1980 in literature

See also: 1979 in literature, other events of 1980, 1981 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• Company - Samuel Beckett
• The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
• A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
• Cosmos - Carl Sagan
• The Covenant - James A. Michener
• The Cradle Will Fall - Mary Higgins Clark
• Crossroads Marseilles 1940 - Mary Jayne Gold
• The Devil's Alternative - Frederick Forsyth
• The Fifth Horseman - Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
• Firestarter - Stephen King
• The Girl in a Swing - Richard Adams
• In Loon Lake - E. L. Doctorow
• The Invasion of Canada - Pierre Berton
• The Iron Wolf and Other Stories - Richard Adams
• Joshua Then and Now - Mordecai Richler
• The Key to Rebecca - Ken Follett
• The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
• Princess Daisy - Judith Krantz
• Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon
• Random Winds - Belva Plain
• A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle
• Smiley's People - John le Carré
• Song of the Wild - Allan W. Eckert
• The Third Wave - Alvin Toffler
• Thy Neighbor's Wife - Gay Talese
• War of the Roses - Warren Adler