Books Set in the 1980s
Fiction set in the 1980s, mostly romantic suspense, horror and occult fiction. The most-read are Misery (1978), Pet Sematary (1983) and American Psycho (1991).
This list collects 29 books in this collection by 12 authors, published between 1978 and 2019. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
29 books

Misery
Stephen King

Pet Sematary
Stephen King

American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis, Mariano Antolín Rato

Wizard and Glass
Stephen King

Thinner
Stephen King

Cycle of the Werewolf
Stephen King

Less than Zero
Bret Easton Ellis, Christian Rummel

Hot Ice
Nora Roberts

Sweet Revenge
Nora Roberts

Machines Like Me
Ian McEwan

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Michael Chabon

Sacred Sins
Nora Roberts

The Lost Language of Cranes
David Leavitt

Brazen Virtue
Nora Roberts

Untamed
Nora Roberts

The Right Path
Nora Roberts

The Law is a Lady
Nora Roberts

Affaire Royale
Nora Roberts

Partners
Nora Roberts

Night Moves
Nora Roberts

A Matter of Choice
Nora Roberts

Easy Connections
Liz Berry

This Magic Moment
Nora Roberts, Ashley Adlon

The Woodland Folk in Dragonland
Tony Wolf

Easy Freedom
Liz Berry

Morris and Boris at the Circus
Bernard Wiseman

Dark Advent
Brian Hodge

Abomination
Guy N. Smith
The Common Women
Derrick Gaskin