Can anyone recommend a recent novel set in the 1980s? Thanks!

26 Answers

Book of the Month club just added one for April! The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak.

ReneeQuestion author

Thanks!!!

I read a fun YA novel set in the 80s a few months back, it’s called We Are Still Tornadoes. It’s all in letters back and forth between two characters

ReneeQuestion author

Thanks Amy–I’ve been hearing a lot about this book! 🙂

Kathryn

I assume 2012 was too long ago? Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt was so wonderful.

ReneeQuestion author

Yeah, but thanks. Several people have recommended that but we need something more recent! 🙁

Lauren

Definitely Tell The Wolves I’m Home. Great read. Also, The Marriage Plot by Eugenides ( i didn’t finish it) but definitely 80s.

ReneeQuestion author

Great recommends but we need books that were published within the past year or 18 months.

Tiffany

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell;
My Best Friends Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

ReneeQuestion author

Ah–great suggestions. Thank you!!!

Jackie

I loved Eleanor and Park!

Elizabeth

Nice choices…I unfortunately can’t think of any, Renee.

ReneeQuestion author

I know, I was stumped, too!!! 🙂

Hari

My new novel–sorry for the self promotion–How Fast Can You Run is sent in the 80’s. https://www.amazon.com/How-Fast-Can-You-Run/dp/1941861415/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1491239409&sr=8-1

ReneeQuestion author

Thanks for the suggestion and congrats on the book!

ReneeQuestion author

Thanks for all the suggestions!!! Much appreciated!

Lori

Lillian Boxfish takes a Walk.
She is walking New Years Eve 1984 but she reflects on her life as the first woman copywriter for Macy’s. Fiction but based on a real woman. It’s so good.

ReneeQuestion author

I’ve been hearing GREAT things about this. Definitely one to read!!! Thanks!

Kayleigh

I just got an email from Netgalley about a book called White Fur, set in 1980s New York

ReneeQuestion author

Oooh, thanks for the heads up. I’ll do some investigating!

Jill

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

ReneeQuestion author

Great–thanks for the suggestion! 🙂

Cindi

The Remember When series by T. Torrest is one of my favorites. When she referenced Bon Jovi and Aqua Net I was in love!

Jaci

This would be my suggestion! Most of her books have 80s/90s references.

ReneeQuestion author

Ooh, don’t you love it when they hit you with that nostalgia. I’m a sucker for that sort of thing! 🙂

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