Rankings from Bowker's Annual/Publisher's Weekly

1980: Fiction
	1	The Covenant	Michener, James A.
	2	The Bourne Identity	Ludlum, Robert
	3	Rage of Angels	Sheldon, Sidney
	4	Princess Daisy	Krantz, Judith
	5	Firestarter	King, Stephen
	6	The Key to Rebecca	Follett, Ken
	7	Random Winds	Plain, Belva
	8	The Devil's Alternative	Forsyth, Frederick
	9	The Fifth Horseman	Collins, Larry and Dominique Lapierre
	10	The Spike	de Borchgrave, Arnaud and Robert Moss
	11	Come Pour the Wine	Freeman, Cynthia
	12	Fanny, Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout Jones	Jong, Erica
	13	Loon Lake	Doctorow, E.L.
	14	Answer as a Man	Caldwell, Taylor
	15	The Tenth Commandment	Sanders, Lawrence
1980: Non-Fiction
	1	Crisis Investing: Opportunities and Profits in the Coming Great Depression	Casey, Douglas R.
	2	Cosmos	Sagan, Carl
	3	Free to Choose: A Personal Statement	Friedman, Milton and Rose
	4	Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient	Cousins, Norman
	5	Thy Neighbor's Wife	Talese, Gay
	6	The Sky's the Limit	Dyer, Dr. Wayne W.
	7	The Third Wave	Toffler, Alvin
	8	Craig Claiborne's Gourmet Diet	Claiborne, Craig with Pierre Franey
	9	Nothing Down	Allen, Robert
	10	Shelley: Also Known as Shirley	Winters, Shelley
	11	Side Effects	Allen, Woody
	12	Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running	Fixx, James F.
	13	Betty Crocker's International Cookbook	None
	14	The Coming Currency Collapse and What to Do about It	Smith, Jerome F.
	15	How to Become Financially Independent by Investing in Real Estate	Lowry, Albert J.
1981: Fiction
	1	Noble House	Clavell, James
	2	The Hotel New Hampshire	Irving, John
	3	Cujo	King, Stephen
	4	An Indecent Obsession	McCullough, Colleen
	5	Gorky Park	Smith, Martin Cruz
	6	Masquerade	Williams, Kit
	7	Goodbye, Janette	Robbins, Harold
	8	The Third Deadly Sin	Sanders, Lawrence
	9	The Glitter Dome	Wambaugh, Joseph
	10	No Time for Tears	Freeman, Cynthia
	11	God Emperor of Dune	Herbert, Frank
	12	The Legacy	Fast, Howard
	13	The Cardinal Sins	Greeley, Andrew M.
	14	The Last Days of America	Erdman, Paul
	15	Free Fall in Crimson	MacDonald, John D.
1981: Non-Fiction
	1	The Beverly Hills Diet	Mazel, Judy
	2	The Lord God Made Them All	Herriot, James
	3	Richard Simmons' Never-Say-Diet Book	Simmons, Richard
	4	A Light in the Attic	Silverstein, Shel
	5	Cosmos	Carl Sagan
	6	Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book	Anon.
	7	Miss Piggy's Guide to Life	Miss Piggy as told to Henry Beard
	8	Weight Watchers 365-Day Menu Cookbook	Anon.
	9	You Can Negotiate Anything	Cohen, Herb
	10	A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney	Rooney, Andrew A.
	11	Pathfinders	Sheehy, Gail
	12	How to Make Love to a Man	Penney, Alexandra
	13	The Walk West	Jenkins, Peter and Barbara
	14	Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star	Kelley, Kitty
	15	The Eagle's Gift	Castaneda, Carlos
1982: Fiction
	1	E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial Storybook	Kotzwinkle, William
	2	Space	Michener, James A.
	3	The Parsifal Mosaic	Ludlum, Robert
	4	Master of the Game	Sheldon, Sidney
	5	Mistral's Daughter	Krantz, Judith
	6	The Valley of Horses	Auel, Jean M.
	7	Different Seasons	King, Stephen
	8	North and South	Jakes, John
	9	2010: Odyssey Two	Clarke, Arthur C.
	10	The Man from St. Petersburg	Follett, Ken
	11	The Prodigal Daughter	Archer, Jeffrey
	12	Foundation's Edge	Asimov, Isaac
	13	Crossings	Steel, Danielle
	14	The One Tree: Book Two of The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	Donaldson, Stephen R.
	15	Spellbinder	Robbins, Harold
1982: Non-Fiction
	1	Jane Fonda's Workout Book	Fonda, Jane
	2	Living, Loving and Learning	Buscaglia, Leo
	3	And More by Andy Rooney	Rooney, Andrew A.
	4	Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook	Anon.
