Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1960s

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The Owl Service

Alan Garner

Fantasy · Young Adult · Carnegie Medal

1967

6.3/10 17 ratings

Technicolor Time Machine

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1967

6.4/10 25 ratings

The Wanderer

Fritz Leiber

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1964

6.0/10 27 ratings

Bill, the Galactic Hero #1

Bill, the Galactic Hero

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction

1965

6.2/10 25 ratings

Magic Finger

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1966

6.0/10 35 ratings

Tarzan #24

Tarzan and the Castaways

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy

1965

6.1/10 19 ratings

Podkayne of Mars

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1963

5.9/10 23 ratings

The Drowned World

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction

1962

5.9/10 29 ratings

Bored of the Rings

Henry N. Beard, Douglas C. Kenney

Fantasy

1969

5.4/10 103 ratings

Hothouse

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction

1962

5.8/10 31 ratings

Tarzan #11

Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy · Young Adult · Collection

1963

5.8/10 20 ratings

The Time Quintet #1

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1962

5.8/10 23 ratings

Childe Cycle #3

Soldier, Ask Not

Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction

1967

5.4/10 16 ratings

Harold Shea #3

Wall of Serpents

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy · Short Stories

1960

5.0/10 16 ratings

Barsoom #11

John Carter of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

5.3/10 17 ratings

Operation Time Search

Andre Norton

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1967

Wish Goes to Slumber Land

Edmund Cooper

1960

Agent of Vega

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1960

10.0/10 1 ratings

The War Book

James Sallis

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Anthology · Short Stories

November 20, 1969

10.0/10 1 ratings

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

August Derleth

Horror · Anthology

1969

10.0/10 1 ratings

Prisoners of the Sky

C. C. MacApp

Science Fiction

1969

Times Without Number

John Brunner

Science Fiction

1969

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Sky Is Filled with Ships

Richard C. Meredith

Science Fiction

1969

6.0/10 1 ratings

Dilbia #2

Spacepaw

Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction

1969

10.0/10 1 ratings

Fontana Tales of Terror

European Tales of Terror

J. J. Strating

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

December 1968

10.0/10 1 ratings

Hub

The Demon Breed

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction

1968

10.0/10 1 ratings

H. P. Lovecraft's Selected Letters #2

Selected Letters II

H. P. Lovecraft

Non-fiction

1968

10.0/10 1 ratings

Rod McBan

The Underpeople

Cordwainer Smith

Science Fiction

1968

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Sea Egg

L. M. Boston

Fantasy · Childrens

1967

The Disorientated Man

Peter Saxon

Horror

1967

Between the Minute & the Hour: Stories of the Unseen

A. M. Burrage

Horror · Short Stories

1967

The Disaster Area

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1967

10.0/10 1 ratings

Galaxy Reader #9

The Ninth Galaxy Reader

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

1966

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Witches of Karres #1

The Witches of Karres

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction

1966

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Eyes of Heisenberg

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1966

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Green Brain

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1966

10.0/10 1 ratings