Uncovered Classics1980s

38 Works 190,373 Books 4,191 Reviews ½ 4.0
A response to Feminista’s list of “100 great 20th century works of fiction by women” with more authors of color and works in translation.
Categories:
All, 1900s (3), 1910s (4), 1920s (6), 1930s (7), 1940s (5), 1950s (12), 1960s (19), 1970s (19), 1980s (38), , 1990s (20)
Years:
All, 1988 (1), 1982 (2)
WorkYear
I myself am a woman : selected writings of Ding Ling by Ling Ding
1989
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
1989
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
1988
Bata, Bata... Pa'No Ka Ginawa? by Lualhati Bautista
1988
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
1988
Paradise of the Blind by Thu Hương Dương
1988
Beloved by Toni Morrison
1987
The Age of Grief by Jane Smiley
1987
You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates
1987
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
1987
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
1987
The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble
1987
Mama by Terry McMillan
1987
Anywhere but Here by Mona Simpson
1986
The Mixquiahuala Letters by Ana Castillo
1986
Anagrams by Lorrie Moore
1986
Awaiting Trespass by Linda Ty-Casper
1985
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1985
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
1985
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
1984
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
1984
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
1984
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
1984
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
1984
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
1984
The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein
1983
The Life and Loves of a She Devil by Fay Weldon
1983
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
1982
Dictée by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1982
At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald
1982
The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman by Ken Bugul
1982
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
1982
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1982
July's People by Nadine Gordimer
1981
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
1981
Braided Lives by Marge Piercy
1981
Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
1980
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
1980
* Green text is "calculated" text. Calculated text is provided based on global LibraryThing data.

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