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Best Selling Novels of the 1980s

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A list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1980's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1980 through 1989. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With the introduction of the Nook, Kindle, and iPad with iBooks, reading is hot again. The best selling novels on this list were the most popular books in the United States during the 80's, so you can be sure they're well written and enjoyable (depending, of course, on your preferred literary genre). This list is intended to help long-time readers and newcomers alike with discovering (and rediscovering) some of the best selling novels of all time.
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    ...And Ladies of the Club

    Year in the Top Ten: 1984
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    2010: Odyssey Two

    Arthur C. Clarke
    Year in the Top Ten: 1982
  3. 3
    John le Carré
    Year in the Top Ten: 1986
  4. 4
    James A. Michener
    Year in the Top Ten: 1988
  5. 5

    AN INDECENT OBSESSION

    Colleen McCullough
    Year in the Top Ten: 1981
  6. 6

    California Gold

    John Jakes
    Year in the Top Ten: 1989
  7. 7

    Caribbean

    James A. Michener
    Year in the Top Ten: 1989
  8. 8

    Changes

    Danielle Steel
    Year in the Top Ten: 1983
  9. 9
    Stephen King
    Year in the Top Ten: 1983
  10. 10

    Clear and Present Danger

    Tom Clancy
    Year in the Top Ten: 1989
  11. 11
    Carl Sagan
    Year in the Top Ten: 1985
  12. 12
    Stephen King
    Year in the Top Ten: 1981
  13. 13

    Daddy

    Danielle Steel
    Year in the Top Ten: 1989
  14. 14

    Different Seasons

    Stephen King
    Year in the Top Ten: 1982
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    E.T., The Extraterrestrial

    Year in the Top Ten: 1982
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    Family Album

    Danielle Steel
    Year in the Top Ten: 1985
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    Fine Things

    Danielle Steel
    Year in the Top Ten: 1987
  18. 18
    Stephen King
    Year in the Top Ten: 1980
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    Full circle

    Danielle Steel
    Year in the Top Ten: 1984
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    Goodbye, Janette

    Harold Robbins
    Year in the Top Ten: 1981
  21. 21
    Martin Cruz Smith
    Year in the Top Ten: 1981
  22. 22

    Heaven and Hell

    John Jakes
    Year in the Top Ten: 1987
  23. 23

    Hollywood Husbands

    Jackie Collins
    Year in the Top Ten: 1986
  24. 24
    Jackie Collins
    Year in the Top Ten: 1983
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    I'll Take Manhattan

    Judith Krantz
    Year in the Top Ten: 1986

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