Best Books 1979

1.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,951 ratings
2.
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,607 ratings
3.
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone 3.97 avg rating — 239,723 ratings
4.
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating — 22,786 ratings
5.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,302 ratings
6.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,251 ratings
7.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk 4.06 avg rating — 224,323 ratings
8.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,236 ratings
9.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating — 108,207 ratings
10.
A Bend in the River
A Bend in the River 3.77 avg rating — 18,434 ratings
11.
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 21,849 ratings
11.
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 17,572 ratings
13.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise 3.95 avg rating — 31,287 ratings
14.
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating — 51,680 ratings
15.
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, #1)
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery (Bunnicula, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 70,497 ratings
16.
Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)
Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 41,195 ratings
17.
Ramona and Her Mother (Ramona Quimby, #5)
Ramona and Her Mother (Ramona Quimby, #5) 4.11 avg rating — 27,673 ratings
18.
Amadeus
Amadeus 4.15 avg rating — 18,793 ratings
19.
Ghost Story
Ghost Story 3.92 avg rating — 81,721 ratings
20.
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
by: Starhawk
4.04 avg rating — 10,538 ratings
21.
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story 4.18 avg rating — 215,952 ratings
22.
Miss Marple's Final Cases
Miss Marple's Final Cases 3.76 avg rating — 10,937 ratings
23.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting 3.95 avg rating — 53,057 ratings
24.
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2)
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2) 4.10 avg rating — 6,027 ratings
24.
Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3)
Dragondrums (Harper Hall, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 37,899 ratings
26.
Burger's Daughter
Burger's Daughter 3.50 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
27.
Lion of Ireland
Lion of Ireland 4.14 avg rating — 4,303 ratings
28.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating — 11,635 ratings
29.
Kane & Abel (Kane & Abel, #1)
Kane & Abel (Kane & Abel, #1) 4.34 avg rating — 128,775 ratings
29.
Chesapeake
Chesapeake 4.22 avg rating — 26,869 ratings
31.
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected 3.97 avg rating — 1,181 ratings
32.
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer 3.81 avg rating — 13,592 ratings
32.
Offshore
Offshore 3.59 avg rating — 7,634 ratings
34.
Trial Run
Trial Run 3.93 avg rating — 3,772 ratings
35.
The Luck Runs Out (Peter Shandy, #2)
The Luck Runs Out (Peter Shandy, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
36.
Forever...
Forever... 3.62 avg rating — 66,277 ratings
36.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,587 ratings
36.
Night Shift
Night Shift 4.04 avg rating — 194,123 ratings
39.
Bent
Bent 4.26 avg rating — 2,740 ratings
40.
The Arm of the Starfish (O'Keefe Family, #1)
The Arm of the Starfish (O'Keefe Family, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 10,250 ratings
40.
Motel of the Mysteries
Motel of the Mysteries 4.11 avg rating — 2,548 ratings
40.
The Drowning Season
The Drowning Season 3.49 avg rating — 3,649 ratings
40.
Ox-Cart Man
Ox-Cart Man 4.09 avg rating — 15,347 ratings
44.
Anastasia Krupnik
Anastasia Krupnik 3.90 avg rating — 15,082 ratings
45.
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi 4.04 avg rating — 4,405 ratings
46.
Cloud 9
Cloud 9 3.61 avg rating — 8,113 ratings
46.
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 3.87 avg rating — 372,513 ratings
48.
Field Work: Poems
Field Work: Poems 4.23 avg rating — 1,289 ratings
49.
The Family Vault
The Family Vault 4.06 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
49.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle 4.21 avg rating — 165,983 ratings
51.
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2)
War and Remembrance (The Henry Family, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 38,936 ratings
52.
Some Irish Loving
Some Irish Loving 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
52.
The Matarese Circle (Matarese, #1)
The Matarese Circle (Matarese, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 42,086 ratings
52.
Cross-Country Cat
Cross-Country Cat 4.16 avg rating — 344 ratings
55.
OVERLOAD
OVERLOAD 3.77 avg rating — 3,147 ratings
56.
