Baughman, Judith, American Decades: 1980-1989, Gale, March 1996.

This is primarily an outline of events that happened in the United States during the 1980s. The book focuses on the arts, education, government and politics, law, and sports.

Coupland, Douglas, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, St. Martin's Press, October 1992.

This book contains several stories about the culture and attitudes of people born in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sewall, Gilbert, ed., The Eighties: A Reader, Perseus Books, November 1998.

This ultraconservative book covers an array of articles that deal with the politics and culture of the 1980s.

Winter, Gibson, America in Search of Its Soul, Morehouse Publishing Company, November 1996.