Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1950s

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Time and Again

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction

1951

6.5/10 12 ratings

Expedition to Earth

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

6.5/10 2 ratings

Prelude to Space

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1951

6.5/10 2 ratings

The Seedling Stars

James Blish

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

6.6/10 12 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Time for the Stars

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1956

6/10 6 ratings

The Deep Range

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1957

6/10 3 ratings

The Man Who Japed

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1956

6/10 2 ratings

Aelita

Alexei Tolstoy

Science Fiction

1950

6.5/10 6 ratings

Science Fiction Showcase

Mary Kornbluf

Science Fiction · Anthology

1959

6/10 1 ratings

Vanguard from Alpha

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1959

6/10 1 ratings

Equator

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1958

6/10 1 ratings

After Such Knowledge #1

A Case of Conscience

James Blish

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1958

6/10 1 ratings

Space, Time and Nathaniel

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

6/10 1 ratings

Earth Is Room Enough

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

6/10 1 ratings

The Green Odyssey

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction

1957

6.5/10 2 ratings

Reach for Tomorrow

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1956

6/10 1 ratings

Question and Answer

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction

1956

6/10 1 ratings

Solar Lottery

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1955

6/10 1 ratings

The Golden Apples of the Sun

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

6/10 1 ratings

Outpost Mars

Cyril Judd

Science Fiction

1952

6/10 1 ratings

Isher #2

The Weapon Shops of Isher

A. E. van Vogt

Science Fiction

1951

6/10 1 ratings

Galactic Empire #1

Pebble in the Sky

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1950

6/10 1 ratings

Heinlein's Future History

Methuselah's Children

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1958

5.7/10 11 ratings

Islands in the Sky

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1952

5.7/10 13 ratings

Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale

Ivan Yefremov

Science Fiction · Utopia · Translation

1959

5.7/10 10 ratings

Big Planet

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1957

5.7/10 3 ratings

No Blade of Grass

John Christopher

Science Fiction

1956

5.9/10 7 ratings

Undersea Eden #1

Undersea Quest

Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1954

5.4/10 7 ratings

Vandals of the Void

Jack Vance

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1953

5/10 7 ratings

City at World's End

Edmond Hamilton

Science Fiction

1951

6.5/10 2 ratings

The Mutant Mage #1

Empire of the Atom

A. E. van Vogt

Science Fiction

1957

4/10 1 ratings

Lensman #4

Gray Lensman

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1951

4.5/10 2 ratings

Slave Ship

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction

1957

2/10 1 ratings

Galaxy Reader #4

The Fourth Galaxy Reader

H. L. Gold

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

April 1959

Quatermass #1

Quatermass Experiment

Nigel Kneale

Horror · Science Fiction · TV Series

November 1959

Kemlo #12

Kemlo and the Space Men

E. C. Eliott

Science Fiction · Childrens · Space Opera

1959