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science
Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science 4.05 avg rating — 10,816 ratings
56.
Dress Gray
Dress Gray 3.73 avg rating — 350 ratings
58.
The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga, #3)
The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 16,506 ratings
59.
The Marriage of Meggotta
The Marriage of Meggotta 3.98 avg rating — 156 ratings
60.
Jailbird
Jailbird 3.83 avg rating — 26,084 ratings
61.
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos, #1)
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Canopus in Argos, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 2,773 ratings
62.
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination 4.21 avg rating — 4,064 ratings
63.
The Feast of All Saints
The Feast of All Saints
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating — 18,587 ratings
64.
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court 4.14 avg rating — 5,146 ratings
65.
Jonie goes to academy
Jonie goes to academy 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
65.
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head 4.44 avg rating — 3,165 ratings
65.
Control of migraine
Control of migraine 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
65.
Wingmen
Wingmen 4.38 avg rating — 365 ratings
65.
The Great Dune Trilogy
The Great Dune Trilogy 4.37 avg rating — 62,719 ratings
70.
The Virgin in the Garden (The Frederica Quartet, #1)
The Virgin in the Garden (The Frederica Quartet, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 3,609 ratings
70.
The Mountain Valley War (Kilkenny #2)
The Mountain Valley War (Kilkenny #2) 4.13 avg rating — 2,509 ratings
70.
Jonie graduates
Jonie graduates 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
70.
Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method
Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method 3.95 avg rating — 507 ratings
70.
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence. Selected Prose 1966-1978
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence. Selected Prose 1966-1978 4.36 avg rating — 1,133 ratings
70.
Going After Cacciato
Going After Cacciato 3.91 avg rating — 14,427 ratings
70.
The Twyborn Affair
The Twyborn Affair 3.96 avg rating — 588 ratings
70.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
by: Tom Wolfe
4.23 avg rating — 54,856 ratings
70.
Dragonworld
Dragonworld 3.77 avg rating — 1,028 ratings
79.
Pretender
Pretender 3.20 avg rating — 316 ratings
79.
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Heinemann Plays for 14-16+)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Heinemann Plays for 14-16+) 3.62 avg rating — 1,006 ratings
79.
Storm on the Sun
Storm on the Sun 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
79.
Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly, #1)
Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 44,621 ratings
83.
The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies 3.94 avg rating — 239 ratings
83.
Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights 3.62 avg rating — 4,116 ratings
83.
Granuaile: Grace O'Malley, Ireland's Pirate Queen
Granuaile: Grace O'Malley, Ireland's Pirate Queen 3.48 avg rating — 1,079 ratings
83.
Dreamsnake
Dreamsnake 3.87 avg rating — 11,065 ratings
83.
In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography, 1920-1954
In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography, 1920-1954 4.20 avg rating — 531 ratings
83.
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts 4.36 avg rating — 21,760 ratings
83.
Sphinx
Sphinx 3.61 avg rating — 4,848 ratings
90.
Pig Earth
Pig Earth 4.03 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
90.
Recapitulation
Recapitulation 3.87 avg rating — 1,567 ratings
90.
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There 4.06 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
90.
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge
The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge 3.81 avg rating — 5,740 ratings
90.
The Grail Tree (Lovejoy, #3)
The Grail Tree (Lovejoy, #3) 3.56 avg rating — 390 ratings
90.
The Discovery of Genesis: How the Truths of Genesis Were Found Hidden in the Chinese Language
The Discovery of Genesis: How the Truths of Genesis Were Found Hidden in the Chinese Language
by: C.H. Kang
4.10 avg rating — 220 ratings
90.
Daddy
Daddy 3.89 avg rating — 10,490 ratings
90.
The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth 2.88 avg rating — 24 ratings
90.
Suttree
Suttree 4.20 avg rating — 27,011 ratings
99.
The Powers That Be
The Powers That Be 4.36 avg rating — 1,072 ratings
99.
A Ghost in the Music (Norton Paperback Fiction)
A Ghost in the Music (Norton Paperback Fiction) 3.43 avg rating — 37 ratings
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