Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1980s

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Orthe #1

Golden Witchbreed

Mary Gentle

Science Fiction

1983

9/10 2 ratings

The Starfishers Trilogy #3

Stars' End

Glen Cook

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1982

9/10 2 ratings

The Starfishers Trilogy #2

Starfishers

Glen Cook

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1982

9/10 2 ratings

The Starfishers Trilogy #1

Shadowline

Glen Cook

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1982

9/10 2 ratings

Timegod's World #1

The Timegod

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Science Fiction

1982

8/10 1 ratings

The Affirmation

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction

1981

9/10 2 ratings

Seven American Nights

Gene Wolfe

Science Fiction

1989

9/10 1 ratings

Stinger

Robert R. McCammon

Horror · Science Fiction

1988

9/10 1 ratings

Robotech #9

The Final Nightmare

Jack McKinney

Science Fiction

1987

9/10 1 ratings

Robotech #6

Doomsday

Jack McKinney

Science Fiction

1987

9/10 1 ratings

Robotech #3

Homecoming

Jack McKinney

Science Fiction

1987

9/10 1 ratings

The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky

John Barnes

Science Fiction

1987

The Diadem Saga #9

Quester's Endgame

Jo Clayton

Science Fiction

1986

Eye

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

9/10 1 ratings

War Day

Whitley Strieber, James Kunetka

Science Fiction

1984

9/10 1 ratings

Frontera

Lewis Shiner

Science Fiction

1984

9/10 1 ratings

Galactic Center #2

Across the Sea of Suns

Gregory Benford

Science Fiction

1984

9/10 1 ratings

A World Called Solitude

Stephen Goldin

Science Fiction

1981

9/10 1 ratings

Vorkosigan

Brothers in Arms

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Space Opera

January 1989

8.9/10 17 ratings

Uplift #3

The Uplift War

David Brin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1987

8.9/10 7 ratings

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #2

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

8.8/10 6 ratings

Armor

John Steakley

Science Fiction

1984

8.8/10 6 ratings

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

8.8/10 5 ratings

Vorkosigan

Borders of Infinity

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

October 1989

8.7/10 13 ratings

Always Coming Home

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction

1985

8.8/10 4 ratings

Vorkosigan (omnibus editions)

Test of Honor

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Space Opera · Collection

1987

8.7/10 3 ratings

The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick #1

Beyond Lies the Wub

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

10/10 1 ratings

Songs the Dead Men Sing

George R. R. Martin

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983

8/10 2 ratings

Vorkosigan

The Warrior's Apprentice

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Space Opera

August 1986

8.5/10 16 ratings

The Chanur Novels #1

The Pride of Chanur

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1982

8.5/10 4 ratings

Alex Benedict #1

A Talent for War

Jack McDevitt

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1989

8.5/10 2 ratings

The Forge of God #1

The Forge of God

Greg Bear

Science Fiction

1987

8.5/10 2 ratings

The Alliance-Union Universe

Cuckoo's Egg

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1985

8.5/10 2 ratings

Solar Cycle

The Urth of the New Sun

Gene Wolfe

Science Fiction

1987

8.3/10 6 ratings

The Chanur Novels #4

Chanur's Homecoming

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1987

8.3/10 3 ratings

Liaden Universe #1

Agent of Change

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1988

8.3/10 8 ratings