 members, 249 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (4), thecoroner (5), roby72 (7), alex68 (10), Myyst

Score: 12.15

11
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
10,597 members, 205 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), raperper (5), roby72 (25), merrystar, fundevogel

Score: 11.81

12
Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett
11,273 members, 167 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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

Score: 11.5

13
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
16,693 members, 171 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), norabelle414 (6), cej1027 (7), ManWithAnAgenda (45), Myyst

Score: 11.33

14
The Light Fantastic
by Terry Pratchett
13,258 members, 183 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (4), cej1027 (6), ManWithAnAgenda (44), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 10.99

15
Redwall
by Brian Jacques
9,815 members, 137 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (9), norabelle414 (11), ManWithAnAgenda (13), fundevogel, merrystar

Score: 10.92

16
Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
9,925 members, 239 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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

Score: 10.85

Explanations:

edwinbcn (3): Published in 1985.

17
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
12,754 members, 184 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), norabelle414 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (42), alex68 (50), fundevogel

Score: 10.79

18
Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
13,021 members, 224 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (10), ahef1963 (22), ManWithAnAgenda (39), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 9.75

19
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle
7,151 members, 59 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

Score: 9.64

20
July's People
by Nadine Gordimer
1,619 members, 35 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3), thecoroner (11), alex68 (16), roby72 (17)

Score: 9.21

Explanations:

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

21
Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays
by Christa Wolf
439 members, 2 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: alex68 (2), thecoroner (4), roby72 (5)

Score: 8.87

22
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
16,585 members, 412 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Score: 8.86

23
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
16,297 members, 185 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5), eromsted (5), ahef1963 (24), alex68 (45)

Score: 8.7

24
Animalia
by Graeme Base
3,045 members, 79 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (5), cej1027 (20), ahef1963 (25), fundevogel

Score: 8.55

25
It
by Stephen King
18,813 members, 375 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (3), ahef1963 (18), ManWithAnAgenda (35), alex68 (41)

Score: 8.21

26
Mort
by Terry Pratchett
14,251 members, 229 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), ManWithAnAgenda (40), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 8.02

27
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
17,532 members, 308 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: eromsted (4), ahef1963 (23), alex68 (33), ManWithAnAgenda (34)

Score: 7.98

28
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
14,471 members, 542 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Score: 7.97

29
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver
2,764 members, 89 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12), roby72 (13), alex68 (19), ManWithAnAgenda (29)

Score: 7.9

30
Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
24,866 members, 713 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

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

Thumbs down: raperper

Score: 7.82

31
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis
5,380 members, 83 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

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

Score: 7.74

32
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
34,312 members, 948 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

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

Score: 7.65

33
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
10,198 members, 105 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: inge87 (2), KimarieBee (5), alex68 (59)

Score: 7.48

34
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
5,764 members, 134 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (11), roby72 (20), thecoroner (22), alex68 (57)

Score: 7.39

35
Baltasar and Blimunda
by José Saramago
2,186 members, 48 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: alex68 (1), thecoroner (2)

Score: 7.36

36
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
12,573 members, 224 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: alex68 (6), thecoroner (8), roby72 (9), merrystar

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 7.35

37
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
4,603 members, 140 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (16), ManWithAnAgenda (26), alex68 (28), roby72 (28)

Score: 7.25

38
The War of the End of the World
by Mario Vargas Llosa
2,079 members, 43 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: roby72 (6), thecoroner (7), alex68 (11)

Score: 7.21

39
The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
8,269 members, 74 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

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

Score: 7.12

40
Unfinished Tales
by J. R. R. Tolkien
9,015 members, 42 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: raperper (3), merrystar, Myyst

Score: 7.09

41
Different Seasons
by Stephen King
7,985 members, 115 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Score: 7.08

42
The History of the Siege of Lisbon
by José Saramago
1,610 members, 23 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: inge87 (4), thecoroner (9), alex68 (20)

Score: 7.03

43
The Plague Sower
by Gesualdo Bufalino
280 members, 7 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: alex68 (3), roby72 (18), thecoroner (20)

Score: 6.87

44
The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery
by Graeme Base
2,119 members, 51 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (9), fundevogel, merrystar

Score: 6.61

45
Mossflower
by Brian Jacques
5,980 members, 36 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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

Score: 6.57

46
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams
14,272 members, 122 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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

Score: 6.29

47
Mattimeo
by Brian Jacques
4,690 members, 22 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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

Score: 6.27

48
Waiting for the Barbarians
by J. M. Coetzee
3,940 members, 71 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: roby72 (11), thecoroner (14), alex68 (17)

Score: 6.23

49
Libra
by Don DeLillo
3,390 members, 38 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: alex68 (12), roby72 (14), thecoroner (19)

Score: 6.13

50
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
12,862 members, 214 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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

Thumbs down: raperper

Score: 5.98

51
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
12,674 members, 203 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (12), cej1027 (21), Myyst

Score: 5.96

52
Red Sorghum
by Mo Yan
938 members, 35 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15), alex68 (18), roby72 (19)

