Some eligible books are listed first. If you have reviewed an 1980’s book, please provide it courtesy of Mr. Linky below after January 1. An example would be: The Color Purple (Michelle) in the first field, and then the url in the second field.
1980: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
1980: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
1980: Firestarter by Stephen King
1980: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
1980: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
1980: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
1980: A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L’Engle
1981: Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
1981: Cujo by Stephen King
1981: Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
1981: The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
1981: Little, Big by John Crowley
1981: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
1981: Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
1981: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
1981: The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
1982: 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
1982: A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
1982: And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
1982: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1982: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
1982: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
1982: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
1982: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
1982: Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally
1982: A Severed Wasp by Madeleine L’Engle
1982: The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel
1983: Christine by Stephen King
1983: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
1983: A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines
1983: Ironweed by William Kennedy
1983: Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
1983: Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino
1983: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
1983: Pet Sematary by Stephen King
1983: Phantoms by author Dean Koontz
1984: The Bone People by Keri Hulme
1984: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
1984: Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes
1984: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
1984: The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
1984: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
1984: Neuromancer by William Gibson
1984: The Talisman by Stephen King
1984: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1985: The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
1985: The Cider House Rules by John Irving
1985: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
1985: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
1985: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
1985: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
1985: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
1986: An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
1986: It by Stephen King
1986: The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
1986: Redwall by Brian Jacques
1986: The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
1986: A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor
1986: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1987: Beloved by Toni Morrison
1987: The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
1987: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
1987: Misery by Stephen King
1987: Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
1987: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
1987: The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
1988: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
1988: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
1988: The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton
1988: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
1988: Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
1988: Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco
1988: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
1988: Matilda by Roald Dahl
1988: Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
1988: Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
1988: The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
1988: Tilly by Frank E. Peretti
1989: An Acceptable Time by Madeleine L’Engle
1989: Billy Bathgate by author E. L. Doctorow
1989: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
1989: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1989: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
1989: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
1989: A Time to Kill by John Grisham
2007 reviews:
The Bone People by Keri Hulme (3M)
The Color Purple, Alice Walker (Dana)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (3M)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, by Anne Tyler (Caribousmom)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler (1982) (Trish)
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (3M)
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, by Julian Barnes (HeidiJane)
The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynn Reid Banks (Raidergirl3)
Love in the Time of Chloera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Pamela)
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (Literary Feline)
‘Night, Mother, Marsha Norman (Shannon)
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (3M)
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Ana)
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Booklogged)
Rules of Prey Sandford (Joy)
Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally (Lynne)
The Trial by Phillip Dew Lindsey (Framed)
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway (Lizzy)
West of Eden – Harry Harrison (Backcountry Musings)
2008 reviews:
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