Most Popular World Fantasy Award Books of the 1980s

Discover popular World Fantasy Award books from the 1980s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Books of Blood #3

Books of Blood: Volume Three

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

8.0/10 23 ratings

Books of Blood #2

Books of Blood: Volume Two

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

7.8/10 26 ratings

Books of Blood #1

Books of Blood: Volume One

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

7.8/10 41 ratings

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

Magical Realism · Translation · World Fantasy Award

1985

7.6/10 58 ratings

Mythago Cycle #1

Mythago Wood

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · BSFA Award · World Fantasy Award

1984

7.6/10 97 ratings

The Book of the New Sun #1

The Shadow of the Torturer

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · BSFA Award · World Fantasy Award

1980

7.3/10 92 ratings

Song of Kali

Dan Simmons

Horror · Ancient Mythology · World Fantasy Award · Mythology

1985

7.2/10 47 ratings

Lyonesse #3

Madouc

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · World Fantasy Award

1989

9.3/10 3 ratings

Master Li #1

Bridge of Birds

Barry Hughart

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · World Fantasy Award

1984

8.1/10 7 ratings

Storeys from the Old Hotel

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1988

8/10 1 ratings

Little, Big

John Crowley

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · World Fantasy Award

1981

7.5/10 4 ratings

Blue Rose Trilogy #1

Koko

Peter Straub

Horror · World Fantasy Award

1988

5.1/10 8 ratings

Collected Stories

Richard Matheson

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories

1989

Angry Candy

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1988

The Jaguar Hunter

Lucius Shepard

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1987

The Architecture of Fear

Kathryn Cramer, Peter D. Pautz

Horror · Anthology · World Fantasy Award

1987

The Dark Descent

The Dark Descent

David G. Hartwell

Horror · Anthology · World Fantasy Award

1987

Replay

Ken Grimwood

Science Fiction · World Fantasy Award

1987

Tales of the Quintana Roo

James Tiptree Jr.

Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1986

High Spirits

Robertson Davies

Horror · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1983

The Dragon Waiting

John M. Ford

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award · Alternate History

1983

Nifft the Lean Trilogy #1

Nifft the Lean

Michael Shea

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1982

Oxrun Station

Nightmare Seasons

Charles L. Grant

Horror · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1982