Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1940s

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1984

George Orwell

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Social Science Fiction

1949

8.1/10 202 ratings

The Lurker at the Threshold

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1945

7.9/10 33 ratings

Barsoom #9

Synthetic Men of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1940

6.9/10 21 ratings

Barsoom #10

Llana of Gathol

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

6.1/10 17 ratings

Space Trilogy #2

Perelandra

C. S. Lewis

Science Fiction

1943

6.2/10 25 ratings

Space Trilogy #3

That Hideous Strength

C. S. Lewis

Science Fiction

1945

6.0/10 21 ratings

Beyond This Horizon

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1948

5.4/10 19 ratings

Sixth Column

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1949

5.6/10 22 ratings

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1943

10/10 2 ratings

Null-A #1

The World of Null-A

A. E. van Vogt

Science Fiction

1948

10/10 1 ratings

The Shade of Time

David Duncan

Science Fiction · Thriller

1946

10/10 1 ratings

Slan

A. E. van Vogt

Science Fiction

1946

10/10 1 ratings

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1943

10/10 1 ratings

Out of Space and Time

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1942

9/10 1 ratings

Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1945

8.5/10 4 ratings

Sirius

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1944

8/10 2 ratings

Humanoids #1

The Humanoids

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1949

8/10 1 ratings

Genius Loci and Other Tales

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1948

8/10 1 ratings

Time Must Have a Stop

Aldous Huxley

Science Fiction

1944

Heinlein Juveniles

Space Cadet

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Young Adult

1948

7.4/10 8 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Red Planet

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1949

7.2/10 5 ratings

Dr. Patrick Cory #1

Donovan's Brain

Curt Siodmak

Science Fiction

1942

7/10 1 ratings

Kallocain

Karin Boye

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1940

6/10 3 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Rocket Ship Galileo

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1947

6.3/10 3 ratings

Isher #1

The Weapon Makers

A. E. van Vogt

Science Fiction

1946

6/10 1 ratings

Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp

Science Fiction · Alternate History

1941

6/10 1 ratings

The Flames

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1947

5.7/10 3 ratings

Ape and Essence

Aldous Huxley

Science Fiction

1948

5/10 1 ratings

Skylark #1

The Skylark of Space

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1946

3/10 1 ratings

The Vaivaisukko Bride

D Scott-Moncrieff

Horror · Science Fiction · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1949

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

Science Fiction

1949

The Kingslayer

L. Ron Hubbard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

What Mad Universe

Fredric Brown

Science Fiction

1949

Four-Sided Triangle

William F. Temple

Science Fiction

1949

John Carstairs: Space Detective

Frank Belknap Long

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy and Horror

David H. Keller

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949