Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1960s

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Collection · Middle-earth

1968

9.1/10 839 ratings

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1966

8.6/10 50 ratings

Dune #1

Dune

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1965

8.4/10 225 ratings

The Cyberiad

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1967

8.2/10 57 ratings

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Fantasy · Magical Realism · Translation

1966

8.2/10 76 ratings

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

Magical Realism · Translation

1967

8.3/10 56 ratings

The Moomin Books #7

Moominpappa at Sea

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1965

8.1/10 158 ratings

Hainish Cycle

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1969

8.1/10 123 ratings

The Moomin Books #6

Tales from Moominvalley

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories · Translation

1962

8.0/10 103 ratings

Nightwings

Robert Silverberg

Science Fiction · Prix Apollo

1969

8.0/10 24 ratings

Earthsea #1

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1968

7.9/10 309 ratings

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1963

8.0/10 31 ratings

The Invincible

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1964

7.6/10 29 ratings

The Status Civilization

Robert Sheckley

Science Fiction

1960

7.9/10 17 ratings

Ubik

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1969

8.0/10 39 ratings

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1966

7.8/10 87 ratings

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

Science Fiction

1962

7.8/10 90 ratings

Solaris

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1961

7.7/10 110 ratings

Blade Runner #1

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1968

7.8/10 77 ratings

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

Horror

1962

7.7/10 27 ratings

Green Town

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror

1962

7.6/10 38 ratings

Hainish Cycle

Rocannon's World

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction

1966

7.5/10 53 ratings

Tree and Leaf

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Short Stories · Non-fiction

1964

7.5/10 75 ratings

The Tripods #1

The White Mountains

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1967

7.4/10 37 ratings

Space Odyssey #1

2001: A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction

1968

7.4/10 114 ratings

Make Room! Make Room!

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1966

7.5/10 27 ratings

The Tripods #2

The City of Gold and Lead

John Christopher

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1967

7.4/10 32 ratings

Planet of the Apes

Pierre Boulle

Science Fiction · Translation

1963

7.3/10 29 ratings

Saint Leibowitz #1

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Hugo Award

1960

7.5/10 29 ratings

The Stainless Steel Rat #1

The Stainless Steel Rat

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1961

7.2/10 50 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain #5

The High King

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1968

7.3/10 43 ratings

Deathworld #1

Deathworld

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1960

7.5/10 24 ratings

Hainish Cycle

City of Illusions

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction

1967

7.1/10 28 ratings

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1964

7.2/10 120 ratings

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1963

7.2/10 26 ratings

Chronicles of Prydain #2

The Black Cauldron

Lloyd Alexander

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

1965

7.1/10 49 ratings