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Firestarter
1980 novel by Stephen King
A Confederacy of Dunces
1980 novel by John Kennedy Toole
The Mist
1980 novella by Stephen King
The Bourne Identity
novel by Robert Ludlum
Congo
1980 novel by Michael Crichton
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1980 novel by Jean M. Auel
The Snow Queen
1980 novel by Joan D. Vinge
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
1980 novel by Frederik Pohl
The Number of the Beast
1980 novel by Robert A. Heinlein
The Shadow of the Torturer
1980 novel by Gene Wolfe
Dragon's Egg
1980 novel by Robert L. Forward
Sundiver
Sundiver is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin. It is the first book of his first Uplift trilogy, followed by Startide Rising in 1983 and The Uplift War in 1987.
Songmaster
Songmaster (1980) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. The story of the Songmaster occurs in a future human empire, and follows Ansset, a beautiful young boy whose perfect singing voice has the power of amplifying people's emotions, making him both a potential healer and destroyer. He is trained in the art of singing so beautifully that his songs can express ideas and emotions more truthfully than words. This novel was based on Card's short stories "'''Mikal's Songbird" and "Songhouse'''".
Mockingbird
1980 novel by Walter Tevis
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
book by Dan Millman
Rage of Angels
1980 novel by Sidney Sheldon
The Boy Who Followed Ripley
novel by Patricia Highsmith
Changeling
1980 fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny
Nightflyers
Nightflyers is a science fiction horror novella by American writer George R. R. Martin, released as a short novella in 1980 and as an expanded novella in 1981. A short story collection of the same name was released in 1985 that includes the expanded novella. In 1987, the short novella was adapted into a film by the same name. A 2018 television adaptation of the extended novella was developed. It premiered on December 2, 2018, on the SyFy Channel, and was cancelled after a single season in February 2019.
The Beginning Place
1980 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
Petals on the Wind
novel by V. C. Andrews
Aztec
1980 novel by Gary Jennings
Lord Valentine's Castle
1980 novel by Robert Silverberg
Timescape
Timescape is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Gregory Benford (with unbilled co-author Hilary Foister, Benford's sister-in-law, who is credited as having "contributed significantly to the manuscript"). It won the 1981 Nebula and 1980 British Science Fiction Award, and the 1981 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It won the 1981 Ditmar Award for Best International Fiction. The novel was widely hailed by both critics of science fiction and mainstream literature for its fusion of detailed character development and interpersonal drama with more standard s
One Child
1980 novel by Torey Hayden
The Magic Labyrinth
1980 novel by Philip José Farmer
The Land of Laughs
1980 novel by Jonathan Carroll