Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1940s

Discover popular Science Fiction books from the 1940s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Aarn Munro

The Mightiest Machine

John W. Campbell

Science Fiction

1947

The Book of Ptath

A. E. van Vogt

Science Fiction

1947

With Folded Hands

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1947

Enter the Nebula

Carl Jacobi

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1946

Breaking of the Seals

Francis Leslie Ashton

Science Fiction

1946

Neither Man Nor Dog: Short Stories

Gerald Kersh

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1946

Blunder: A Story of the End of the World

Philip Wylie

Science Fiction

1946

The Zero Ray Terrors

E. T. Portwin

Science Fiction

1946

Star of the Unborn

Franz Werfel

Science Fiction

1946

Time

The Shadow Girl

Ray Cummings

Science Fiction

1946

Venus #4

Escape on Venus

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1946

Death into Life

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1946

The Man from Mars

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1946

When the Birds Fly South

Stanton A. Coblentz

Science Fiction

1945

Atomic Bomb

Malcolm Jameson

Science Fiction

1945

Captain Future

Red Sun of Danger

Brett Sterling

Science Fiction

1945

Rebirth

Thomas Calvert McClary

Science Fiction

1944

Pellucidar #6

Land of Terror

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1944

The Eye and the Finger

Donald Wandrei

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1944

Lost Worlds

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1944

Old Man in New World

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Mainstream

1944

Darkness and the Light

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1942

The Devil's Asteroid

Manly Wade Wellman

Science Fiction

1941

Sojarr of Titan

Manly Wade Wellman

Science Fiction

1941

Beyond the Farthest Star

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1941

The Devil and the Doctor

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1940

Realm of Wizardry

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1940