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ALA Notable Books 1986

American Library Association list of notable books of cultural merit from the year nineteen eighty six.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
Mountain Blood (Will Baker)
Mountain Blood
2
Will Baker
Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair (Michael R. Beschloss)
Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair
3
Michael R. Beschloss
Shepherd Avenue (Charlie Carillo)
Shepherd Avenue
4
Charlie Carillo
Saints and Strangers (Angela Carter)
Saints and Strangers
5
Angela Carter
Metropolis: New York as Myth, Marketplace, and Magical Land (Jerome Charyn)
Metropolis: New York as Myth, Marketplace, and Magical Land
6
Jerome Charyn
Those Days: An American Album (Richard Critchfield)
Those Days: An American Album
7
Richard Critchfield
The Complete Poems (Edwin Denby)
The Complete Poems
8
Edwin Denby
The Last Worthless Evening (Andre Dubus)
The Last Worthless Evening
9
Andre Dubus
The War (Marguerite Duras)
The War
10
Marguerite Duras
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen
11
Margaret Bourke-White (Vicki Goldberg)
Margaret Bourke-White
12
Vicki Goldberg
Red Grooms: A Retrospective (Red Grooms)
Red Grooms: A Retrospective
13
Red Grooms
Friday Night at Silver Star (Patricia Henley)
Friday Night at Silver Star
14
Patricia Henley
"The Target Is Destroyed" (Seymour M. Hersh)
"The Target Is Destroyed"
15
Seymour M. Hersh
Half the Way Home (Adam Hochschild)
Half the Way Home
16
Adam Hochschild
The Real West Marginal Way (Richard Hugo)
The Real West Marginal Way
17
Richard Hugo
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
18
Kazuo Ishiguro
Out of India (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)
Out of India
19
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams
20
Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir (Cyra McFadden)
Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir
21
Cyra McFadden
Handling Sin (Michael Malone)
Handling Sin
22
Michael Malone
Bird of Life, Bird of Death (Jonathan Evan Maslow)
Bird of Life, Bird of Death
23
Jonathan Evan Maslow
Men's Lives (Peter Matthiessen)
Men's Lives
24
Peter Matthiessen
Sound-Shadows of the New World (Ved Mehta)
Sound-Shadows of the New World
25
Ved Mehta
South Light: A Journey to the Last Continent (Michael Parfit)
South Light: A Journey to the Last Continent
26
Michael Parfit
In the Orchard (Charles W Pratt)
In the Orchard
27
Charles W Pratt
Kate Vaiden (Reynolds Price)
Kate Vaiden
28
Reynolds Price
Requiem for a Woman's Soul (Omar Rivabella)
Requiem for a Woman's Soul
29
Omar Rivabella
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter (Theodore Rosengarten)
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter
30
Theodore Rosengarten
The Cult of Information (Theodore Roszak)
The Cult of Information
31
Theodore Roszak
Whites
Whites
32
Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land by David K. Shipler
Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land by David K. Shipler
33
Murrow: His Life and Times (A.M. Sperber)
Murrow: His Life and Times
34
A.M. Sperber
Children of Light (Robert Stone)
Children of Light
35
Robert Stone
Fidel: A Critical Portrait (Tad Szulc)
Fidel: A Critical Portrait
36
Tad Szulc
A Summons to Memphis
A Summons to Memphis
37
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