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'''1986''' ('''MCMLXXXVI''') was a [[common year]] starting on [[Wednesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
== Births ==
* [[January 24]] – [[Mischa Barton]], English-born American actress
* [[January 24]] – [[Ricky Ullman]], Israeli-born American actor
* [[February 1]] – [[Johan Vonlanthen]], Swiss footballer
* [[February 19]] – [[Maria Mena]], Norwegian singer
* [[February 21]] – [[Charlotte Church]], Welsh soprano
* [[March 1]] – [[Jonathan Spector]], American footballer
* [[March 9]] – [[Brittany Snow]], American actress
* [[March 14]] – [[Jamie Bell]], English actor
* [[March 28]] – [[Lady Gaga]], American singer
* [[April 3]] – [[Amanda Bynes]], American actress and variety show host
* [[May 13]] – [[Robert Pattinson]], Actor, Singer & Model
* [[June 3]] – [[Rafael Nadal]], Spanish tennis player
* [[June 10]] – [[Joseph Paul Zimmerman|Joey Zimmerman]], American actor
* [[June 11]] – [[Shia LaBeouf]], American actor
* [[June 13]] – [[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen]], American actresses and entrepreneurs
* [[June 24]] – [[Solange Knowles]], American actress and singer
* [[June 25]] – [[Aya Matsuura]], Japanese singer
* [[June 27]] – [[Drake Bell]], American actor
* [[July 2]] – [[Lindsay Lohan]], American actress
* [[July 4]] – [[Shane Kippel]], Canadian actor
* [[August 16]] – [[Shawn Pyfrom]], American actor
* [[September 9]] – [[Michael J. Sox]], German singer
* [[September 12]] – [[Emmy Rossum]], American actress and singer
* [[October 31]] – [[Christie Hayes]], Australian actress
* [[November 2]] – [[Lara Sacher]], Australian actress
* [[November 3]] – [[Jasmine Trias]], American singer
* [[November 5]] – [[BoA]], Korean singer
* [[November 17]] – [[Nani]], Portuguese footballer
* [[November 25]] – [[Amber Hagerman]], American murder victim (d. [[1996]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Tom Huddlestone]], English football player
* [[December 30]] – [[Ellie Goulding]], British singer
== Deaths ==
* [[January 1]] – [[Alfredo Binda]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 8]] – [[Pierre Fournier]], French cellist (b. [[1906]])
* [[January 14]] – [[Donna Reed]], American actress (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 24]] – [[L. Ron Hubbard]], American fiction writer and founder of [[Scientology]] (b. [[1911]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Gordon MacRae]], American actor, singer (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Vincente Minnelli]], American director (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Lilli Palmer]], actress (b. [[1914]])
* [[January 28]] – Crew of [[Space Shuttle Challenger]]: [[Dick Scobee|Francis R. Scobee]], [[Michael J. Smith]], [[Judith Resnik]], [[Ellison Onizuka]], [[Ronald McNair]], [[Greg Jarvis]], [[Christa McAuliffe]].
* [[February 11]] – [[Frank Herbert]], American science fiction writer (b. [[1920]])
* [[February 27]] – [[Jacques Plante]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1929]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Olof Palme]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (b. [[1927]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Georgia O'Keeffe]], American artist (b. [[1887]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Ray Milland]], Welsh actor (b. [[1907]])
* [[March 30]] – [[James Cagney]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Simone de Beauvoir]], French writer and intellectual (b. [[1908]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Wallis Simpson]], wife of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. [[1896]])
* [[1914]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Jorge Luis Borges]], Argentine writer (b. [[1899]])
* [[August 31]] – [[Urho Kekkonen]], President of Finland (b. [[1900]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Samora Machel]], President of [[Mozambique]] (b. [[1933]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], Soviet politician (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Russian movie director (b. [[1932]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Harold Macmillan]], Prime Minister of the [[UK]] (b. [[1894]])
== Events ==
* [[January 1]] – [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] enter the [[European Community]]
* [[January 1]] – [[Aruba]] gains increased autonomy from the [[Netherlands]] and is separated from the [[Netherlands Antilles]].