	5	Life Extension: Adding Years to Your Life And Life to Your Years--A Practical Scientific Approach	Pearson, Durk and Sandy Shaw
	6	When Bad Things Happen to Good People	Kushner, Harold S.
	7	A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney	Rooney, Andrew A.
	8	The Weight Watchers Food Plan Diet Cookbook	Nidetch, Jean
	9	Richard Simmons' Never-Say-Diet Cookbook	Simmons, Richard
	10	No Bad Dogs: The Woodhouse Way	Woodhouse, Barbara
	11	Weight Watchers 365-Day Menu Cookbook	Weight Watchers International
	12	The Fall of Freddie the Leaf	Buscaglia, Leo
	13	The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries about Human Sexuality	Ladas, Alice Kahn
	14	An Uncommon Freedom	Conn, Charles Paul
	15	Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives	Naisbitt, John
1983: Fiction
	1	Return of the Jedi Storybook	Vinge, Joan D., adapt.
	2	Poland	Michener, James A.
	3	Pet Sematary	King, Stephen
	4	The Little Drummer Girl	Le Carre, John
	5	Christine	King, Stephen
	6	Changes	Steel, Danielle
	7	The Name of the Rose	Eco, Umberto
	8	White Gold Wielder: Book Three of The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	Donaldson, Stephen R.
	9	Hollywood Wives	Collins, Jackie
	10	The Lonesome Gods	L'Amour, Louis
	11	Who Killed the Robins Family?	Adler, Bill and Thomas Chastain
	12	The Robots of Dawn	Asimov, Isaac
	13	August	Rossner, Judith
	14	Ancient Evenings	Mailer, Norman
	15	Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern	McCaffrey, Anne
1983: Non-Fiction
	1	In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies	Peters, Thomas J. and Robert H. Waterman Jr.
	2	Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives	Naisbitt, John
	3	Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession	Bombeck, Erma
	4	The One Minute Manager	Blanchard, Kenneth and Spencer Johnson
	5	Jane Fonda's Workout Book	Fonda, Jane
	6	The Best of James Herriot	Herriot, James
	7	The Mary Kay Guide to Beauty: Discovering Your Special Look	Anon.
	8	On Wings of Eagles	Follett, Ken
	9	Creating Wealth	Allen, Robert G.
	10	The Body Principal: The Exercise Program for Life	Principal, Victoria
	11	Approaching Hoofbeats: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	Graham, Billy
	12	Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do!	Schuller, Robert H.
	13	Blue Highways: A Journey into America	Moon, William Least Heat
	14	The Secret Kingdom	Robertson, Pat
	15	While Reagan Slept	Buchwald, Art
1984: Fiction
	1	The Talisman	King, Stephen and Peter Straub
	2	The Aquitaine Progression	Ludlum, Robert
	3	The Sicilian	Puzo, Mario
	4	Love and War	Jakes, John
	5	The Butter Battle Book	Dr. Seuss
	6	". . . And the Ladies of the Club"	Santmyer, Helen Hooven
	7	The Fourth Protocol	Forsyth, Frederick
	8	Full Circle	Steel, Danielle
	9	The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz	Rivers, Joan
	10	Lincoln: A Novel	Vidal, Gore
	11	The Walking Drum	L'Amour, Louis
	12	The Haj	Uris, Leon
	13	Strong Medicine	Haley, Arthur
	14	First Among Equals	Archer, Jeffrey
	15	The Dune Storybook	Vinge, Joan D.
1984: Non-Fiction
	1	Iacocca: An Autobiography	Iacocca, Lee with William Novak
	2	Loving Each Other	Buscaglia, Leo
	3	Eat to Win: The Sports Nutrition Bible	Haas, Robert, M.D.
	4	Pieces of My Mind	Rooney, Andrew A.
	5	Weight Watchers Fast and Fabulous Cookbook	Anon.
	6	What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-Smart Executive	McCormack, Mark H.
	7	Women Coming of Age	Fonda, Jane with Mignon McCarthy
	8	Moses the Kitten	Herriot, James
	9	The One Minute Salesperson	Johnson, Spencer, M.D., and Larry Wilson
	10	Weight Watchers Quick Start Program Cookbook	Nidetch, Jean
	11	Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen	Prudhomme, Paul
	12	Putting the One Minute Manager to Work	Blanchard, Kenneth
	13	Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do!	Schuller, Robert H.
