Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1970s

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Kane #1

Darkness Weaves

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1970

7.1/10 22 ratings

Lankhmar #1

Swords and Deviltry

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1970

6.8/10 57 ratings

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories

1977

6.9/10 15 ratings

Carrie

Stephen King

Horror

1974

6.8/10 194 ratings

The Harper Hall Trilogy #1

Dragonsong

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction · Dragons · Young Adult

1976

6.9/10 82 ratings

Eye Among the Blind

Robert Holdstock

Science Fiction

1976

6.8/10 27 ratings

Dune #3

Children of Dune

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction

1976

6.9/10 43 ratings

A Tolkien Bestiary

David Day

Middle-earth · Non-fiction

1978

6.8/10 67 ratings

House of Stairs

William Sleator

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult

1974

6.7/10 40 ratings

Ghost Story

Peter Straub

Horror

1979

7.0/10 18 ratings

The Shannara Trilogy #1

The Sword of Shannara

Terry Brooks

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · TV Series

1977

6.7/10 33 ratings

Slapstick; or, Lonesome No More!

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction

1976

6.8/10 16 ratings

Fugue for a Darkening Island

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic

1972

6.3/10 16 ratings

The Iron Dream

Norman Spinrad

Science Fiction · Prix Apollo · Alternate History

1972

6.5/10 21 ratings

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1972

6.5/10 39 ratings

We Can Build You

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction

1972

6.4/10 21 ratings

Oswald Bastable #2

The Land Leviathan

Michael Moorcock

Science Fiction · Steampunk · Alternate History

1974

6.4/10 20 ratings

Rats #1

The Rats

James Herbert

Horror · Science Fiction

1974

6.5/10 24 ratings

The Illuminatus! Trilogy #1

The Eye in the Pyramid

Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Shea

Science Fiction

1975

6.6/10 23 ratings

Stonehenge

Harry Harrison, Leon E. Stover

Fantasy

1972

6.3/10 16 ratings

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever #1

Lord Foul's Bane

Stephen R. Donaldson

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · British Fantasy Award

1977

6.2/10 51 ratings

Tau Zero

Poul Anderson

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction

1970

6.3/10 25 ratings

The Orbitsville Trilogy #1

Orbitsville

Bob Shaw

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1975

6.1/10 18 ratings

Star Wars

Splinter of the Mind's Eye

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Star Wars

1978

6.0/10 21 ratings

Childe Cycle #4

Tactics of Mistake

Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction

1971

5.9/10 19 ratings

The Chain of Chance

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Translation

1975

5.8/10 24 ratings

The Birthgrave Trilogy #1

The Birthgrave

Tanith Lee

Fantasy

1975

5.3/10 20 ratings

The Female Man

Joanna Russ

Science Fiction · Anthropological SF

1975

4.8/10 22 ratings

Tale of the Five #1

The Door into Fire

Diane Duane

Fantasy

1979

10.0/10 2 ratings

The Thief of Kalimar

Graham Diamond

Fantasy

1979

10.0/10 2 ratings

Adventures of the Empire Princess #1

Lady of the Haven

Graham Diamond

Fantasy

1978

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Haven

Graham Diamond

Fantasy

1977

10.0/10 2 ratings

Stargate

Stephen Robinett

Science Fiction

1976

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Mind-Riders

Brian Stableford

Science Fiction

1976

10.0/10 1 ratings

The Dracula Horror Series #6

The Witching of Dracula

Robert Lory

Horror

1974

10.0/10 1 ratings

Merlin / The Arthurian Saga #2

The Hollow Hills

Mary Stewart

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards

1973

10.0/10 2 ratings