* [[January 9]] – After losing a patent battle with [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]], [[Kodak]] leaves the instant camera business.
* [[January 12]] – [[Space Shuttle Columbia]] is launched with the first [[Hispanic-American]] astronaut, Dr. [[Franklin R. Chang-Diaz]].
* [[January 20]] – The [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] announce plans to construct the [[Channel Tunnel]].
* [[January 20]] – The first federal [[Martin Luther King Day]], honoring [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
* [[January 24]] – [[Voyager 2]] space probe makes first encounter with [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]
* [[January 28]] – [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] [[STS-51-L|disintegrates 73 seconds after launch]], killing all seven astronauts on board.
* [[January 29]] – [[Yoweri Kaguta Museveni]] became President of the Republic of [[Uganda]] after leading a successful [[1981|five-year]] liberation struggle.
* [[February 25]] – [[Corazon Aquino]] becomes [[President]] of the [[Philippines]].
* [[February 28]] – [[Sweden]]'s [[Prime Minister]] [[Olof Palme]] is assassinated.
* [[April 21]] – [[Geraldo Rivera]] opens [[Al Capone]]'s vault on live [[television]] and finds nothing.
* [[April 26]] – An explosion occurs at a nuclear reactor in [[Chernobyl]].
* [[August 21]] – A leak of volcanic gases at Lake Nyos in [[Cameroon]] kills many people nearby as they sleep.
* [[October 11]] – [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] hold a meeting in [[Iceland]].
* [[October 19]] – [[Mozambique]]'s President [[Samora Machel]] dies in a plane crash.
* [[Bubble Bobble]] is created, a video game popular world-wide
== Movies released ==
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* ''[[Top Gun]]''
* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''
* ''[[Stand by Me]]''
* ''[[Back to School]]''
* ''[[Aliens]]''
* ''[[Three Amigos]]''
* ''[[Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation]]''
* ''[[Club Paradise]]''
* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony: The Movie]]''
* ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]''
* ''[[16 Candles]]''
* ''[[An American Tail]]''
== Hit songs ==
* "Stimulation – Wa Wa Nee
* "You're The Voice" – John Farnham #1
* "No Lies" – Noiseworks
* "Funkytown" – Psudeo Echo #1
* "Throw Your Arms Around Me" – Hunters + Collectors
* "(There's Gonna Be) A Showdown – The Johnnys
* "Walk Like An Egyptian" – [[The Bangles]]
* "Livin' On A Prayer"- [[Bon Jovi]]
* "[[The Final Countdown (song)|The Final Countdown]]" – [[Europe (band)|Europe]]
* "French Kissin' In The USA" – [[Debbie Harry]]
* "True Colors" – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
* "Hip To Be Square" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
* "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" – [[Iggy Pop]]
* "Hymn To Her" – [[The Pretenders]]
* "War" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "Breakout" – [[Swing Out Sister]]
* "I Want To Wake Up With You" – [[Boris Gardiner]]
* "Two Of Hearts" – [[Stacey Q]]
* "Whole Of The Moon" – [[Waterboys]]
* "[[Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
* "Glory Of Love" – [[Peter Cetera]]
* "The Next Time I Fall" – [[Peter Cetera]]
* "You Give Love A Bad Name" – [[Bon Jovi]]
* "Move Away" – [[Culture Club]]
* "That's What Friends Are For" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
* "Hey, You!" – [[Glen Milstead|Divine]]
* "Little Baby" – [[Glen Milstead|Divine]]
* "Sara" – [[Starship]]
* "Parce que je ne t'aime plus" – [[Dalida]]
* "Le sixième jour" – [[Dalida]]
* "Addicted To Love" – [[Robert Palmer (British singer)|Robert Palmer]]
* "Stuck With You" – [[Huey Lewis & the News]]
* "How Will I Know" – [[Whitney Houston]]
