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The Most Popular Books of 1981

A list of the top 100 most shelved books of 1981 on Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1981
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A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein)
A Light in the Attic
1
Shel Silverstein
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
Red Dragon
2
Thomas Harris
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
3
Salman Rushdie
The One Minute Manager
The One Minute Manager
4
Getting to YES
Getting to YES
5
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
6
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
7
Raymond Carver
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class
8
Angela Davis
George's Marvellous Medicine (Roald Dahl)
George's Marvellous Medicine
9
Roald Dahl
The Collected Poems (Sylvia Plath)
The Collected Poems
10
Sylvia Plath
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Alvin Schwartz)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
11
Alvin Schwartz
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
12
Beverly Cleary
Gorky Park (Martin Cruz Smith)
Gorky Park
13
Martin Cruz Smith
The Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving)
The Hotel New Hampshire
14
John Irving
Ain't I a Woman (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman
15
Bell Hooks
Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback
16
If There Be Thorns (V.C. Andrews)
If There Be Thorns
17
V.C. Andrews
God Emperor of Dune (Frank Herbert)
God Emperor of Dune
18
Frank Herbert
The Eyes of Darkness
The Eyes of Darkness
19
The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton (Anne Sexton)
The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton
20
Anne Sexton
VALIS
VALIS
21
With the Old Breed
With the Old Breed
22
Roadwork
Roadwork
23
Goodnight Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian)
Goodnight Mister Tom
24
Michelle Magorian
Danse Macabre (Stephen King)
Danse Macabre
25
Stephen King
Noble House
Noble House
26
The Heart of a Woman (Maya Angelou)
The Heart of a Woman
27
Maya Angelou
This Bridge Called by Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Cherrie L.Moraga & Gloria AnzaldĂșa)
This Bridge Called by Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
28
Cherrie L.Moraga & Gloria AnzaldĂșa
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
29
H.P. Lovecraft
Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg)
Jumanji
30
Chris Van Allsburg
Simulacra and Simulation
Simulacra and Simulation
31
Little, Big (John Crowley)
Little, Big
32
John Crowley
Tar Baby (Toni Morrison)
Tar Baby
33
Toni Morrison
Full House (Janet Evanovich)
Full House
34
Janet Evanovich
Totto-Chan
Totto-Chan
35
The Key to Rebecca
The Key to Rebecca
36
Homecoming (Cynthia Voigt)
Homecoming
37
Cynthia Voigt
The Elementals (Michael Mcdowell)
The Elementals
38
Michael Mcdowell
A Countess Below Stairs
A Countess Below Stairs
39
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
40
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