	14	The Bridge Across Forever	Bach, Richard
	15	Dr. Burns' Prescription for Happiness	Burns, George
1985: Fiction
	1	The Mammoth Hunters	Auel, Jean M.
	2	Texas	Michener, James A.
	3	Lake Wobegon Days	Keillor, Garrison
	4	If Tomorrow Comes	Sheldon, Sidney
	5	Skeleton Crew	King, Stephen
	6	Secrets	Steel, Danielle
	7	Contact	Sagan, Carl
	8	Lucky	Collins, Jackie
	9	Family Album	Steel, Danielle
	10	Jubal Sackett	L'Amour, Louis
	11	Thinner	King, Stephen
	12	Cider House Rules	Irving, John
	13	The Hunt for Red October	Clancy, Tom
	14	The Fourth Deadly Sin	Sanders, Lawrence
	15	Inside, Outside	Wouk, Herman
1985: Non-Fiction
	1	Iacocca: An Autobiography	Iacocca, Lee with William Novak
	2	Yeager: An Autobiography	Yeager, Gen. Chuck and Leo Janos
	3	Elvis and Me	Presley, Priscilla Beaulieu with Sandra Harmon
	4	Fit for Life	Diamond, Harvey and Marilyn
	5	The Be-Happy Attitudes	Schuller, Robert
	6	Dancing in the Light	MacLaine, Shirley
	7	A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference	Peters, Thomas J. and Nancy K. Austin
	8	The Frugal Gourmet	Smith, Jeff
	9	I Never Played the Game	Cosell, Howard with Peter Bonventre
	10	Dr. Berger's Immune Power Diet	Berger, Stuart M., M.D.
	11	Weight Watchers Quick Start Program Cookbook	Nidetch, Jean
	12	Smart Women, Foolish Choices: Finding the Right Men and Avoiding Wrong Ones	Cowan, Dr. Connell
	13	On the Road with Charles Kuralt	Kuralt, Charles
	14	Weight Watchers New International Cookbook	Nidetch, Jean
	15	Loving Each Other	Buscaglia, Leo
1986: Fiction
	1	It	King, Stephen
	2	Red Storm Rising	Clancy, Tom
	3	Whirlwind	Clavell, James
	4	The Bourne Supremacy	Ludlum, Robert
	5	Hollywood Husbands	Collins, Jackie
	6	Wanderlust	Steel, Danielle
	7	I'll Take Manhattan	Krantz, Judith
	8	Last of the Breed	L'Amour, Louis
	9	The Prince of Tides	Conroy, Pat
	10	A Perfect Spy	Le Carre, John
	11	A Matter of Honor	Archer, Jeffrey
	12	Lie Down with Lions	Follett, Ken
	13	The Eighth Commandment	Sanders, Lawrence
	14	Act of Will	Bradford, Barbara Taylor
	15	Cyclops	Cussler, Clive
1986: Non-Fiction
	1	Fatherhood	Cosby, Bill
	2	Fit for Life	Diamond, Harvey and Marilyn
	3	His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra	Kelley, Kitty
	4	The Rotation Diet	Katahn, Martin
	5	You're Only Old Once	Dr. Seuss
	6	Callanetics: Ten Years Younger in Ten Hours	Pinckney, Callan
	7	The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine	Smith, Jeff
	8	Be Happy--You Are Loved!	Schuller, Robert H.
	9	Word for Word	Rooney, Andrew A.
	10	James Herriot's Dog Stories	Herriot, James
	11	McMahon! The Bare Truth About Chicago's Brashest Bear	McMahon, Jim
	12	The Frugal Gourmet	Smith, Jeff
	13	Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them	Forward, Dr. Susan
	14	One More Time	Burnett, Carol
	15	Bus 9 to Paradise	Buscaglia, Leo
1987: Fiction
	1	The Tommyknockers	King, Stephen
	2	Patriot Games	Clancy, Tom
	3	Kaleidoscope	Steel, Danielle
	4	Misery	King, Stephen
	5	Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories	Keillor, Garrison
	6	Windmills of the Gods	Sheldon, Sidney
	7	Presumed Innocent	Turow, Scott
	8	Fine Things	Steel, Danielle
	9	Heaven and Hell	Jakes, John
	10	The Eyes of the Dragon	King, Stephen
	11	The Haunted Mesa	L'Amour, Louis
	12	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Wolfe, Tom
	13	Legacy	Michener, James A.
	14	2061: Odyssey Three	Clarke, Arthur C.
