Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 1950s

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Two Sought Adventure

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1957

The Great Captains

Henry Treece

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

1956

The Far Traveler

Manning Coles

Fantasy

1956

The Divine Comedy #2

Purgatory

Dante Alighieri

Fantasy

1955

Men Without Bones

Gerald Kersh

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

All Men are Mortal

Simone de Beauvoir

Fantasy · Translation

1955

The Latimers #2

Happy Returns

Manning Coles

Fantasy

1955

The Glass Slipper

Eleanor Farjeon

Fantasy

1955

Carbonel #1

Carbonel: The King of the Cats

Barbara Sleigh

Fantasy · Childrens

1955

Far and Away: Eleven Master Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Anthony Boucher

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

No Boundaries

Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Cubby in Wonderland #3

Tike & Tiny in the Tetons

Frances Joyce Farnsworth

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens · Mainstream

1954

The Green Knowe Chronicles #1

The Children of Green Knowe

L. M. Boston

Fantasy · Young Adult

1954

The Latimers #1

Brief Candles

Manning Coles

Fantasy

1954

Born of Man and Woman

Richard Matheson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Gateway to Elsewhere

Murray Leinster

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1954

Look Behind You

Arthur J. Burks

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Line to Tomorrow and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Lewis Padgett

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

The Sword of Welleran and Other Tales of Enchantment

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1954

Jorkens #5

Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1954

Planet Of The Dreamers

John D. MacDonald

Fantasy · Science Fiction

January 1, 1953

The Brighton Monster and Others

Gerald Kersh

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

From Death to the Stars

L. Ron Hubbard

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Collection

1953

Tittivulus or The Verbiage Collector

Michael Ayrton

Fantasy

1953

Tales from Gavagan's Bar

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

The Pusadian Series

The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales

L. Sprague de Camp

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1953

Shambleau and Others

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

Mary Poppins

The Magic Compass

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens

1953

Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies

L. Frank Baum

Fantasy · Childrens

1953

Ballroom of the Skies

John D. MacDonald

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Mystery

January 1, 1952

The Blue Star

Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy

1952

Doctor Dolittle #14

Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures

Hugh Lofting

Fantasy · Childrens

1952

Mary Poppins

Stories from Mary Poppins

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories

1952

Mary Poppins

Mr. Wigg's Birthday Party

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens

1952

Mary Poppins

The Gingerbread Shop

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens

1952

The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1952