Fiction 1982

Martin Amis - Invasion of the Space Invaders
Isaac Asimov - Foundation's Edge
Jean M. Auel - The Valley of Horses
Lynne Reid Banks - The Indian in the Cupboard
Michael Bishop - Blooded on Arachne
William Boyd - An Ice-Cream War
Arthur C. Clarke - 2010: Odyssey Two
Bernard Cornwell - Sharpe's Company
Aileen Crawley - The Bride of Suleiman
Ken Follett - The Man from St Petersburg
James Fox - White Mischief
John Gardner - For Special Services
Graham Greene -Monsignor Quixote
Gwenyth Hood -The Coming of the Demons
John Jakes - North and South
Thomas Keneally - Schindler's Ark
David Kesterton - The Darkling
Stephen King - Different Seasons/Running Man
W.P. Kinsella - Shoeless Joe
Judith Krantz - Mistral's Daughter
Morgan Llywelyn - The Horse Goddess
Robert Ludlum - The Parsifal Mosaic
Colleen McCullough - An Indecent Obsession
George R. R. Martin - Fevre Dream
James Merrill - The Changing Light at Sandover
James A. Michener - Space
Timothy Mo - Sour Sweet
Chris Mullin - A Very British Coup
Sidney Sheldon - Master of the Game
Elizabeth Smart - The Assumption of Rogues
Danielle Steel - Crossings
Alice Walker - The Color Purple
Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice - Water Witch
Gene Wolfe - The Citadel of the Autarch

New York Times Bestseller list 1982

North and South by John Jakes
The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum
The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer
Different Seasons by Stephen King
Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon
Space by James Michener

1982Tony Awards (theater)

Best Play: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by David Edgar
Outstanding Performance Actor Play: Roger Rees The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Outstanding Performance Actress Play: Zoe Caldwell Medea
Outstanding Performance Featured Actor Play: Zakes Mokae Master Harold and the Boys
Outstanding Performance Featured Actress Play: Amanda Plummer Agnes of God
Best Director Dramatic Play: Trevor Nunn & John Caird The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Comedy 1982

Best Comedy Recording: Live on the Sunset Strip, Richard Pryor

Literary News 1982

Nobel Prize for Literature: Gabriel García Márquez

Hugo Award for Best Novel: Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh

Nebula Award for Best Novel: Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time

Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Charles Fuller, A Soldier's Play
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: John Updike - Rabbit Is Rich

Non Fiction 1982

Irving Abella and Harold Troper - None is Too Many.
Carol Gilligan - In a Different Voice.
Edward James - The Origins of France: Clovis to the Capetians 500-1000.
Gary Kinder - Victim: The Other Side of Murder.
Audre Lorde - Zami: A New Spelling of My Name.
John Naisbitt - Megatrends.
Tom Peters - In Search of Excellence.
Margaret Trudeau - Consequences.