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ALA Notable Books for Adults: 1980-1984

Here is a list of ALA's Notable Books for Adults from 1980-1984. How many of these books have you read?
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The 13th Valley
The 13th Valley
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The Africans (David Lamb)
The Africans
2
David Lamb
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood
3
Wole Soyinka
Alice James (Jean Strouse)
Alice James
4
Jean Strouse
All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century (John Rockwell)
All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century
5
John Rockwell
The American Establishment (Leonard Silk)
The American Establishment
6
Leonard Silk
An Imagined World (June Goodfield)
An Imagined World
7
June Goodfield
As They Were
As They Were
8
Asking for Trouble (Donald Woods)
Asking for Trouble
9
Donald Woods
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
10
Mario Vargas Llosa
Babaru (B. Wongar)
Babaru
11
B. Wongar
Bech Is Back (John Updike)
Bech Is Back
12
John Updike
Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans (Wallace Terry)
Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans
13
Wallace Terry
Blue Highways (William Least Heat-Moon)
Blue Highways
14
William Least Heat-Moon
The Breaks of the Game (David Halberstam)
The Breaks of the Game
15
David Halberstam
Bricktop (Bricktop)
Bricktop
16
Bricktop
Brothers and Keepers (John Edgar Wideman)
Brothers and Keepers
17
John Edgar Wideman
The Butterfly Ward (Margaret Gibson)
The Butterfly Ward
18
Margaret Gibson
Cal (Bernard MacLaverty)
Cal
19
Bernard MacLaverty
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
20
Raymond Carver
Catherine the Great (Henri Troyat)
Catherine the Great
21
Henri Troyat
Charles Darwin: A Man of Enlarged Curiosity (Peter Brent)
Charles Darwin: A Man of Enlarged Curiosity
22
Peter Brent
The Cheer (William Meredith)
The Cheer
23
William Meredith
China Men (Maxine Hong Kingston)
China Men
24
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
25
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto, 1941-1944 (Lucjan Dobroszycki)
The Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto, 1941-1944
26
Lucjan Dobroszycki
Circles on the Water (Marge Piercy)
Circles on the Water
27
Marge Piercy
Cities and the Wealth of Nations (Jane Jacobs)
Cities and the Wealth of Nations
28
Jane Jacobs
Civil Wars (Rosellen Brown)
Civil Wars
29
Rosellen Brown
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
Clear Light of Day
30
Anita Desai
The Collected Poems (Sylvia Plath)
The Collected Poems
31
Sylvia Plath
Collected Stories (Frank O'Connor)
Collected Stories
32
Frank O'Connor
The Collected Stories (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Collected Stories
33
Elizabeth Bowen
The Collected Stories (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Collected Stories
34
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Collected Stories (Eudora Welty)
The Collected Stories
35
Eudora Welty
Coming Alive: China After Mao (Roger Garside)
Coming Alive: China After Mao
36
Roger Garside
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
37
John Kennedy Toole
Confederates (Thomas Keneally)
Confederates
38
Thomas Keneally
Conrad in the Nineteenth Century (Ian Watt)
Conrad in the Nineteenth Century
39
Ian Watt
The Country (David Plante)
The Country
40
David Plante
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