* "When I Think of You" – [[Janet Jackson]]
* "West End Girls" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
* "Live to Tell" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
* "Holding Back The Years" – [[Simply Red]]
* "Stay For Awhile" – [[Amy Grant]]
* "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
* "Rock Me Amadeus" – [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]
* "On My Own" – [[Patti Labelle]] & [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]
* "[[Notorious (single)|Notorious]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
* "Sometimes" – [[Erasure]]
* "Kyrie" – [[Mr. Mister]]
* "That Was Then, This Is Now" – [[The Monkees]]
* "Kiss" – [[Prince (artist)|Prince]]
* "The Greatest Love of All" – [[Whitney Houston]]
* "Manic Monday" – [[The Bangles]]
* "Locked In" – [[Judas Priest]]
* "Turbo Lover" – [[Judas Priest]]
* "Love Walks In" – [[Van Halen]]
* "Sledgehammer" – [[Peter Gabriel]]
* "Invisible Touch" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
* "Living In America" – [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]]
* "Lady In Red" – [[Chris de Burgh]]
* "Holding Out For A Hero" – [[Bonnie Tyler]]
* "My Hometown" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "[[Venus (Bananarama song)|Venus]]" – [[Bananarama]]
== New books ==
* ''[[Extinction (book)|Extinction]]'' – [[Thomas Bernhard]]
* ''[[The Bourne Supremacy]]'' – [[Robert Ludlum]]
* ''[[The Bridge (Iain Banks)|The Bridge]]'' – [[Iain Banks]]
* ''[[Cadillac Desert]]'' – [[Marc Reisner]]
* ''[[The Fence Post Chronicles]]'' – [[W.P. Kinsella]]
* ''[[The Fisher King (movie)|The Fisher King]]'' – [[Anthony Powell]]
* ''[[Ghost (novel)|Ghost]]'' – [[Piers Anthony]]
* ''[[The Golden Cup]]'' – [[Belva Plain]]
* ''[[Hollywood Husbands]]'' – [[Jackie Collins]]
* ''[[I'll Take Manhattan]]'' – [[Judith Krantz]]
* ''[[In the Hollow of His Hand]]'' – [[James Purdy]]
* ''[[It (novel)|It]]'' – [[Stephen King]]
* ''[[Kara Kush]]'' – [[Idries Shah]]
* ''[[Kate Vaiden]]'' – [[Reynolds Price]]
* ''[[Last of the Breed]]'' – [[Louis L'Amour]]
* ''[[Leo Africanus (novel)|Leo Africanus]]'' – [[Amin Maalouf]]
* ''[[The Light Fantastic]]'' – [[Terry Pratchett]]
* ''[[Love You Forever]]'' – [[Robert Munsch]]
* ''[[A Matter of Honour]]'' – [[Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare|Jeffrey Archer]]
* ''[[The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America]]'' – [[Martin Amis]]
* ''[[Nobody Lives For Ever]]'' – [[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]]
* ''[[The Old Devils]]'' – [[Kingsley Amis]]
* ''[[A Perfect Spy]]'' – [[John le Carré]]
* ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' – [[Pat Conroy]]
* ''[[Red Storm Rising]]'' – [[Tom Clancy]]
* ''[[Speaker for the Dead]]'' – [[Orson Scott Card]]
* ''[[Sportswriter (book)|Sportswriter]]'' – [[Richard Ford]]
* ''[[Tourist Season]]'' – [[Carl Hiaasen]]
* ''[[Wanderlust (book)|Wanderlust]]'' – [[Danielle Steel]]
* ''[[Whirlwind (book)|Whirlwind]]'' – [[James Clavell]]
* ''[[The Wizards and the Warriors]]'' – [[Hugh Cook (science fiction writer)|Hugh Cook]]
{{Commonscat|1986}}
[[Category:1986|
'''1986''' ('''MCMLXXXVI''') was a [[common year]] starting on [[Wednesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
== Births ==
* [[January 24]] – [[Mischa Barton]], English-born American actress
* [[January 24]] – [[Ricky Ullman]], Israeli-born American actor
* [[February 1]] – [[Johan Vonlanthen]], Swiss footballer
* [[February 19]] – [[Maria Mena]], Norwegian singer
* [[February 21]] – [[Charlotte Church]], Welsh soprano
* [[March 1]] – [[Jonathan Spector]], American footballer
* [[March 9]] – [[Brittany Snow]], American actress
* [[March 14]] – [[Jamie Bell]], English actor
* [[March 28]] – [[Lady Gaga]], American singer
