The Saturday Review Archives The Saturday Review • 61 Years,
2,646 Issues,
86,190 Articles,
131,463pp

Books
The 20 Best Books of 1981
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Reviewed Books and Films
A Flag for Sunrise (1981)Robert Stone
14 Reviews, 4 Readable

Gorky Park (1981)Martin Cruz Smith
10 Reviews, 5 Readable

July's People (1981)Nadine Gordimer
9 Reviews, 3 Readable

Liars in Love (1962)Richard Yates
5 Reviews, 2 Readable

The Men's Club (1981)Leonard Michaels
7 Reviews, 3 Readable

Rabbit Is Rich (1981)John Updike
16 Reviews, 5 Readable

Riddley Walker (1980)Russell Hoban
6 Reviews, 2 Readable

Sixty Stories (1981)Donald Barthelme
7 Reviews, 2 Readable

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981)Raymond Carver
Stories
12 Reviews, 3 Readable

The White Hotel (1981)D.M. Thomas
15 Reviews, 5 Readable