Score: 5.89

53
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8,498 members, 157 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: raperper (8), thecoroner (27), alex68 (43)

Score: 5.7

54
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
20,961 members, 339 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (13), alex68 (37), Myyst

Score: 5.67

55
The Tao of Pooh
by Benjamin Hoff
7,981 members, 129 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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

Score: 5.59

56
Empire of the Sun
by J. G. Ballard
3,476 members, 66 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (12), roby72 (26), alex68 (82)

Score: 5.25

57
The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
4,997 members, 121 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (21), roby72 (24), alex68 (42)

Score: 5.25

58
Gorky Park
by Martin Cruz Smith
3,499 members, 68 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: eromsted (14), ahef1963 (26), alex68 (68)

Score: 5.23

59
Kitchen
by Banana Yoshimoto
4,307 members, 108 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: roby72 (23), alex68 (30), thecoroner (31)

Score: 5.23

60
Black Box
by Amos Oz
604 members, 21 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: roby72 (22), thecoroner (28), alex68 (76)

Score: 4.94

61
Grass
by Sheri S. Tepper
2,166 members, 44 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), merrystar

Score: 4.94

62
Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
15,693 members, 621 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (11), alex68 (49), ManWithAnAgenda (138)

Score: 4.88

63
Amphigorey also
by Edward Gorey
1,717 members, 23 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: eromsted (7), fundevogel

Score: 4.66

64
Sarum
by Edward Rutherfurd
3,742 members, 67 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (6), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 4.62

65
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
10,096 members, 242 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (6), Myyst

Score: 4.5

66
The Summer Tree
by Guy Gavriel Kay
3,704 members, 91 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9), merrystar

Score: 4.42

67
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa
4,326 members, 65 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: alex68 (7), Myyst

Score: 4.4

68
Fences
by August Wilson
1,514 members, 15 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: eromsted (6), ManWithAnAgenda (23)

Score: 4.38

69
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
17,544 members, 471 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

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

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 4.16

70
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker
3,840 members, 50 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (7), ahef1963 (31)

Score: 4.15

71
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,802 members, 128 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: roby72 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (16)

Score: 4.15

72
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King
7,480 members, 71 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (10), ManWithAnAgenda (20)

Score: 4.14

73
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
20,224 members, 447 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (18), fundevogel

Score: 4.14

74
The Drawing of the Three
by Stephen King
14,246 members, 217 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (19), fundevogel

Score: 4.11

75
The Accidental Tourist
by Anne Tyler
5,162 members, 89 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (5), alex68 (64)

Score: 4.09

76
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
6,051 members, 54 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (1)

Score: 4

77
The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera
1,256 members, 41 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1)

Score: 4

78
In Broad Daylight
by Harry N. MacLean
185 members, 5 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1)

Score: 4

80
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
by Douglas Adams
13,106 members, 110 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (15), Myyst

Score: 3.97

81
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
5,398 members, 101 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8), alex68 (54)

Score: 3.85

82
Magician: Apprentice
by Raymond Feist
4,776 members, 72 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), merrystar

Score: 3.82

83
If Not Now, When?
by Primo Levi
1,296 members, 16 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: roby72 (16), thecoroner (25)

Score: 3.79

84
Fire and Hemlock
by Diana Wynne Jones
1,980 members, 56 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (32), merrystar

Score: 3.79

85
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Douglas Adams
11,427 members, 112 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: eromsted (17), ManWithAnAgenda (24)

Score: 3.78

86
Slow Learner
by Thomas Pynchon
1,364 members, 18 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: eromsted (16), thecoroner (29)

Score: 3.72

87
A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
9,490 members, 197 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (12), alex68 (51)

Score: 3.65

88
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
8,151 members, 169 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (13), alex68 (56)

Score: 3.57

89
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
18,740 members, 434 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (17), alex68 (44)

Score: 3.52

90
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
9,342 members, 229 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (14), ManWithAnAgenda (60)

Score: 3.51

91
Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami
14,494 members, 326 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (23), alex68 (34)

Score: 3.48

92
God Emperor of Dune
by Frank Herbert
9,429 members, 68 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: eromsted (8), ManWithAnAgenda (210)

Score: 3.43

93
Contact
by Carl Sagan
8,161 members, 117 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), alex68 (62)

Score: 3.4

94
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
by Frank W. Abagnale
2,538 members, 90 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (15), alex68 (92)

Score: 3.32

95
The Mists of Avalon
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
15,223 members, 285 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (27), alex68 (46), Myyst

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 3.23

96
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
by Bette Bao Lord
2,425 members, 21 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (16), ManWithAnAgenda (131)

Score: 3.18

97
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary
7,240 members, 110 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (17), ManWithAnAgenda (139)

Score: 3.14

98
Pyramids
by Terry Pratchett
9,973 members, 118 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (18), ManWithAnAgenda (174)

Score: 3.04

99
Dance Dance Dance
by Haruki Murakami
5,550 members, 87 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3)

Score: 3.04

100
World's Fair
by E. L. Doctorow
1,198 members, 29 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: eromsted (3)

Score: 3.04

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