* [[April 3]] – [[Amanda Bynes]], American actress and variety show host
* [[May 13]] – [[Robert Pattinson]], Actor, Singer & Model
* [[June 3]] – [[Rafael Nadal]], Spanish tennis player
* [[June 10]] – [[Joseph Paul Zimmerman|Joey Zimmerman]], American actor
* [[June 11]] – [[Shia LaBeouf]], American actor
* [[June 13]] – [[Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen]], American actresses and entrepreneurs
* [[June 24]] – [[Solange Knowles]], American actress and singer
* [[June 25]] – [[Aya Matsuura]], Japanese singer
* [[June 27]] – [[Drake Bell]], American actor
* [[July 2]] – [[Lindsay Lohan]], American actress
* [[July 4]] – [[Shane Kippel]], Canadian actor
* [[August 16]] – [[Shawn Pyfrom]], American actor
* [[September 9]] – [[Michael J. Sox]], German singer
* [[September 12]] – [[Emmy Rossum]], American actress and singer
* [[October 31]] – [[Christie Hayes]], Australian actress
* [[November 2]] – [[Lara Sacher]], Australian actress
* [[November 3]] – [[Jasmine Trias]], American singer
* [[November 5]] – [[BoA]], Korean singer
* [[November 17]] – [[Nani]], Portuguese footballer
* [[November 25]] – [[Amber Hagerman]], American murder victim (d. [[1996]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Tom Huddlestone]], English football player
* [[December 30]] – [[Ellie Goulding]], British singer
== Deaths ==
* [[January 1]] – [[Alfredo Binda]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 8]] – [[Pierre Fournier]], French cellist (b. [[1906]])
* [[January 14]] – [[Donna Reed]], American actress (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 24]] – [[L. Ron Hubbard]], American fiction writer and founder of [[Scientology]] (b. [[1911]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Gordon MacRae]], American actor, singer (b. [[1921]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Vincente Minnelli]], American director (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Lilli Palmer]], actress (b. [[1914]])
* [[January 28]] – Crew of [[Space Shuttle Challenger]]: [[Dick Scobee|Francis R. Scobee]], [[Michael J. Smith]], [[Judith Resnik]], [[Ellison Onizuka]], [[Ronald McNair]], [[Greg Jarvis]], [[Christa McAuliffe]].
* [[February 11]] – [[Frank Herbert]], American science fiction writer (b. [[1920]])
* [[February 27]] – [[Jacques Plante]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1929]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Olof Palme]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (b. [[1927]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Georgia O'Keeffe]], American artist (b. [[1887]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Ray Milland]], Welsh actor (b. [[1907]])
* [[March 30]] – [[James Cagney]], American actor (b. [[1899]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Simone de Beauvoir]], French writer and intellectual (b. [[1908]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Wallis Simpson]], wife of King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. [[1896]])
* [[1914]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Jorge Luis Borges]], Argentine writer (b. [[1899]])
* [[August 31]] – [[Urho Kekkonen]], President of Finland (b. [[1900]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Samora Machel]], President of [[Mozambique]] (b. [[1933]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], Soviet politician (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Russian movie director (b. [[1932]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Harold Macmillan]], Prime Minister of the [[UK]] (b. [[1894]])
== Events ==
* [[January 1]] – [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] enter the [[European Community]]
* [[January 1]] – [[Aruba]] gains increased autonomy from the [[Netherlands]] and is separated from the [[Netherlands Antilles]].
