Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1950s

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The Dragon in the Sea

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1956

8/10 1 ratings

Gladiator-at-Law

Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction

1955

8/10 1 ratings

Brain Wave

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction

1954

8/10 1 ratings

The Sword of Rhiannon

Leigh Brackett

Science Fiction

1953

8/10 1 ratings

Ahead of Time

Henry Kuttner

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

8/10 1 ratings

The Syndic

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction

1953

8/10 1 ratings

Gunner Cade

Cyril Judd

Science Fiction · Dystopia

1952

8/10 1 ratings

Robots Have No Tails

Henry Kuttner

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

8/10 1 ratings

Heinlein's Future History

The Green Hills of Earth

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1951

8/10 1 ratings

Waldo and Magic, Inc.

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1950

8/10 1 ratings

Fury

Henry Kuttner

Science Fiction

1950

8/10 1 ratings

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1959

7.9/10 14 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Tunnel in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1955

7.8/10 5 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

The Star Beast

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1954

7.8/10 5 ratings

Assignment in Eternity

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

7.5/10 2 ratings

Ring Around the Sun

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction

1952

7.5/10 2 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Have Space Suit – Will Travel

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1958

7.4/10 5 ratings

The Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs

Science Fiction · Mainstream

1959

7.3/10 12 ratings

The Midwich Cuckoos

John Wyndham

Science Fiction

1957

7.4/10 16 ratings

Aniara

Harry Martinson

Science Fiction · Translation

1957

7.2/10 13 ratings

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

Science Fiction

1957

6/10 4 ratings

A Medicine for Melancholy

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

7/10 2 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Starman Jones

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1953

7/10 2 ratings

Against the Fall of Night

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1953

7/10 2 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

The Rolling Stones

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1952

7/10 2 ratings

After the Apocalypse

Star Man's Son

Andre Norton

Science Fiction

1952

7/10 2 ratings

The Cosmic Puppets

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1957

7/10 1 ratings

Doomsday Morning

C. L. Moore

Science Fiction

1957

7/10 1 ratings

Caviar

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

7/10 1 ratings

Search the Sky

Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction

1954

7/10 1 ratings

The Green Millennium

Fritz Leiber

Science Fiction

1953

7/10 1 ratings

The Last Revolution

Lord Dunsany

Science Fiction

1951

7/10 1 ratings

Heinlein's Future History

The Man Who Sold the Moon

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

7.3/10 6 ratings

Mesklin #1

Mission of Gravity

Hal Clement

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction

1954

7/10 15 ratings

James Bond #3

Moonraker

Ian Fleming

Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Thriller

1955

6.6/10 5 ratings

Player Piano

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1952

7.1/10 15 ratings