Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1970s

Discover popular Science Fiction books from the 1970s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Eye Among the Blind

Robert Holdstock

Science Fiction

1976

6.8/10 27 ratings

Dune #3

Children of Dune

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1976

6.9/10 43 ratings

House of Stairs

William Sleator

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1974

6.7/10 40 ratings

Slapstick; or, Lonesome No More!

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1976

6.8/10 16 ratings

Fugue for a Darkening Island

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic

1972

6.3/10 16 ratings

The Iron Dream

Norman Spinrad

Science Fiction · Prix Apollo · Alternate History

1972

6.5/10 21 ratings

We Can Build You

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1972

6.4/10 21 ratings

Oswald Bastable #2

The Land Leviathan

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction · Steampunk · Alternate History

1974

6.4/10 20 ratings

Rats #1

The Rats

James Herbert

Horror · Science Fiction

1974

6.5/10 24 ratings

The Illuminatus! Trilogy #1

The Eye in the Pyramid

Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Shea

Science Fiction

1975

6.6/10 23 ratings

Tau Zero

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction

1970

6.3/10 25 ratings

The Orbitsville Trilogy #1

Orbitsville

Bob Shaw

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1975

6.1/10 18 ratings

Star Wars

Splinter of the Mind's Eye

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1978

6.0/10 21 ratings

Childe Cycle #4

Tactics of Mistake

Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction

1971

5.9/10 19 ratings

The Chain of Chance

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1975

5.8/10 24 ratings

The Female Man

Joanna Russ

Science Fiction · Anthropological SF

1975

4.8/10 22 ratings

Stargate

Stephen Robinett

Science Fiction

1976

10/10 1 ratings

The Mind-Riders

Brian Stableford

Science Fiction

1976

10/10 1 ratings

Science Fiction of the 50's

Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander

Science Fiction · Anthology

1979

10/10 1 ratings

The Two Faces of Tomorrow

James P. Hogan

Science Fiction

1979

10/10 1 ratings

The Instrumentality of Mankind

Cordwainer Smith

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

10/10 1 ratings

Callahan's Place #2

Time Travelers Strictly Cash

Spider Robinson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

10/10 1 ratings

The Enchanted Village

A. E. van Vogt

Science Fiction

1979

10/10 1 ratings

Jem

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction

1979

10/10 1 ratings

The Esper Transfer

Geo. W. Proctor

Science Fiction

1978

10/10 1 ratings

Chronicles of Gor #11

Slave Girl of Gor

John Norman

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1977

The Best of Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1977

10/10 1 ratings

Patternist #2

Mind of My Mind

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction

1977

10/10 1 ratings

Time Storm

Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction

1977

10/10 1 ratings

The Final Circle of Paradise

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1976

Mindbridge

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction

1976

10/10 1 ratings

Skaith

The Book of Skaith: The Adventures of Eric John Stark

Leigh Brackett

Science Fiction

1976

The Space Machine

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction

1976

10/10 1 ratings

The Best of C.M. Kornbluth

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976

10/10 1 ratings

The Best of Jack Vance

Jack Vance

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976

10/10 1 ratings

Bid Time Return

Richard Matheson

Science Fiction · World Fantasy Award

1975