Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1960s

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The Man Who Fell to Earth

Walter Tevis

Science Fiction

1963

8/10 1 ratings

Witch World: Estcarp Cycle #1

Witch World

Andre Norton

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1963

8/10 1 ratings

The Dragon Masters

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1963

8/10 1 ratings

Sector General #1

Hospital Station

James White

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1962

8/10 1 ratings

Asleep in Armageddon

Michael Sissons

Horror · Science Fiction

1962

8/10 1 ratings

Hub

A Tale of Two Clocks

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction

1962

8/10 1 ratings

War with the Robots

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1962

8/10 1 ratings

Ellison Wonderland

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1962

8/10 1 ratings

The Wonder Effect

Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1962

8/10 1 ratings

The Big Time

Fritz Leiber

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1961

6/10 2 ratings

Not Without Sorcery

Theodore Sturgeon

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1961

8/10 1 ratings

The Wind from Nowhere

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction

1961

8/10 1 ratings

The Silver Eggheads

Fritz Leiber

Science Fiction

1961

8/10 1 ratings

Lost Legacy

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1960

8/10 1 ratings

The High Crusade

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction

1960

8/10 1 ratings

This Immortal

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1966

7.8/10 9 ratings

Heinlein's Future History

Orphans of the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1963

7.7/10 3 ratings

The Last Castle

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1967

7.5/10 4 ratings

The Einstein Intersection

Samuel R. Delany

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1967

7.5/10 2 ratings

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1967

7.5/10 2 ratings

Pandora Sequence

Destination: Void

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1966

7.5/10 2 ratings

The Sundered Worlds

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1965

7.5/10 2 ratings

Known Space

The World of Ptavvs

Larry Niven

Science Fiction

1966

7.3/10 3 ratings

The Blue World

Jack Vance

Science Fiction · Kraken

1966

7.3/10 3 ratings

Greybeard

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1964

7.3/10 4 ratings

Tomorrow's Worlds

Robert Silverberg

Science Fiction · Anthology

1969

7.1/10 15 ratings

Known Space

Neutron Star

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1968

7/10 3 ratings

Captive Universe

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1969

7/10 2 ratings

The Black Corridor

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction

1969

7/10 2 ratings

World of Tiers #3

A Private Cosmos

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction

1968

7/10 2 ratings

The Machineries of Joy

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

7/10 2 ratings

Darkover

The Door Through Space

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Science Fiction

1961

6.7/10 3 ratings

Rogue Moon

Algis Budrys

Science Fiction

1960

7/10 2 ratings

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #5

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 5

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction · Anthology

1969

7/10 1 ratings

Intangibles Inc. and Other Stories

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1969

7/10 1 ratings

Warlock of Gramarye #1

The Warlock in Spite of Himself

Christopher Stasheff

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1969

7/10 1 ratings