Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1960s

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The Terminal Beach

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

9.0/10 1 ratings

The Great Time Machine Hoax

Keith Laumer

Science Fiction

1964

The Night of the Puudly

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

9.0/10 1 ratings

Our Ancestors

Our Ancestors

Italo Calvino

Fantasy · Collection · Translation · Mainstream

1962

9.0/10 1 ratings

When The Moon Ran Wild

A. Hyatt Verrill

Science Fiction

1962

Journey Beyond Tomorrow

Robert Sheckley

Science Fiction

1962

9.0/10 1 ratings

Venus Plus X

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction

1960

9.0/10 1 ratings

Elric Saga #6

Stormbringer

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1965

9.2/10 10 ratings

Isle of the Dead

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Prix Apollo

1969

8.7/10 3 ratings

Horror-7

Robert Bloch

Horror · Short Stories

1963

8.3/10 3 ratings

The Colors Of Space

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Science Fiction

1963

8.5/10 4 ratings

The Shadow Out of Time

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1968

8.5/10 4 ratings

The Dream Master

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction

1966

8.0/10 3 ratings

Tschai / Planet of Adventure #3

The Dirdir

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1969

8.5/10 2 ratings

Tschai / Planet of Adventure #2

Servants of the Wankh

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1969

8.5/10 2 ratings

Tschai / Planet of Adventure #1

City of the Chasch

Jack Vance

Science Fiction

1968

8.5/10 2 ratings

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1967

8.3/10 10 ratings

Four for Tomorrow

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1967

8.3/10 4 ratings

Sword at Sunset

Rosemary Sutcliff

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Historical Fiction

1963

8.5/10 4 ratings

The Magus

John Fowles

Magical Realism

1966

8.2/10 12 ratings

The Borrowers #4

The Borrowers Aloft

Mary Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1961

8.1/10 7 ratings

Elric

The Stealer of Souls

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1963

8.0/10 4 ratings

Conan

Conan

L. Sprague de Camp, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1967

8.0/10 3 ratings

Dreams and Fancies

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1962

8.0/10 3 ratings

The Small Assassin

Ray Bradbury

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1962

8.0/10 3 ratings

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Jorge Amado

Magical Realism · Translation

1969

8.0/10 2 ratings

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

Vladimir Nabokov

Fantasy

1969

8.0/10 2 ratings

Jirel of Joiry

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Short Stories

1969

8.0/10 2 ratings

Doona #1

Decision at Doona

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction

1969

8.0/10 2 ratings

Welcome to the Monkey House

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1968

8.0/10 2 ratings

World of Tiers #1

The Maker of Universes

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction

1965

8.0/10 2 ratings

Farnham's Freehold

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction

1964

8.0/10 2 ratings

Fuzzy #1

Little Fuzzy

H. Beam Piper

Science Fiction

1962

8.0/10 2 ratings

Charlotte Sometimes

Penelope Farmer

Fantasy · Young Adult

1969

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Time Dweller

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1969

8.0/10 1 ratings

Conan

Conan of Cimmeria

L. Sprague de Camp, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1969

8.0/10 1 ratings