Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1950s

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The Midwich Cuckoos

John Wyndham

Science Fiction

1957

7.4/10 16 ratings

Gormenghast #3

Titus Alone

Mervyn Peake

Fantasy

1959

7.2/10 6 ratings

Aniara

Harry Martinson

Science Fiction · Translation

1957

7.2/10 13 ratings

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand

Science Fiction

1957

6.0/10 4 ratings

Green Town

Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury

Mainstream

1957

7.2/10 10 ratings

Hercule Poirot #33

After the Funeral

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

March 1, 1953

7.0/10 3 ratings

A Medicine for Melancholy

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

7.0/10 2 ratings

The Mask of Cthulhu

August Derleth

Horror · Short Stories

1958

7.0/10 2 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

Starman Jones

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1953

7.0/10 2 ratings

Conan

King Conan

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1953

7.0/10 2 ratings

Against the Fall of Night

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1953

7.0/10 2 ratings

Heinlein Juveniles

The Rolling Stones

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1952

7.0/10 2 ratings

After the Apocalypse

Star Man's Son

Andre Norton

Science Fiction

1952

7.0/10 2 ratings

Night Without End

Alistair MacLean

Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1959

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Last Frontier

Alistair MacLean

Spy Thriller · Movie · Thriller

1959

7.0/10 1 ratings

Miss Marple #7

4:50 from Paddington

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · TV Series · Mystery · Thriller

November 4, 1957

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Cosmic Puppets

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1957

7.0/10 1 ratings

Doomsday Morning

C. L. Moore

Science Fiction

1957

7.0/10 1 ratings

Pincher Martin

William Golding

War & Military · Historical Fiction

1956

7.0/10 1 ratings

Caviar

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

7.0/10 1 ratings

Search the Sky

Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction

1954

7.0/10 1 ratings

Miss Marple #6

A Pocketful of Rye

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · TV Series · Mystery · Thriller

November 9, 1953

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Green Millennium

Fritz Leiber

Science Fiction

1953

7.0/10 1 ratings

Miss Marple #5

They Do It With Mirrors

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · TV Series · Mystery · Thriller

1952

7.0/10 1 ratings

Hercule Poirot #31

The Under Dog and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

July 1, 1951

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Last Revolution

Lord Dunsany

Science Fiction

1951

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Third Man

Graham Greene

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Movie · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1950

7.0/10 1 ratings

Hercule Poirot #30

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1950

7.0/10 1 ratings

Heinlein's Future History

The Man Who Sold the Moon

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

7.3/10 6 ratings

Mesklin #1

Mission of Gravity

Hal Clement

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction

1954

7.0/10 15 ratings

James Bond #3

Moonraker

Ian Fleming

Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Thriller

1955

6.6/10 5 ratings

Player Piano

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1952

7.1/10 15 ratings

Psycho #1

Psycho

Robert Bloch

Horror · Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Thriller

1959

6.8/10 12 ratings

Someone Like You

Roald Dahl

Horror · Short Stories

1953

6.7/10 3 ratings

Conan

The Sword of Conan

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1952

6.7/10 3 ratings

Time and Again

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction

1951

6.5/10 12 ratings