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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The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

Susan Jane Gilman

505 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
This is Gonna End in Tears by Liza Klaussman

This is Gonna End in Tears

Liza Klaussman

358 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction emotional lighthearted slow-paced
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Kathleen Rooney

8 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical reflective medium-paced
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

More Than You'll Ever Know

Katie Gutierrez

13 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Round House

Louise Erdrich

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical literary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced
O Is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton

O Is for Outlaw

Kinsey Millhone #15

Sue Grafton

11 hours • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

We Ride Upon Sticks

Quan Barry

14 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction magical realism adventurous dark funny medium-paced
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Séamas O'Reilly

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?

Séamas O'Reilly

231 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess

The Last Book Party

Karen Dukess

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan

Paper Girls, Vol. 3

Paper Girls #11-15

Brian K. Vaughan

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction comics lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous lighthearted fast-paced