The Remains of the Day
1989 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro
1980s
Alan Turing: The Enigma
Biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing by Andrew Hodges
The Fatal Shore
History of the early years of British colonisation of Australia, and especially the history and social effects of Britain’s convict transportation system
The Name of the Rose
1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page
Novel by Gerald Basil Edwards first published in the United Kingdom by Hamish Hamilton in 1981, and in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in the same year
Clear Light of Day
Novel published in 1980 by Indian novelist and three-time Booker Prize finalist Anita Desai
Little, Big
Contemporary fantasy novel by John Crowley, published in 1981. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1982.
In Xanadu
1989 travel book by William Dalrymple.
The Songlines
1987 book written by Bruce Chatwin, combining fiction and non-fiction
The Hunt for Red October
Debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984 by the Naval Institute Press