Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 1980s
Discover popular Mainstream books from the 1980s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.
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In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave
Short Stories · Mainstream
1989
Three Porges Parodies and a Pastiche
Short Stories · Mainstream
1988
The Secret Life of Houses
Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream
1988
The Jade Stalk
Mainstream
1988
The Secret History of the World
Black Wind
Horror · Science Fiction · Mainstream
1988
Vesper Holly #3
The Drackenberg Adventure
Young Adult · Mainstream
1988
The Broken Bubble
Mainstream
1988
Wyvern
Fantasy · Mainstream
1988
Saint Mary Blue
Mainstream
1988
Maori
Mainstream
1988
Night Fighters #5
A Nghu Night Falls
Mainstream
1988
Night Fighters #4
A Rock and A Hard Place
Mainstream
1988
High Stakes
Mainstream
1988
The Days of March
Mainstream
1988
Jamie and Other Stories: The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley
Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream
1988
In the Country of Last Things
Science Fiction · Dystopia · Mainstream
1987
The Broom of the System
Fantasy · Mainstream
1987
Sister Wolf
Mainstream
1987
Catholic Girls
Mainstream
1987
Forgetting Places
Mainstream
1987
Vesper Holly #2
The El Dorado Adventure
Young Adult · Mainstream
1987
Bacchanal
Mainstream
1987
Mary and the Giant
Mainstream
1987
Saint Hiroshima
Mainstream
1987
Skallagrigg
Fantasy · Mainstream
1987
Night Fighters #3
Out of the Fire
Mainstream
1987
Night Fighters #2
Main Force Assault
Mainstream
1987
Night Fighters #1
Knives in the Night
Mainstream
1987
Some Kind of Wonderful
Mainstream
1987
Spiral Winds
Mainstream
1987
Bluebeard
Mainstream
1987
Unhallowed Ground
Fantasy · Mainstream
1986
The Building
Science Fiction · Mainstream
1986
Sphinx
Fantasy · Mainstream
1986
The Golden Fire
Mainstream
1986
Vesper Holly #1
The Illyrian Adventure
Young Adult · Mainstream
1986