* [[January 9]] – After losing a patent battle with [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]], [[Kodak]] leaves the instant camera business.
* [[January 12]] – [[Space Shuttle Columbia]] is launched with the first [[Hispanic-American]] astronaut, Dr. [[Franklin R. Chang-Diaz]].
* [[January 20]] – The [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] announce plans to construct the [[Channel Tunnel]].
* [[January 20]] – The first federal [[Martin Luther King Day]], honoring [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
* [[January 24]] – [[Voyager 2]] space probe makes first encounter with [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]
* [[January 28]] – [[Space Shuttle Challenger]] [[STS-51-L|disintegrates 73 seconds after launch]], killing all seven astronauts on board.
* [[January 29]] – [[Yoweri Kaguta Museveni]] became President of the Republic of [[Uganda]] after leading a successful [[1981|five-year]] liberation struggle.
* [[February 25]] – [[Corazon Aquino]] becomes [[President]] of the [[Philippines]].
* [[February 28]] – [[Sweden]]'s [[Prime Minister]] [[Olof Palme]] is assassinated.
* [[April 21]] – [[Geraldo Rivera]] opens [[Al Capone]]'s vault on live [[television]] and finds nothing.
* [[April 26]] – An explosion occurs at a nuclear reactor in [[Chernobyl]].
* [[August 21]] – A leak of volcanic gases at Lake Nyos in [[Cameroon]] kills many people nearby as they sleep.
* [[October 11]] – [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] hold a meeting in [[Iceland]].
* [[October 19]] – [[Mozambique]]'s President [[Samora Machel]] dies in a plane crash.
* [[Bubble Bobble]] is created, a video game popular world-wide
== Movies released ==
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* ''[[Top Gun]]''
* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''
* ''[[Stand by Me]]''
* ''[[Back to School]]''
* ''[[Aliens]]''
* ''[[Three Amigos]]''
* ''[[Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation]]''
* ''[[Club Paradise]]''
* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony: The Movie]]''
* ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]''
* ''[[16 Candles]]''
* ''[[An American Tail]]''
== Hit songs ==
* "Stimulation – Wa Wa Nee
* "You're The Voice" – John Farnham #1
* "No Lies" – Noiseworks
* "Funkytown" – Psudeo Echo #1
* "Throw Your Arms Around Me" – Hunters + Collectors
* "(There's Gonna Be) A Showdown – The Johnnys
* "Walk Like An Egyptian" – [[The Bangles]]
* "Livin' On A Prayer"- [[Bon Jovi]]
* "[[The Final Countdown (song)|The Final Countdown]]" – [[Europe (band)|Europe]]
* "French Kissin' In The USA" – [[Debbie Harry]]
* "True Colors" – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
* "Hip To Be Square" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
* "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" – [[Iggy Pop]]
* "Hymn To Her" – [[The Pretenders]]
* "War" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "Breakout" – [[Swing Out Sister]]
* "I Want To Wake Up With You" – [[Boris Gardiner]]
* "Two Of Hearts" – [[Stacey Q]]
* "Whole Of The Moon" – [[Waterboys]]
* "[[Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
* "Glory Of Love" – [[Peter Cetera]]
* "The Next Time I Fall" – [[Peter Cetera]]
* "You Give Love A Bad Name" – [[Bon Jovi]]
* "Move Away" – [[Culture Club]]
* "That's What Friends Are For" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
* "Hey, You!" – [[Glen Milstead|Divine]]
