1985 in literature

See also: 1984 in literature, other events of 1985, 1986 in literature, list of years in literature.

New books

• The Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler
• The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome - Wayne Kritsberg
• At the Going Down of the Sun - Elizabeth Darrell
• Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
• Blood Music - Greg Bear
• The Cider House Rules - John Irving
• Contact - Carl Sagan
• The Damnation Game - Clive Barker
• Elvis and Gladys - Elaine Dundy
• Elvis and Me - Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
• Eon - Greg Bear
• The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
• If Tomorrow Comes - Sidney Sheldon
• Lake Wobegon Days - Garrison Keillor
• Less Than Zero - Bret Easton Ellis
• Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
• The Mammoth Hunters - Jean M. Auel
• The Nuclear Age - Tim O'Brien
• Rebuilding Coventry - Sue Townsend
• Robots and Empire - Isaac Asimov
• The Secret Life of Saeed - Imil Habibi
• Secrets - Danielle Steel
• Skeleton Crew - Stephen King
• Texas - James A. Michener
• Walking on Glass - Iain Banks