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Ready Player One: Bestselling Books 1980-1989

Fiction Bestsellers

10) Stephen King's It (1986)     
9) Tom Clancy'sRed Storm Rising (1986)
8) James A. Michener'sTexas (1985)
7) Tom Clancy'sThe Cardinal of the Kremlin(1988)
6) Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon Days(1985)
5) Danielle Steel's Daddy(1989)
4) Jean M. Auel's The Mammoth Hunters (1985)
3) Stephen King's The Tommyknockers(1987)
2) Stephen King's The Dark Half (1989)
1) Tom Clancy'sClear and Present Danger(1989)
   

Publishers Weekly. (n.d.). Top 25: Top best sellers of the 1980s. Deseret News. Retrieved from http://www.deseretnews.com/article/79390/TOP-25--TOP-25-BEST-SELLERS-OF-THE-1980S.html?pg=all

Non-Fiction Bestsellers

10) Gen. Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos's Yeager, An Autobiography(1985)     
9) Stephen W. Hawking's A Brief History of Time(1988)
8) Jeff Smith's The Frugal Gourmet(1985)
7) Jane Fonda'sWorkout Book(1981)
6) Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten(1988)

5) Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr.'s

In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies(1982)

4) Harvey and Marilyn Diamond's Fit for Life (1985)
3) Robert e. Kowalski's The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure (1987)
2) Bill Cosby'sFatherhood(1986)
1) Lee Iacocca with William Novak's Iacocca: An Autobiography(1984)

Publishers Weekly. (n.d.). Top 25: Top best sellers of the 1980s.Deseret News. Retrieved from http://www.deseretnews.com/article/79390/TOP-25--TOP-25-BEST-SELLERS-OF-THE-1980S.html?pg=all