Best Books of 1985

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,827 ratings
2.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,668 ratings
3.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,036 ratings
4.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,291 ratings
5.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,552 ratings
6.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,659 ratings
7.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 4.29 avg rating — 309,526 ratings
8.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating — 239,787 ratings
9.
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
by: Anne Rice
4.11 avg rating — 212,567 ratings
10.
The Polar Express
The Polar Express 4.32 avg rating — 246,415 ratings
11.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,417 ratings
12.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating — 123,832 ratings
13.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist 3.90 avg rating — 107,776 ratings
14.
Contact
Contact 4.15 avg rating — 149,991 ratings
15.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,555 ratings
16.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,384 ratings
17.
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 89,426 ratings
18.
The Wishsong of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #3)
The Wishsong of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 55,005 ratings
19.
Many Waters (Time Quintet, #4)
Many Waters (Time Quintet, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 49,675 ratings
20.
The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3)
The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 20,395 ratings
21.
The Hero and the Crown
The Hero and the Crown 4.21 avg rating — 54,704 ratings
22.
Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew 3.97 avg rating — 134,429 ratings
23.
The Good Terrorist
The Good Terrorist 3.68 avg rating — 4,446 ratings
24.
Blood Music
Blood Music
by: Greg Bear
3.84 avg rating — 16,525 ratings
25.
Robots and Empire (Robot, #4)
Robots and Empire (Robot, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 35,477 ratings
26.
Galápagos
Galápagos 3.87 avg rating — 86,758 ratings
27.
Dead Man's Ransom (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #9)
Dead Man's Ransom (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #9) 4.07 avg rating — 6,955 ratings
28.
The White Castle
The White Castle 3.48 avg rating — 16,399 ratings
29.
Beaches
Beaches 4.15 avg rating — 15,127 ratings
30.
The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1)
The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 19,404 ratings
31.
The Bachman Books
The Bachman Books 4.15 avg rating — 74,232 ratings
32.
Fire Watch
Fire Watch 3.84 avg rating — 4,562 ratings
33.
City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1)
City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 23,038 ratings
34.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,515 ratings
35.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating — 36,990 ratings
36.
Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero 3.60 avg rating — 95,129 ratings
36.
B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2)
B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 59,618 ratings
38.
Tailchaser's Song
Tailchaser's Song 3.98 avg rating — 13,002 ratings
39.
Lake Wobegon Days
Lake Wobegon Days 3.64 avg rating — 8,323 ratings
40.
Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll
Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll 4.01 avg rating — 30,099 ratings
41.
Locked in Time
Locked in Time 3.93 avg rating — 5,710 ratings
42.
Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3)
Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 67,094 ratings
43.
Davita's Harp
Davita's Harp 4.04 avg rating — 6,562 ratings
44.
Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Miss Nelson, #1)
Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Miss Nelson, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 109,370 ratings
45.
The Women's Decameron
The Women's Decameron 3.99 avg rating — 397 ratings
46.
An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)
An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11) 4.17 avg rating — 8,060 ratings
47.
Echoes
Echoes 3.90 avg rating — 16,009 ratings
48.
Break In (Kit Fielding, #1)
Break In (Kit Fielding, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 6,264 ratings
49.
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1)
Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,736 ratings
50.
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.10 avg rating — 122,714 ratings
51.
Killing Orders (V.I. Warshawski, #3)
Killing Orders (V.I. Warshawski, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 5,363 ratings
52.
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships 4.11 avg rating — 28,512 ratings
53.
Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1)
Guardians of the West (The Malloreon, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 55,274 ratings
54.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls 3.71 avg rating — 23,906 ratings
54.
The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden 3.70 avg rating — 23,183 ratings
56.
Love Only Once (Malory-Anderson Family, #1)
Love Only Once (Malory-Anderson Family, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 21,388 ratings
57.
Tender Rebel (Malory-Anderson Family, #2)
Tender Rebel (Malory-Anderson Family, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 16,809 ratings
58.
The White Rose (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3)
The White Rose (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #3)
by: Glen Cook
4.20 avg rating — 20,901 ratings
59.
The Book of Kells
The Book of Kells 3.62 avg rating — 2,052 ratings
60.
