Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1950s

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The World Jones Made

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1956

5.6/10 22 ratings

Galactic Empire #2

The Stars, Like Dust

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1951

5.2/10 21 ratings

The Dreaming Jewels

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction

1950

10/10 2 ratings

The Man from the Bomb

R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Science Fiction · Mystery

1959

Hosteen Storm/Beast Master #1

The Beast Master

Andre Norton

Science Fiction

1959

Nine Tomorrows

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

10/10 1 ratings

Time in Advance

William Tenn

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

10/10 1 ratings

Occam's Razor

David Duncan

Science Fiction

1957

10/10 1 ratings

The Survivor and Others

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

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

1957

10/10 1 ratings

The Time Masters #2

Time Bomb

Wilson Tucker

Science Fiction

1955

10/10 1 ratings

Beyond Eden

David Duncan

Science Fiction

1955

10/10 1 ratings

Mushroom Planet #1

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

Eleanor Cameron

Science Fiction · Childrens

1954

Dark Dominion

David Duncan

Science Fiction

1954

10/10 1 ratings

Northwest of Earth

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

10/10 1 ratings

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Jack Finney

Science Fiction

1954

10/10 1 ratings

Limbo

Bernard Wolfe

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1952

10/10 1 ratings

The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree

Louis Slobodkin

Science Fiction · Childrens

1952

10/10 1 ratings

Non-Stop

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1958

9/10 3 ratings

E Pluribus Unicorn

Theodore Sturgeon

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

9/10 3 ratings

The Menace from Earth

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

9/10 2 ratings

Seed of Light

Edmund Cooper

Science Fiction

1959

9/10 1 ratings

British Library Science Fiction Classics

The Tide Went Out

Charles Eric Maine

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Thriller

1958

9/10 1 ratings

A Way Home

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

9/10 1 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Between Planets

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1951

8.5/10 2 ratings

The Star Diaries

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

8.3/10 4 ratings

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

8/10 14 ratings

The Door into Summer

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1957

8/10 4 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Farmer in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Hugo Award

1950

8/10 4 ratings

The Puppet Masters

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1951

8/10 3 ratings

A Touch of Strange

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

8/10 2 ratings

Darkover

Falcons of Narabedla

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Science Fiction

1957

8/10 2 ratings

Judgment Night

C. L. Moore

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

8/10 2 ratings

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

8/10 1 ratings

The Robert Heinlein Omnibus

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

8/10 1 ratings

Hoka

Earthman's Burden

Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

8/10 1 ratings

Alien from Arcturus

Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction

1956

8/10 1 ratings