Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1930s

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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1932

7.5/10 111 ratings

War with the Newts

Karel Capek

Science Fiction · Translation

1937

7.1/10 25 ratings

Barsoom #8

Swords of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1936

6.7/10 22 ratings

Space Trilogy #1

Out of the Silent Planet

C. S. Lewis

Science Fiction

1938

7.0/10 33 ratings

Barsoom #7

A Fighting Man of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1931

6.6/10 24 ratings

Pellucidar #4

Tarzan at the Earth's Core

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1930

6.7/10 19 ratings

Tarzan #18

Tarzan and the Lion Man

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1934

5.6/10 19 ratings

The Death Guard

Philip George Chadwick

Science Fiction

1939

10/10 1 ratings

The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1938

8.7/10 9 ratings

The Outsider and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1939

8.7/10 3 ratings

The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1936

8.1/10 7 ratings

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction

1935

7.3/10 3 ratings

Star Maker

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1937

7/10 1 ratings

Black August

Dennis Wheatley

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1934

7/10 1 ratings

Venus #2

Lost on Venus

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1935

6.4/10 9 ratings

Last and First Men

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1930

6.2/10 12 ratings

Swastika Night

Katharine Burdekin

Science Fiction

1937

6/10 1 ratings

Odd John

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1935

6/10 1 ratings

King Kong

Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper, Delos W. Lovelace

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1932

4.7/10 7 ratings

Pellucidar #3

Tanar of Pellucidar

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1930

5.9/10 12 ratings

Venus #1

Pirates of Venus

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1934

5.6/10 7 ratings

Anthem

Ayn Rand

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1938

5/10 3 ratings

Venus #3

Carson of Venus

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1939

5.1/10 8 ratings

Star-Begotten

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction

1937

2/10 1 ratings

The Hopkins Manuscript

R.C. Sherriff

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1939

8/10 1 ratings

Sinister Barrier

Eric Frank Russell

Science Fiction

1939

The Edge of Running Water

William Sloane

Horror · Science Fiction

1939

After Many a Summer Dies the Swan

Aldous Huxley

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1939

Walter Goodwin

The Conquest of the Moon Pool

A. Merritt

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1939

The Fortress of Utopia

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1939

After World's End

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1939

3/10 1 ratings

Legion of Space #3

One Against the Legion

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1939

The Legion of Time

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1938

To Walk the Night

William Sloane

Horror · Science Fiction

1937

The Lake of Life

Edmond Hamilton

Science Fiction

1937

The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1937