Because my daughter just turned 21, I talk about the comics I bought during March, 1990, when I was 21. These include Daredevil #280, Legion of Super-Heroes #7, Hawk and Dove #12, New Titans #66, Star Trek #8, Animal Man #23, and L.E.G.I.O.N. ’90 #15.
And the novel I was trying to mention was Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (go read it).