Books by Alice

Alice's 1985 bookshelf is a time capsule of literary delights from the neon-lit decade of excess. Browse her 5 favorite reads from that most excellent year:

1985: The Year of the Labyrinthine Novel

Alice's 5 favorite books from 1985:

• "The Power" by Naomi Novik
• "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
• "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
• "The Crying of the Third Marie" by Marcel Proust (in a time-traveling, parallel universe edition)
• "The Metropolis of the Future" by Philip K. Dick (in a alternate timeline)

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