What books came out in 1980?

Answer 1

Two that spring to mind are 'Rites Of Passage' by William Golding, which won The Booker Prize that year, and Russell Hoban's anti-nuclear sci-fi novel 'Riddley Walker', set in post-Holocaust Southern England over 2000 years hence.

Others include 'The Panda's Thumb', a series of natural history essays focusing on evolution, by the biologist Stephen Jay Gould;

The Alternative Service Book, published by the Church of England for those within the Church who do not favour the strict formality of the Eucharist;

The famous children's picture book 'The Ant & The Elephant' by Bill Peet;

The English language reference book 'Practical English Usage' by Michael Swan, intended as a guide for foreigners learning to speak English;

The children's story book 'The Old Man of Lochnagar' , written by Prince Charles;

'Camera Lucida' by French philosopher Roland Barthes, in which he examines the philosophical aspects of Photography (it was his last work- Barthes was run over by a lorry later that year)

Several science-fiction works came out in 1980, including 'Expanded Universe' by Robert A. Heinlein, and 'The Venus Hunters' by J.G.Ballard.

For a full (though not complete) list of titles that were published in 1980, refer to Wikipedia- look up '1980 books'. The site enables youto click on individual titles to find out more about them.

Answer 2

Some books that were published in 1980 include "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum, "The Covenant" by James A. Michener, "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole, and "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco.