The Best Of The 1980s

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Sun-News, 20 Books

The Best Of The 1980s from a newspaper article on December 22nd, 1989 from the Associated Press Editors.

This list was originally published in 1989 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.

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Cover of 'An Artist of the Floating World' by Kazuo Ishiguro

An Artist of the Floating World

Cover of 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Cover of 'Bonfire of the Vanities' by Tom Wolfe

Bonfire of the Vanities

Cover of 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver

Cathedral

Cover of 'Flaubert's Parrot' by Julian Barnes

Flaubert's Parrot

Cover of 'The Floating World' by Cynthia Kadohata

The Floating World

Cynthia Kadohata

Cover of 'The Handmaid's Tale' by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

Cover of 'Housekeeping' by Marilynne Robinson

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

Cover of 'In Country' by Bobbie Ann Mason

In Country

Bobbie Ann Mason

Cover of 'The Joy Luck Club' by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

Cover of 'Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove

Cover of 'Love in the Time of Cholera' by Gabriel García Márquez

Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

Cover of 'Midnight's Children' by Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

Cover of 'The Mosquito Coast' by Paul Theroux

The Mosquito Coast

Cover of 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

Cover of 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind

Perfume

Patrick Suskind

Cover of 'Rabbit Is Rich' by John Updike

Rabbit Is Rich

Cover of 'Sixty Stories' by Donald Barthelme

Sixty Stories

Donald Barthelme

Cover of 'The Sport Of Nature' by Nadine Gordimer

The Sport Of Nature

Nadine Gordimer

Cover of 'World's End' by T. C. Boyle

World's End