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Best Books From 1980-2000

These are 100 of best books as according to Goodreads from 1980-2000. Some of them I have read and some I wish to have read. There will be the first 100 from the 1980s, the first 100 from the 1990s and the first 100 from the 2000s
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
2
Alice Walker
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
3
Orson Scott Card
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
4
Roald Dahl
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
5
Alan Moore
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
6
Toni Morrison
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
7
Amy Tan
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
8
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
9
Umberto Eco
The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
10
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
11
Gabriel García Márquez
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
12
Milan Kundera
It (Stephen King)
It
13
Stephen King
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
14
Fannie Flagg
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
15
John Irving
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
16
Ken Follett
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
17
Larry McMurtry
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
18
Jean M. Auel
The Resturant at the End of the Universe
The Resturant at the End of the Universe
19
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
20
Paulo Coelho
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
21
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs
22
Thomas Harris
The Vampire Lestate (Anne Rice)
The Vampire Lestate
23
Anne Rice
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
24
John Kennedy Toole
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
25
Gary Paulsen
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
26
Salman Rushdie
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
27
Stephen King
The Witches (Roald Dahl)
The Witches
28
Roald Dahl
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
29
Cormac McCarthy
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
30
John Irving
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
Number the Stars
31
Lois Lowry
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
32
A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein)
A Light in the Attic
33
Shel Silverstein
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
34
John Grisham
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
35
Diana Wynne Jones
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore)
V for Vendetta
36
Alan Moore
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
37
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
38
Isabel Allende
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
39
Barbara Kingsolver
Life, the Universe and Everything (Douglas Adams)
Life, the Universe and Everything
40
Douglas Adams
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