	15	Weep No More My Lady	Clark, Mary Higgins
1987: Non-Fiction
	1	Time Flies	Cosby, Bill
	2	Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer	Wright, Peter with Paul Greengrass
	3	Family: The Ties That Bind . . . and Gag!	Bombeck, Erma
	4	Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987	Woodward, Bob
	5	A Day in the Life of America	Smolan, Rick and David Cohen
	6	The Great Depression of 1990	Batra, Ravi
	7	It's All in the Playing	MacLaine, Shirley
	8	Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill	O'Neill, Thomas P. Jr. with William Novak
	9	The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American	Smith, Jeff
	10	The Closing of the American Mind	Bloom, Allan
	11	Free to Be...a Family	Thomas, Marlo
	12	A Day in the Life of the Soviet Union	Smolan, Rick
	13	Love, Medicine & Miracles	Siegel, Bernie S.
	14	A Season on the Brink	Feinstein, John
	15	Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution	Peters, Tom
1988: Fiction
	1	The Cardinal of the Kremlin	Clancy, Tom
	2	The Sands of Time	Sheldon, Sidney
	3	Zoya	Steel, Danielle
	4	The Icarus Agenda	Ludlum, Robert
	5	Alaska	Michener, James A.
	6	Till We Meet Again	Krantz, Judith
	7	The Queen of the Damned	Rice, Anne
	8	To Be the Best	Bradford, Barbara Taylor
	9	One: A Novel	Bach, Richard
	10	Mitla Pass	Uris, Leon
	11	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Wolfe, Tom
	12	Final Flight	Coonts, Stephen
	13	Rock Star	Collins, Jackie
	14	Dear Mili	Grimm, Wilhelm
	15	Hot Money	Francis, Dick
1988: Non-Fiction
	1	The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure	Kowalski, Robert E.
	2	Talking Straight	Iacocca, Lee with Sonny Kleinfield
	3	A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes	Hawking, Steven W.
	4	Trump: The Art of the Deal	Trump, Donald J. with Tony Schwartz
	5	Gracie: A Love Story	Burns, George
	6	Elizabeth Takes Off	Taylor, Elizabeth
	7	Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive	MacKay, Harvey
	8	Christmas in America	Cohen, David, editor
	9	Weight Watchers Quick Success Program Book	Nidetch, Jean
	10	Moonwalk	Jackson, Michael
	11	All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things	Fulghum, Robert
	12	For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington	Regan, Donald T.
	13	The Sackett Companion: A Personal Guide to the Sackett Novels	L'Amour, Louis
	14	Weight Watchers Quick and Easy Menu Cookbook	Weight Watchers
	15	Seven Stories of Christmas Love	Buscaglia, Leo
1989: Fiction
	1	Clear and Present Danger	Clancy, Tom
	2	The Dark Half	King, Stephen
	3	Daddy	Steel, Danielle
	4	Star	Steel, Danielle
	5	Caribbean	Michener, James A.
	6	The Satanic Verses	Rushdie, Salman
	7	The Russia House	Le Carre, John
	8	The Pillars of the Earth	Follett, Ken
	9	California Gold	Jakes, John
	10	While My Pretty One Sleeps	Clark, Mary Higgins
	11	Midnight	Koontz, Dean R.
	12	Jimmy Stewart and His Poems	Stewart, Jimmy
	13	The Negotiator	Forsyth, Frederick
	14	Straight	Francis, Dick
	15	Polar Star	Smith, Martin Cruz
1989: Non-Fiction
	1	All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things	Fulghum, Robert
	2	Wealth Without Risk: How To Develop a Personal Fortune Without Going Out on a Limb	Givens, Charles J.
	3	A Woman Named Jackie	Heymann, C. David
	4	It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It	Fulghum, Robert
	5	Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book	Anon.
	6	The Way Things Work	Macaulay, David
	7	It's Always Something	Radner, Gilda
	8	Roseanne: My Life as a Woman	Barr, Roseanne
	9	The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines: China, Greece, and Rome	Smith, Jeff
	10	My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan	Reagan, Nancy with William Novak
	11	All My Best Friends	Burns, George
	12	Love & Marriage	Cosby, Bill
	13	A Brief History of Time	Hawking, Stephen W.
	14	Blind Faith	McGinniss, Joe
	15	The Way to Cook	Child, Julia

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