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The Most Popular Books Published in 1985

These are the books most frequently added to Goodreads members' shelved that were published during the year 1985. Books are ordered from most shelved to least shelved. Apparently, dragons were big during that year.
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
2
Orson Scott Card
Love in Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
Love in Time of Cholera
3
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Perfume (Patrick Süskind)
Perfume
4
Patrick Süskind
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
5
Oliver Sacks
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Laura Numeroff)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
6
Laura Numeroff
The Polar Express (Chris Van Allsburg)
The Polar Express
7
Chris Van Allsburg
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
8
Larry McMurtry
The Vampire Lestat (Anne Rice)
The Vampire Lestat
9
Anne Rice
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
10
John Irving
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
11
Cormac McCarthy
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" (Richard P. Feynman)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
12
Richard P. Feynman
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
13
Haruki Murakami
The E-Myth Revisited (Michael E. Gerber)
The E-Myth Revisited
14
Michael E. Gerber
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
15
Stephen King
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
16
Anne Tyler
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
17
Jeanette Winterson
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
18
Bret Easton Ellis
Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
Galapagos
19
Kurt Vonnegut
Sarah, Plain & Tall (Patricia Mac Lachlan)
Sarah, Plain & Tall
20
Patricia Mac Lachlan
If Tomorrow Comes (Sidney Sheldon)
If Tomorrow Comes
21
Sidney Sheldon
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
22
Don Delillo
The Bachman Books (Stephen King)
The Bachman Books
23
Stephen King
When the Bough Breaks (Jonathan Kellerman)
When the Bough Breaks
24
Jonathan Kellerman
The Mammoth Hunters (Jean M. Auel)
The Mammoth Hunters
25
Jean M. Auel
The Wishsong of Shannara (Terry Brooks)
The Wishsong of Shannara
26
Terry Brooks
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Neil Postman)
Amusing Ourselves to Death
27
Neil Postman
B Is for Burglar (Sue Grafton)
B Is for Burglar
28
Sue Grafton
Dragons of Spring Dawning (Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman)
Dragons of Spring Dawning
29
Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman
Here Be Dragons (Sharon Kay Penman)
Here Be Dragons
30
Sharon Kay Penman
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Adrian Conan Doyle)
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
31
Adrian Conan Doyle
Chapterhouse: Dune (Frank Herbert)
Chapterhouse: Dune
32
Frank Herbert
Dragon Ball Volume 1 (Akira Toriyama)
Dragon Ball Volume 1
33
Akira Toriyama
Dragons of Winter Night (Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)
Dragons of Winter Night
34
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Postman (David Brin)
The Postman
35
David Brin
The Very Busy Spider (Eric Carle)
The Very Busy Spider
36
Eric Carle
The Dance of Anger (Lerner)
The Dance of Anger
37
Lerner
Whitney, My Love (Judith McNaught)
Whitney, My Love
38
Judith McNaught
The Door to December (Dean Koontz)
The Door to December
39
Dean Koontz
Talking to Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede)
Talking to Dragons
40
Patricia C. Wrede
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