The ninth installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly:
* 1980
The Covenant, James A. Michener
* 1981
Noble House, James Clavell
* 1982
E.T., William Kotzwinkle
* 1983
Return of the Jedi Storybook, Joan D. Vinge
* 1984
The Talisman, Stephen King and Peter Straub
* 1985
The Mammoth Hunters, Jean M. Auel
* 1986
It, Stephen King
* 1987
The Tommyknockers, Stephen King
* 1988
The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Tom Clancy
* 1989
Clear and Present Danger, Tom Clancy
Wow, Stephen King, Tom Clancy, & Jean Auel still make the Best Seller List with any new book!