List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1980-1989 - Page 7

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
437 users · 3,350 views
 
from listchallenges.com · made by Markd9528
avg. score: 11 of 283 (4%)
required scores: 1, 3, 5, 9, 16 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 7 of 8
241
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra (Don Delillo)
242
Paris Trout (Pete Dexter)
Paris Trout (Pete Dexter)
243
Tracks (Louise Erdrich)
Tracks (Louise Erdrich)
244
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
245
Whistlejacket (John Hawkes)
Whistlejacket (John Hawkes)
246
Quinn's Book (William Kennedy)
Quinn's Book (William Kennedy)
247
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
248
The Letter Left to Me (Joseph McElroy)
The Letter Left to Me (Joseph McElroy)
249
Anything for Billy (Larry McMurtry)
Anything for Billy (Larry McMurtry)
250
The Middleman and Other Stories (Baharati Mukherji)
The Middleman and Other Stories (Baharati Mukherji)
251
Mama Day (Gloria Naylor)
Mama Day (Gloria Naylor)
252
Good Hearts (Reynolds Price)
Good Hearts (Reynolds Price)
253
Heart Songs and Other Stories (E. Annie Proulx)
Heart Songs and Other Stories (E. Annie Proulx)
254
Dusk and Other Stories (James Salter)
Dusk and Other Stories (James Salter)
255
The Corner of Rife and Pacific (Thomas Savage)
The Corner of Rife and Pacific (Thomas Savage)
256
The Death of Methuselah (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Death of Methuselah (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
257
The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)
The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)
258
S. (John Updike)
S. (John Updike)
259
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
260
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories (Hisaye Yamamoto)
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories (Hisaye Yamamoto)
261
Spider Woman's Granddaughters (Paula Gunn Allen)
Spider Woman's Granddaughters (Paula Gunn Allen)
262
Moon Palace
Moon Palace
263
Affliction by Russell Banks
Affliction by Russell Banks
264
Picturing Will (Ann Beattie)
Picturing Will (Ann Beattie)
265
A Theft (Saul Bellow)
A Theft (Saul Bellow)
266
Spartina (John Casey)
Spartina (John Casey)
267
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
268
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
269
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
270
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
271
Homeland and Other Stories
Homeland and Other Stories
272
Tripmaster Monkey (Maxine Hong Kingston)
Tripmaster Monkey (Maxine Hong Kingston)
273
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
274
The People and Uncollected Stories (Bernard Malamud)
The People and Uncollected Stories (Bernard Malamud)
275
Keep the Change (Thomas McGuane)
Keep the Change (Thomas McGuane)
276
The Ancient Child (N. Scott Momaday)
The Ancient Child (N. Scott Momaday)
277
Jasmine (Bharati Mukherjee)
Jasmine (Bharati Mukherjee)
278
American Appetites (Joyce Carol Oates)
American Appetites (Joyce Carol Oates)
279
The Shawl
The Shawl
280
The Terrible Threes (Ishmael Reed)
The Terrible Threes (Ishmael Reed)
Page 7 of 8
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN