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Jul 17, 2025 47 min

The Ultimate 2025 Summer Reading List for ’80s and Gen X Fans

from Stuck in the '80s Podcast Hosted by Steve Spears

Looking for a good '80s book to read this summer? Spearsy and Jen with One N have a handful of suggestions. Also seggies include Spin My Round and TV Party Tonight. Books mentioned this week: "Dearly Beloved: Prince, Spirituality, and This Thing Called Life" By Pamela Ayo Yetunde "The Whyte Python World Tour" by Travis Kennedy "Yearbooks & Yo-Yos: Crushing The 80s" by Steven Manchester "Back from the Future: A Celebration of the Greatest Time Travel Story Ever Told" by Brad Gilmore "I Want My Two Dollars: 20 Cult Classics From the 1980s" by Mike Spring Theme this week: "Back to the '80s" by Rovador on Pixabay.com. Our Sponsors Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas departs Port Canaveral on February 27 with stops in Nassau, Falmouth and Labadee. Artists include: Bret Michaels, Nile Rodgers & Chic, OMD, Billy Ocean, Gary Numan, Berlin, Taylor Dayne, Sugarhill Gang, Quiet Riot, Glass Tiger, Donnie Iris, Los Lobos, Dazz Band, Heaven 17, Men Without Hats, Aldo Nova, Rob Base and Kool Moe Dee. Former MTV veejays Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter and Downtown Julie Brown will be there too. For more information, go to www.the80scruise.com. Our podcast is listener-supported via Patreon. Members get special swag and invitations to patron-only Zoom happy hours with the hosts of the podcast. Find out more at our official Patreon page. The Stuck in the '80s podcast is hosted by creator Steve Spears and Brad Williams. Find out more about the show, celebrating its 19th year in 2024, at sit80s.com.

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