Booklist Queen's 2022 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Set in the 1980s
Let's go back a few decades and read a book set in the 1980s. Yes, the 1980s counts as historical fiction! Or if that makes you feel too old, go back and read some contemporary fiction from the 1980s. 
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sea-change by Jessica Streeting, Stephen Fry

sea-change

Jessica Streeting, Stephen Fry

153 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda

Roald Dahl

256 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy middle grade funny lighthearted fast-paced
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Daisy Darker

Alice Feeney

338 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller

The Paper Palace

Miranda Cowley Heller

389 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

Lost in a Good Book

Thursday Next #2

Jasper Fforde

384 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction fantasy mystery adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

If You Tell

Gregg Olsen

428 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
Summer of '85 by Chris Morrow, Charlamagne Tha God

Summer of '85

Chris Morrow, Charlamagne Tha God

4 hours, 47 minutes • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction historical emotional informative reflective fast-paced
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

4 hours, 16 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
It by Stephen King

It

Stephen King

1120 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend's Exorcism

Grady Hendrix

332 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark funny tense medium-paced