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1981 Books & Bestsellers |
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1981 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Noble House by James Clavell 2. The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving 3. Cujo by Stephen King 4. An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough 5. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith 6. Masquerade by Kit Williams 7. Goodbye, Janette by Harold Robbins 8. The Third Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders 9. The Glitter Dome by Joseph Wambaugh 10. No Time for Tears by Cynthia Freeman |
1981 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. The Beverly Hills Diet by Judy Mazel 2. The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot 3. Richard Simmons’ Never-Say-Diet Book by Richard Simmons 4. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 5. Cosmos by Carl Sagan 6. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by the BH&G Editors 7. Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life by Miss Piggy as told to Henry Beard 8. Weight Watchers 365-Day Menu Cookbook by Jean Nidetch 9. You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen 10. A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney by Andrew A. Rooney |
1981 New York Times Bestsellers |
| Never Say Diet by Richard Simmons The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot The Beverly Hills Diet by Judy Mazel A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein |
1981 Notable Literature |
| The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie The Transfiguration of the Commonplace by Arthur C. Danto The Gate of Heavenly Peace by Jonathan D. Spence Philosophical Explanations by Robert Nozick Brainstorms by Daniel C. Dennett Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis The Political Unconscious by Frederic Jameson |
| 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1981, according to GoodReads |