A

• 1987 anthologies (23 P)

C

• 1987 children's books (43 P)

F

• 1987 fiction books (2 C, 5 P)

N

• 1987 non-fiction books (142 P)
• 1987 novels (17 C, 62 P)

P

• 1987 poetry books (7 P)

S

• 1987 short story collections (34 P)

• 1987 in literature

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• List of The New York Times number-one books of 1987

A

• An American Childhood
• Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836–1986
• The Atlas of the Dragonlance World

B

• Balyakala Smaranakal
• Billy and the Boingers Bootleg
• The Body Silent
• The Boozer Challenge
• Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

C

• A Captive Lion
• Carrousel (booklet)
• The Cat Who Came for Christmas
• Communion (book)
• Culture Made Stupid

D

• Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971–1973

E

• The Etymologies (Tolkien)

F

• Far as Human Eye Could See
• Farewell to Reason
• Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood
• The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys

G

• A Game of War
• Grailquest

H

• A Healing House of Prayer

I

• India's Struggle for Independence

J

• Japanese New Interconfessional Translation Bible
• Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In

L

• "Let All of Them Take Heed"
• The Lost Road and Other Writings

M

• Macau, City of Commerce and Culture
• Martin & Meditations on the South Valley
• Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise

N

• Natural Law, or Don't Put a Rubber on Your Willy
• New Century Version
• Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction

R

• Republican Party Reptile
• Role-Playing Mastery

S

• Shades of Grey: Glasgow, 1956–1986
• Stories from the Warm Zone

T

• The Spanish Sleuth
• This Law of Ours and Other Essays
• The Timothy Files

U

• El último virrey
• Uncomfortable Questions for Comfortable Jews

V

• The Vichy Syndrome

W

• Waltzing with a Dictator
• Warhammer 40,000
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• Wilhelm Reich in Hell