Centennial 100: 1976-1986

Part seven of a Read/Watch/Listen bookmark series by the Heights Matchmakers, celebrating the Heights Libraries’ Centennial decade by decade!

Books:

Roots: The Sage of an American Family by Alex Haley (1976)

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (1977)

Kindred by Octavia Butler (1979)

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (1980)

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (1980)

The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou (1981)

The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982)

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1983)

Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (1984)

The Cider House Rules by John Irving (1985)

Movies:

Taxi Driver (1976)

Annie Hall (1977)

The Deer Hunter (1978)

E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Music:

Ramones by The Ramones (1976)

Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder (1976)

Heroes by David Bowie (1977)

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Purple Rain by Prince (1984)

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