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub 4.22 avg rating — 12,441 ratings
60.
What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2)
What's Bred in the Bone (Cornish Trilogy, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 6,416 ratings
62.
Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6) 3.87 avg rating — 79,790 ratings
63.
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 76,469 ratings
64.
Lie Down with Lions
Lie Down with Lions 3.92 avg rating — 23,194 ratings
65.
Death in the Devil's Acre (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #7)
Death in the Devil's Acre (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #7) 3.95 avg rating — 5,483 ratings
65.
Last Question and Other Stories
Last Question and Other Stories 4.53 avg rating — 28,887 ratings
67.
Until Proven Guilty (J.P. Beaumont, #1)
Until Proven Guilty (J.P. Beaumont, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 15,532 ratings
68.
Tuf Voyaging
Tuf Voyaging 4.11 avg rating — 12,912 ratings
69.
Flashman And The Dragon
Flashman And The Dragon 4.27 avg rating — 3,514 ratings
70.
Trumps of Doom (The Chronicles of Amber, #6)
Trumps of Doom (The Chronicles of Amber, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
71.
Still Life
Still Life 3.90 avg rating — 2,555 ratings
71.
Whitney, My Love (Westmoreland, #2)
Whitney, My Love (Westmoreland, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 38,503 ratings
73.
Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #3)
Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 60,542 ratings
74.
Sweet Starfire (Lost Colony, #1)
Sweet Starfire (Lost Colony, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,670 ratings
75.
The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts
The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts 4.54 avg rating — 1,855 ratings
76.
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
76.
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985 4.68 avg rating — 676 ratings
78.
Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #2)
Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 53,788 ratings
79.
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen 3.87 avg rating — 14,453 ratings
80.
It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World
It's an Aardvark-Eat-Turtle World 3.66 avg rating — 400 ratings
81.
The Tenth Man
The Tenth Man 3.73 avg rating — 5,245 ratings
82.
Crampton Hodnet
Crampton Hodnet 4.06 avg rating — 3,092 ratings
83.
The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21)
The Lonely Silver Rain (Travis McGee #21) 4.26 avg rating — 5,145 ratings
84.
Help the Poor Struggler (Richard Jury #6)
Help the Poor Struggler (Richard Jury #6) 3.97 avg rating — 4,722 ratings
85.
The Simple Truth
The Simple Truth 4.11 avg rating — 41,310 ratings
86.
The Deer Leap (Richard Jury, #7)
The Deer Leap (Richard Jury, #7) 3.84 avg rating — 3,884 ratings
86.
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha (Mrs. Pollifax, #7)
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha (Mrs. Pollifax, #7) 4.07 avg rating — 6,048 ratings
88.
The Nantucket Diet Murders (Eugenia Potter, #3)
The Nantucket Diet Murders (Eugenia Potter, #3) 3.54 avg rating — 438 ratings
89.
The Postman
The Postman 3.65 avg rating — 19,079 ratings
89.
The King Beyond the Gate (Drenai Tales, #2)
The King Beyond the Gate (Drenai Tales, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 15,684 ratings
89.
Koko's Kitten
Koko's Kitten 4.31 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
92.
Brightness Falls from the Air
Brightness Falls from the Air 3.55 avg rating — 1,052 ratings
92.
Dragonlance Chronicles (Dragonlance, #1-3)
Dragonlance Chronicles (Dragonlance, #1-3) 4.25 avg rating — 21,779 ratings
94.
Temporary Insanity
Temporary Insanity 3.82 avg rating — 125 ratings
95.
Women in a River Landscape
Women in a River Landscape 3.54 avg rating — 303 ratings
95.
The Isle of Glass (The Hound and the Falcon, #1)
The Isle of Glass (The Hound and the Falcon, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 1,079 ratings
95.
Mandie and the Trunk's Secret (Mandie, #5)
Mandie and the Trunk's Secret (Mandie, #5) 3.97 avg rating — 1,993 ratings
95.
The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation
The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation 4.08 avg rating — 435 ratings
95.
A Company of Swans
A Company of Swans really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,539 ratings
100.
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade
Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade 3.68 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
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