Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1970s

Discover popular Fiction books from the 1970s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Elric Saga #1

Elric of Melniboné

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1972

7.5/10 50 ratings

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1971

7.4/10 45 ratings

Of Time and Stars

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1972

7.4/10 21 ratings

Oswald Bastable #1

The Warlord of the Air

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction · Steampunk · Alternate History

1971

7.3/10 32 ratings

The Vampire Chronicles #1

Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice

Horror · Vampires

1976

7.4/10 180 ratings

The Dead Zone

Stephen King

Horror

1979

7.4/10 51 ratings

The Father Christmas Letters

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy

1976

7.4/10 41 ratings

The Neverending Story

Michael Ende

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1979

7.4/10 180 ratings

Riverworld #1

To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1971

7.4/10 42 ratings

Merlin / The Arthurian Saga #1

The Crystal Cave

Mary Stewart

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards

1970

7.4/10 18 ratings

The Best of Cordwainer Smith

Cordwainer Smith

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1975

7.3/10 4 ratings

The Dark Is Rising #3

Greenwitch

Susan Cooper

Fantasy · Young Adult

1974

7.2/10 120 ratings

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Young Adult · Mainstream

1977

7.2/10 24 ratings

Dreamsnake

Vonda N. McIntyre

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1978

7.3/10 42 ratings

The Dancers at the End of Time #1

An Alien Heat

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction

1972

7.3/10 36 ratings

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1970

7.3/10 36 ratings

Shardik

Richard Adams

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy

1974

7.2/10 23 ratings

Which Witch?

Eva Ibbotson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1979

7.1/10 38 ratings

The Stainless Steel Rat #3

The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1972

7.2/10 19 ratings

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

Fantasy

1970

7.1/10 80 ratings

Hard to Be a God

Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Science Fiction · Translation

1973

7.5/10 21 ratings

The Tales of Viriconium #1

The Pastel City

M. John Harrison

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1971

7.1/10 38 ratings

Elana #1

Enchantress from the Stars

Sylvia Engdahl

Science Fiction · Young Adult

1970

7.1/10 31 ratings

Man Plus

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1976

7.3/10 23 ratings

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1974

7.1/10 30 ratings

Hainish Cycle

The Word for World Is Forest

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction

1976

7.0/10 84 ratings

The Fountains of Paradise

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1979

6.9/10 32 ratings

The Eye of the Heron

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction

1978

7.1/10 16 ratings

The Dancers at the End of Time #3

The End of All Songs

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction

1976

7.2/10 27 ratings

The Dancers at the End of Time #2

The Hollow Lands

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction · British Fantasy Award

1974

7.1/10 24 ratings

The Stainless Steel Rat #2

The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction

1970

7.0/10 23 ratings

Lord Tyger

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction

1970

7.0/10 16 ratings

Thieves' World (original novels) #1

Thieves' World

Robert Asprin

Fantasy · Anthology

1979

7.0/10 21 ratings

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1970

7.0/10 32 ratings

The Dragonriders of Pern #2

Dragonquest

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction · Dragons

1970

6.9/10 97 ratings

The Great Ghost Rescue

Eva Ibbotson

Fantasy · Young Adult

1975

6.8/10 32 ratings