The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Literature: Best-Selling U.S. Books

1980 Fiction
1.The Covenant, James A. Michener
2.The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum
3.Rage of Angels, Sidney Sheldon
4.Princess Daisy, Judith Krantz
5.Firestarter, Stephen King
6.The Key to Rebecca, Ken Follett
7.Random Winds, Belva Plain
8.The Devil’s Alternative, Frederick Forsyth
9.The Fifth Horseman, Larry Collins and
Dominique Lapierre
10.The Spike, Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert
Moss

1980 Nonfiction
1.Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the
Coming Great Depression, Douglas R. Casey
2.Cosmos, Carl Sagan
3.Free to Choose: A Personal Statement, Milton and
Rose Friedman
4.Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient,
Norman Cousins
5.Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Gay Talese
6.The Sky’s the Limit, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
7.The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler
8.Craig Claiborne’s Gourmet Diet, Craig Claiborne
with Pierre Franey
9.Nothing Down, Robert Allen
10.Shelley: Also Known as Shirley, Shelley Winters

1981 Fiction
1.Noble House, James Clavell
2.The Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving
3.Cujo, Stephen King
4.An Indecent Obsession, Colleen McCullough
5.Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith
6.Masquerade, Kit Williams
7.Goodbye, Janette, Harold Robbins
8.The Third Deadly Sin, Lawrence Sanders
9.The Glitter Dome, Joseph Wambaugh
10.No Time for Tears, Cynthia Freeman

1981 Nonfiction
1.The Beverly Hills Diet, Judy Mazel
2.The Lord God Made Them All, James Herriot
3.Richard Simmons’ Never-Say-Diet Book, Richard
Simmons

4.A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverman

5.Cosmos, Carl Sagan

6.Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

7.Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life, Miss Piggy as told to

Henry Beard

8.Weight Watchers 365-Day Diet Menu Cookbook

9.You Can Negotiate Anything, Herb Cohen

10.A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, Andrew A.

Rooney

1982 Fiction

1.E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial Stor ybook, William

Kotzwinkle

2.Space, James A. Michener

3.The Parsifal Mosaic, Robert Ludlum

4.Master of the Game, Sidney Sheldon

5.Mistral’s Daughter, Judith Krantz

6.The Valley of Horses, Jean M. Auel

7.Different Seasons, Stephen King

8.North and South, John Jakes

9.2010: Odyssey Two, Arthur C. Clarke

10.The Man from St. Petersburg, Ken Follett

1982 Nonfiction

1.Jane Fonda’s Workout Book, Jane Fonda

2.Living, Loving, and Learning, Leo Buscaglia

3.And More by Andy Rooney, Andrew A. Rooney

4.Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book

5.Life Extension: Adding Years to Your Life and Life to

Your Years—A Practical Scientific Approach, Durk

Pearson and Sandy Shaw

6.When Bad Things Happen to Good People,

Harold S. Kushner

7.A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, Andrew A.

Rooney

8.The Weight Watchers Food Plan Diet Cookbook, Jean

Nidetch

9.Richard Simmons’ Never-Say-Diet Cookbook,

Richard Simmons

10.No Bad Dogs: The Woodhouse Way, Barbara

Woodhouse

1983 Fiction

1.Return of the Jedi Stor ybook, Joan D. Vinge,

adapter

2.Poland, James A. Michener

3.Pet Sematar y, Stephen King