1985 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1985.

Events

February 25 - Sue Limb's parody of the Lake Poets, The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere, begins broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 in the U.K.

August 11 - A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm, Scotland.

Isaac Asimov – Robots and Empire

Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid's Tale

Jean M. Auel – The Mammoth Hunters

Iain Banks – Walking on Glass

Clive Barker – The Damnation Game

Greg Bear – Blood Music and Eon

M. C. Beaton – Death of a Gossip

Thomas Bernhard – Old Masters: a comedy (Alte Meister: Komödie)

Anthony Burgess – The Kingdom of the Wicked

Orson Scott Card – Ender's Game

Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe's Honour

Don DeLillo – White Noise

Friedrich Dürrenmatt – The Execution of Justice (Justiz)

Bret Easton Ellis – Less Than Zero

John Fowles – A Maggot

Carlos Fuentes – The Old Gringo (Gringo Viejo)

William Gaddis – Carpenter's Gothic

Gabriel García Márquez – Love in the Time of Cholera (El amor en los tiempos del cólera)

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