* "Little Baby" – [[Glen Milstead|Divine]]
* "Sara" – [[Starship]]
* "Parce que je ne t'aime plus" – [[Dalida]]
* "Le sixième jour" – [[Dalida]]
* "Addicted To Love" – [[Robert Palmer (British singer)|Robert Palmer]]
* "Stuck With You" – [[Huey Lewis & the News]]
* "How Will I Know" – [[Whitney Houston]]
* "When I Think of You" – [[Janet Jackson]]
* "West End Girls" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
* "Live to Tell" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
* "Holding Back The Years" – [[Simply Red]]
* "Stay For Awhile" – [[Amy Grant]]
* "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" – [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
* "Rock Me Amadeus" – [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]
* "On My Own" – [[Patti Labelle]] & [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]
* "[[Notorious (single)|Notorious]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
* "Sometimes" – [[Erasure]]
* "Kyrie" – [[Mr. Mister]]
* "That Was Then, This Is Now" – [[The Monkees]]
* "Kiss" – [[Prince (artist)|Prince]]
* "The Greatest Love of All" – [[Whitney Houston]]
* "Manic Monday" – [[The Bangles]]
* "Locked In" – [[Judas Priest]]
* "Turbo Lover" – [[Judas Priest]]
* "Love Walks In" – [[Van Halen]]
* "Sledgehammer" – [[Peter Gabriel]]
* "Invisible Touch" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
* "Living In America" – [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]]
* "Lady In Red" – [[Chris de Burgh]]
* "Holding Out For A Hero" – [[Bonnie Tyler]]
* "My Hometown" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "[[Venus (Bananarama song)|Venus]]" – [[Bananarama]]
== New books ==
* ''[[Extinction (book)|Extinction]]'' – [[Thomas Bernhard]]
* ''[[The Bourne Supremacy]]'' – [[Robert Ludlum]]
* ''[[The Bridge (Iain Banks)|The Bridge]]'' – [[Iain Banks]]
* ''[[Cadillac Desert]]'' – [[Marc Reisner]]
* ''[[The Fence Post Chronicles]]'' – [[W.P. Kinsella]]
* ''[[The Fisher King (movie)|The Fisher King]]'' – [[Anthony Powell]]
* ''[[Ghost (novel)|Ghost]]'' – [[Piers Anthony]]
* ''[[The Golden Cup]]'' – [[Belva Plain]]
* ''[[Hollywood Husbands]]'' – [[Jackie Collins]]
* ''[[I'll Take Manhattan]]'' – [[Judith Krantz]]
* ''[[In the Hollow of His Hand]]'' – [[James Purdy]]
* ''[[It (novel)|It]]'' – [[Stephen King]]
* ''[[Kara Kush]]'' – [[Idries Shah]]
* ''[[Kate Vaiden]]'' – [[Reynolds Price]]
* ''[[Last of the Breed]]'' – [[Louis L'Amour]]
* ''[[Leo Africanus (novel)|Leo Africanus]]'' – [[Amin Maalouf]]
* ''[[The Light Fantastic]]'' – [[Terry Pratchett]]
* ''[[Love You Forever]]'' – [[Robert Munsch]]
* ''[[A Matter of Honour]]'' – [[Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare|Jeffrey Archer]]
* ''[[The Moronic Inferno and Other Visits to America]]'' – [[Martin Amis]]
* ''[[Nobody Lives For Ever]]'' – [[John Gardner (thriller writer)|John Gardner]]
* ''[[The Old Devils]]'' – [[Kingsley Amis]]
* ''[[A Perfect Spy]]'' – [[John le Carré]]
* ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' – [[Pat Conroy]]
* ''[[Red Storm Rising]]'' – [[Tom Clancy]]
* ''[[Speaker for the Dead]]'' – [[Orson Scott Card]]
* ''[[Sportswriter (book)|Sportswriter]]'' – [[Richard Ford]]
* ''[[Tourist Season]]'' – [[Carl Hiaasen]]
* ''[[Wanderlust (book)|Wanderlust]]'' – [[Danielle Steel]]
* ''[[Whirlwind (book)|Whirlwind]]'' – [[James Clavell]]
* ''[[The Wizards and the Warriors]]'' – [[Hugh Cook (science fiction writer)|Hugh Cook]]
{{Commonscat|1986}}
[[Category:1986|