Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1970s

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The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1972

9/10 1 ratings

334

Thomas M. Disch

Science Fiction

1972

9/10 1 ratings

Moderan

David R. Bunch

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1971

9/10 1 ratings

The Long Walk

Richard Bachman

Science Fiction

1979

8.2/10 14 ratings

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction

1979

8.8/10 4 ratings

Jack of Shadows

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1971

8.6/10 7 ratings

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1971

8.6/10 9 ratings

The Sixth Winter

John Gribbin, Douglas Orgill

Science Fiction

1979

8/10 3 ratings

Handheld Science Fiction Classics #3

The Exile Waiting

Vonda N. McIntyre

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Social Science Fiction

1975

8.5/10 2 ratings

Concrete Island

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction

1974

8.5/10 2 ratings

The Lurking Fear and Other Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1971

8.3/10 6 ratings

The Tomb and Other Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1970

8.3/10 6 ratings

Dying of the Light

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1977

8.6/10 10 ratings

My Name Is Legion

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976

8.3/10 4 ratings

Alice: The Girl From Earth

Kir Bulychev

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1977

7.3/10 4 ratings

The Camp of the Saints

Jean Raspail

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1975

5.5/10 2 ratings

Breakfast of Champions; or, Goodbye Blue Monday!

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1973

8.1/10 14 ratings

The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1971

8/10 5 ratings

Doorways in the Sand

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction

1976

8/10 4 ratings

A Planet Called Treason

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction

1979

8/10 3 ratings

The Faded Sun Trilogy #3

The Faded Sun: Kutath

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1979

8/10 3 ratings

The Faded Sun Trilogy #2

The Faded Sun: Shon'Jir

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1978

8/10 3 ratings

To Die in Italbar

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction

1973

8/10 3 ratings

Icerigger Trilogy #2

Mission to Moulokin

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction

1979

8/10 2 ratings

ConSentiency Universe

The Dosadi Experiment

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1977

8/10 2 ratings

Songs of Stars and Shadows

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1977

8/10 2 ratings

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Kate Wilhelm

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1976

8/10 2 ratings

Bridge of Ashes

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction

1976

8/10 2 ratings

The Alliance-Union Universe

Brothers of Earth

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1976

6/10 1 ratings

Imperial Earth

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1975

6.7/10 3 ratings

Tales of Pirx the Pilot

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1973

8/10 2 ratings

Club of Rome Quartet

The Sheep Look Up

John Brunner

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Nebula Award

1972

8/10 2 ratings

Karl Glogauer #2

Breakfast in the Ruins

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction

1972

8/10 1 ratings

Tschai / Planet of Adventure #4

The Pnume

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1970

8/10 2 ratings

The Devil's Alternative

Frederick Forsyth

Science Fiction · Thriller

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Rats #2

Lair

James Herbert

Horror · Science Fiction

1979

8/10 1 ratings