Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1950s

The Lord of the Rings #3

The Return of the King

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie

1955

The Lord of the Rings #2

The Two Towers

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie

1954

The Lord of the Rings #1

The Fellowship of the Ring

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie

1954

The Moomin Books #5

Moominland in Midwinter

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1957

The Etruscan

Mika Waltari

Fantasy · Translation · Historical Fiction

1956

On the Beach

Nevil Shute

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic

1957

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1951

Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

The Moomin Books #3

The Exploits of Moominpappa

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1950

The Moomin Books #4

Moominsummer Madness

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1954

I Am Legend

Richard Matheson

Horror · Science Fiction · Vampires · Bram Stoker Award

1954

Citizen in Space

Robert Sheckley

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Conan

The Hour of the Dragon

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1950

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

Foundation trilogy #1

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1951

The Day of the Triffids

John Wyndham

Science Fiction

1951

Childhood's End

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1953

The Chronicles of Narnia #1

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Movie

1950

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Hugo Award

1953

Mio, My Son

Astrid Lindgren

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1954

More Than Human

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction

1953

Foundation trilogy #3

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1953

The Robot Series #2

The Naked Sun

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1957

Dying Earth #1

The Dying Earth

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Short Stories

1950

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1955

The Robot Series #1

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1954

City

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1951

Foundation trilogy #2

Foundation and Empire

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1952

Space Merchants #1

The Space Merchants

Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction

1952

The Sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1959

The End of Eternity

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction

1955

Our Ancestors

The Baron in the Trees

Italo Calvino

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

1959

The Borrowers #1

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult · Carnegie Medal

1952

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Horror · Mainstream

1954

The Demolished Man

Alfred Bester

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1953