Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 1950s

The Lord of the Rings #3

The Return of the King

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie

1955

The Lord of the Rings #2

The Two Towers

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie

1954

The Lord of the Rings #1

The Fellowship of the Ring

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Middle-earth · Movie

1954

The Moomin Books #5

Moominland in Midwinter

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1957

The Etruscan

Mika Waltari

Fantasy · Translation · Historical Fiction

1956

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1951

The Moomin Books #3

The Exploits of Moominpappa

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1950

The Moomin Books #4

Moominsummer Madness

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1954

Conan

The Hour of the Dragon

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery

1950

The Chronicles of Narnia #1

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Movie

1950

Mio, My Son

Astrid Lindgren

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1954

Dying Earth #1

The Dying Earth

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Short Stories

1950

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1955

Our Ancestors

The Baron in the Trees

Italo Calvino

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

1959

The Borrowers #1

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult · Carnegie Medal

1952

The Chronicles of Narnia #2

Prince Caspian

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Movie

1951

The Chronicles of Narnia #3

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Movie

1952

The Once and Future King

The Once and Future King

T. H. White

Fantasy

1958

The Chronicles of Narnia #6

The Magician's Nephew

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Narnia

1955

The Chronicles of Narnia #5

The Horse and His Boy

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Narnia

1954

The Chronicles of Narnia #4

The Silver Chair

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Narnia

1953

The Screwtape Letters

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy

1959

The Chronicles of Narnia #7

The Last Battle

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult · Carnegie Medal

1956

The Short Reign Of Pippin IV

John Steinbeck

Fantasy · Alternate History

1957

The Survivor and Others

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

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

1957

Northwest of Earth

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

Roger Lancelyn Green

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Childrens · Historical Fiction

1953

Mr Pye

Mervyn Peake

Fantasy

1953

E Pluribus Unicorn

Theodore Sturgeon

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

Pan Book of Horror Stories #1

The Pan Book of Horror Stories

Johnny Mains, Herbert van Thal

Fantasy · Horror · Cthulhu · Ghosts · Gothic Horror

1959

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy · Ancient Mythology

1956

The Borrowers #3

The Borrowers Afloat

Mary Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1959

Gormenghast #2

Gormenghast

Mervyn Peake

Fantasy

1950

The Borrowers #2

The Borrowers Afield

Mary Norton

Fantasy · Young Adult

1955

The Broken Sword

Poul Anderson

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1954

Conan

Conan the Barbarian

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1954