Most Popular Science Fiction Books of the 1970s

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

Browse publication years

Choose a year or decade. Your genre selection stays the same.

Explore genres All FantasyHorrorScience Fiction

Books in this list

The Web Between the Worlds

Charles Sheffield

Science Fiction

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Janissaries #1

Janissaries

Jerry Pournelle

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Electric Forest

Tanith Lee

Science Fiction

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Dark Is the Sun

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Riverworld and Other Stories

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Green Magic

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Demon Princes #4

The Face

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1979

8/10 1 ratings

Infinite Dreams

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1978

8/10 1 ratings

The Genesis Machine

James P. Hogan

Science Fiction

1978

8/10 1 ratings

Giants / Minervan Experiment #2

The Gentle Giants of Ganymede

James P. Hogan

Science Fiction

1978

8/10 1 ratings

Star Rigger #2

Star Rigger's Way

Jeffrey A. Carver

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1978

8/10 1 ratings

The Time Quintet #3

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1978

8/10 1 ratings

Alastor #3

Wyst: Alastor 1716

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1978

8/10 1 ratings

Brothers of the Head

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1977

8/10 1 ratings

The Four-BEE Series #2

Drinking Sapphire Wine

Tanith Lee

Science Fiction

1977

8/10 1 ratings

World of Tiers #5

The Lavalite World

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction

1977

8/10 1 ratings

The Alliance-Union Universe

Hunter of Worlds

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

1977

8/10 1 ratings

Science Fiction Discoveries

Frederik Pohl, Carol Pohl

Science Fiction · Anthology

1976

8/10 1 ratings

In the Problem Pit

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976

8/10 1 ratings

Autumn Angels #2

The Platypus of Doom and Other Nihilists

Arthur Byron Cover

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976

8/10 1 ratings

Triton

Samuel R. Delany

Science Fiction

1976

8/10 1 ratings

Bolo

Bolo

Keith Laumer

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976

8/10 1 ratings

The Best of Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1975

8/10 1 ratings

Humanx Commonwealth #1

Midworld

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction

1975

8/10 1 ratings

The Best of C. L. Moore

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1975

8/10 1 ratings

Known Space

Tales of Known Space

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1975

8/10 1 ratings

Alastor #2

Marune: Alastor 993

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1975

8/10 1 ratings

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds #8

Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 8

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction · Anthology

1974

8/10 1 ratings

Monument

Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

Science Fiction

1974

8/10 1 ratings

Case and the Dreamer

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1974

8/10 1 ratings

Lost Worlds: Volume 2

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1974

8/10 1 ratings

Durdane #3

The Asutra

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1974

8/10 1 ratings

Today We Choose Faces

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction

1973

8/10 1 ratings

Inconstant Moon

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1973

8/10 1 ratings

All the Sounds of Fear

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1973

8/10 1 ratings

Durdane #2

The Brave Free Men

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1973

8/10 1 ratings