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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1980-1989 - Page 4

This is the 3rd instalment of my chronology of American fiction. It is a list of novels, novellas & short story collections by American authors published in 1980-1989. It includes Pulitzer Prize, PEN/Faulkner Award & National Book Award winners. There are also several works by Nobel Prize winners. Click on the link to go to the previous instalment, which covers 1990-1994.
The source is "The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times" by Daniel S. Burt (2004).
The books by year are are:
1980: 1-29
1981: 30--59
1982: 60-93
1983: 94-115
1984: 116-144
1985: 145-176
1986: 177--206
1987: 207-233
1988: 234-260
1989: 261-283
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Fly Away Home (Marge Piercy)
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....And Ladies of the Club (Helen Hooven Santmeyer)
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Unto This Hour (Tom Wicker)
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Barracks Thief (Tobias Wolff)
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City of Glass (Paul Auster)
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
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World's Fair (E.L. Doctorow)
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Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
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Carpenter's Gothic (William Gaddis)
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Rough Translations (Molly Giles)
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The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
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Lake Wobegon Days (Garrison Keillor)
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Annie John
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