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US Books of the 1980s

%0 notable and popular books of fiction from US authors published in the 1980s. Look for other lists for other decades.
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The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
The Accidental Tourist, by Anne Tyler
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The Age of Grief (Jane Smiley)
The Age of Grief
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Jane Smiley
The Anatomy Lesson (Philip Roth)
The Anatomy Lesson
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Philip Roth
At the Bottom of the River (Jamaica Kincaid)
At the Bottom of the River
4
Jamaica Kincaid
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories
5
Mary Gaitskill
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen
6
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
Black Dahlia
8
James Ellroy
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
9
Kathy Acker
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
10
Tom Wolfe
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
11
Anne Tyler
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
12
Jay McInerney
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
13
Raymond Carver
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
14
John Irving
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
15
Alice Walker
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
16
John Kennedy Toole
The Counterlife
The Counterlife
17
Crossing to Safety (Wallace Stegner)
Crossing to Safety
18
Wallace Stegner
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
19
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
20
Norman Mailer
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
21
Katherine Dunn
The Ghost Writer (Philip Roth)
The Ghost Writer
22
Philip Roth
House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
House on Mango Street
23
Sandra Cisneros
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
24
Marilynne Robinson
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Laura Joffe Numeroff)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
25
Laura Joffe Numeroff
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
26
William Kennedy
It (Stephen King)
It
27
Stephen King
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
28
Amy Tan
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
29
Bret Easton Ellis
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
30
Don Delillo
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
31
Larry McMurtry
Loon Lake (E. L. Doctorow)
Loon Lake
32
E. L. Doctorow
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
33
Louise Erdrich
Machine Dreams (Jayne Anne Phillips)
Machine Dreams
34
Jayne Anne Phillips
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Oscar Hijuelos (1990))
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
35
Oscar Hijuelos (1990)
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
36
Art Spiegelman
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
37
William Gibson
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
38
Paul Auster
Rabbit Is Rich (John Updike)
Rabbit Is Rich
39
John Updike
Self Help
Self Help
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