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Goodreads' Best Books of 1980

According to Goodreads, here are the best books of the year 1980. How many of these have you read too?
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
1
Douglas Adams
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
2
Umberto Eco
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
3
Jean Auel
Firestarter (Stephen King)
Firestarter
4
Stephen King
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
5
Carl Sagan
The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks)
The Indian in the Cupboard
6
Lynne Reid Banks
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
7
John Kennedy Toole
Congo (Michael Crichton)
Congo
8
Michael Crichton
One Corpse Too Many
One Corpse Too Many
9
The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
The Bourne Identity
10
Robert Ludlum
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides
11
Pat Conroy
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
12
Howard Zinn
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
13
J.M. Coetzee
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
14
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
15
Salman Rushdie
Monk's Hood
Monk's Hood
16
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
17
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jacob Have I Loved
Jacob Have I Loved
18
No One Here Gets Out Alive
No One Here Gets Out Alive
19
The Magicians of Caprona (Diana Wynne Jones)
The Magicians of Caprona
20
Diana Wynne Jones
Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers
21
Feeling Good (David Burns)
Feeling Good
22
David Burns
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
23
Thomas Harris
Rites of Passage (William Golding)
Rites of Passage
24
William Golding
People of Darkness (Tony Hillerman)
People of Darkness
25
Tony Hillerman
Lion of Ireland (Morgan Llewelyn)
Lion of Ireland
26
Morgan Llewelyn
Two to Conquer (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Two to Conquer
27
Marion Zimmer Bradley
A Ring of Endless Light
A Ring of Endless Light
28
Peter the Great: His Life and World (Robert K. Massie)
Peter the Great: His Life and World
29
Robert K. Massie
Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow of the Torturer
30
Gene Wolfe
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Burger's Daughter
31
Nadine Gordimer
Mockingbird (Walter Tevis)
Mockingbird
32
Walter Tevis
The Last Wife of Henry VIII (Caroly Erikson)
The Last Wife of Henry VIII
33
Caroly Erikson
Innocent Blood (P.D. James)
Innocent Blood
34
P.D. James
The Official Preppy Handbook
The Official Preppy Handbook
35
Looking for Rachel Wallace
Looking for Rachel Wallace
36
The Vampire Tapestry
The Vampire Tapestry
37
The Habit of Being (Flannery O'Connor)
The Habit of Being
38
Flannery O'Connor
The Land of Laughs (Jonathan Carroll)
The Land of Laughs
39
Jonathan Carroll
Fin-De-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (Carl E. Schorske)
Fin-De-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture
40
Carl E. Schorske
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