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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
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Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
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Don Delillo
Paris Trout (Pete Dexter)
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Pete Dexter
Tracks (Louise Erdrich)
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The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
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Whistlejacket (John Hawkes)
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Quinn's Book (William Kennedy)
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Anything for Billy (Larry McMurtry)
Anything for Billy
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The Middleman and Other Stories (Baharati Mukherji)
The Middleman and Other Stories
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Baharati Mukherji
Mama Day (Gloria Naylor)
Mama Day
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Gloria Naylor
Good Hearts (Reynolds Price)
Good Hearts
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Reynolds Price
Heart Songs and Other Stories (E. Annie Proulx)
Heart Songs and Other Stories
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Dusk and Other Stories (James Salter)
Dusk and Other Stories
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The Corner of Rife and Pacific (Thomas Savage)
The Corner of Rife and Pacific
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The Death of Methuselah (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Death of Methuselah
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The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)
The Greenlanders
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Jane Smiley
S. (John Updike)
S.
258
John Updike
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
The Beautiful Room Is Empty
259
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories (Hisaye Yamamoto)
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories
260
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Spider Woman's Granddaughters (Paula Gunn Allen)
Spider Woman's Granddaughters
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Moon Palace
Moon Palace
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Affliction by Russell Banks
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Picturing Will (Ann Beattie)
Picturing Will
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Ann Beattie
A Theft (Saul Bellow)
A Theft
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Spartina (John Casey)
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Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
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268
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
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A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
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Homeland and Other Stories
Homeland and Other Stories
271
Tripmaster Monkey (Maxine Hong Kingston)
Tripmaster Monkey
272
Maxine Hong Kingston
A River Runs Through It (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It
273
Norman MacLean
The People and Uncollected Stories (Bernard Malamud)
The People and Uncollected Stories
274
Bernard Malamud
Keep the Change (Thomas McGuane)
Keep the Change
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The Ancient Child (N. Scott Momaday)
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276
N. Scott Momaday
Jasmine (Bharati Mukherjee)
Jasmine
277
Bharati Mukherjee
American Appetites (Joyce Carol Oates)
American Appetites
278
Joyce Carol Oates
The Shawl
The Shawl
279
The Terrible Threes (Ishmael Reed)
The Terrible Threes
280
Ishmael Reed
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