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4Works of {{literature}} from [[The50s the 1950s]].
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6%% Note: short stories get double-quotes; novels and series get italics.
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9* ''Literature/The13Clocks''
10* ''Literature/TheTwentySeventhDay''
11* ''Literature/SixThreeThreeSquadron'' (1956). Adapted into a more famous film in 1964.
12* ''Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct''. Series started in 1956.
13* ''Literature/TheAbandoned''
14* ''Literature/TheAccursedKings''
15* ''Literature/AdviseAndConsent''
16* ''Literature/AfterDarkMySweet''
17* ''Literature/AfterTheFuneral''
18* ''Literature/AgentOfVega''. Last new story published in 1951.
19* ''Literature/AlasBabylon''
20* ''Literature/AlexandriaQuartet''
21* ''Literature/AllOfAKindFamily''
22* "Literature/AllSummerInADay"
23* "Literature/AllTheTroublesOfTheWorld"
24* "Literature/AllYouZombies"
25* ''Literature/{{Anatole}}''
26* ''Literature/{{Andersonville}}''
27* ''Literature/AndromedaNebula''
28* ''Literature/{{Aniara}}''
29* ''Literature/AprilLady''
30* ''Literature/TheAstronauts''
31* ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''
32* ''Literature/TheApprenticeshipOfDuddyKravitz''
33* ''Literature/AuntieMame''
34* "Literature/TheAuthorsOrdeal"
35* "Literature/{{Autofac}}"
36* ''Literature/TheBadSeed''
37* ''Literature/TheBalladOfTheSadCafe''
38* ''Literature/BasilOfBakerStreet''
39* ''Literature/BathTangle''
40* ''Literature/TheBeastMaster''
41* ''Literature/TheBeeboBrinkerChronicles'' series started in 1957.
42* ''Literature/TheBestFromFantasyAndScienceFiction'' {{anthology}} series begun in 1952.
43* ''Literature/BetweenPlanets''
44* ''Literature/TheBigTime''
45* ''Literature/BillyLiar''
46* ''Literature/TheBirds''
47* ''Literature/TheBlueNosedWitch''
48* ''Literature/TheBlondeCriedMurder''
49* ''Literature/{{Bony}}'' series continued through the decade.
50* ''Literature/BookOfImaginaryBeings''
51* ''Literature/TheBorrowers''
52* ''Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys''
53* "Literature/BreedsThereAMan"
54* ''Literature/ABrighterSun''
55* ''Literature/BringTheJubilee''
56* ''Literature/TheBrokenSword''
57* ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny''
58* ''Literature/CatAmongThePigeons''
59* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''
60* ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat''
61* ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel''
62* "Literature/CChute"
63* ''Literature/ChangeWar''. Series started in 1958.
64* ''Literature/CharlottesWeb''
65* Literature/CherryAmes
66* ''Literature/ChildeCycle''. Series started in 1959.
67* ''Literature/ChildhoodsEnd''
68* ''Literature/TheChocolateTouch''
69* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia''
70* ''Literature/TheChrysalids''
71* ''Literature/CitiesInFlight''
72* ''Literature/CitizenOfTheGalaxy''
73* ''Literature/TheCityAndTheStars''
74* "Literature/TheColdEquations"
75* ''Literature/TheConeGatherers''
76* ''Literature/ConfessionsOfFelixKrull''
77* ''Literature/TheConformist''
78* ''Literature/ConSentiency'' series started in 1958.
79* ''Literature/ConsiderHerWays''
80* "Literature/TheCorpseOfCharlieRull"
81* ''Literature/{{Cotillion}}''
82* ''Literature/TheCountOf9''
83* ''Literature/{{Crictor}}'' (1958)
84* ''Literature/TheCruelSea''
85* ''Literature/ADanceToTheMusicOfTime''. The series began in 1951.
86* ''[[Literature/ProkletaAvlija The Damned Yard]]''
87* ''Literature/DancingShoes''
88* ''Literature/{{Darkover}}'' series began in 1958.
89* ''Literature/TheDaughterOfTime''
90* ''Literature/DavidAndThePhoenix''
91* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids''
92* ''Literature/DeadMansFolly''
93* "Literature/TheDeadPast"
94* ''Literature/DeathHasThreeLives''
95* ''Literature/ADeathInTheFamily''
96* ''Literature/DeathIsMyTrade''
97* ''Literature/TheDemolishedMan''
98* ''Literature/DespoilersOfTheGoldenEmpire''
99* ''Literature/DestinationUnknown'' of 1954.
100* ''Literature/DetectivesInTogas''
101* ''Literature/TheDevilToPayInTheBacklands''
102* ''Literature/TheDiaryOfAYoungGirl''
103* ''Literature/DoctorDanTheBandageMan''
104* ''Literature/DoctorZhivago''
105* "[[Literature/DoesABeeCare Does A Bee Care?]]"
106* Literature/TheDolphinRing – first four novels published 1954-59.
107* ''Literature/TheDoorIntoSummer''
108* ''Literature/DoubleStar''
109* ''Literature/TheDoubtfulGuest''
110* "Literature/DreamingIsAPrivateThing"
111* ''Literature/DyingEarth''. First collection published in 1950.
112* "Literature/TheDyingNight"
113* ''Literature/TheEagleOfTheNinth''
114* ''Literature/EarthIsRoomEnough''
115* ''Literature/EastOfEden''
116* ''Literature/{{Eden}}''
117* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'' series
118* ''{{Literature/Eloise}}''
119* ''Literature/TheEndOfEternity''
120* ''Literature/TheEndOfTheAffair''
121* ''Literature/TheEnormousEgg''
122* "{{Literature/Entropy}}"
123* "{{Literature/EPICAC}}"
124* "Literature/TheEvitableConflict"
125* ''Literature/AFable''
126* ''Literature/Fahrenheit451''
127* ''Literature/TheFall1956''
128* ''Literature/FarmerInTheSky''
129* ''Literature/FeatherlessBuzzards''
130* ''Literature/FederationOfTheHub''. The very first story in this setting appeared in 1953.
131* "Literature/TheFeelingOfPower"
132* ''Literature/FelseInvestigates''. The series started in 1951.
133* "Literature/FeminineIntuition"
134* ''Literature/FireEngineByMistake''
135* "Literature/FirstLaw"
136* ''Literature/TheFirstWorldOfIf''
137* "{{Literature/Flies}}"
138* ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong''
139* ''Literature/FlyingSaucersHaveLanded''
140* ''Literature/TheFly"
141* ''Literature/TheFogHorn''
142* ''Literature/ForbiddenValley''
143* ''Literature/ForestOfBolandLightRailway''. Part of the Little Grey Men series begun in 1942.
144* ''Literature/FollowMyLeader''
145* ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy''
146** ''Literature/Foundation1951''
147** ''Literature/FoundationAndEmpire''
148** ''Literature/SecondFoundation''
149* "Literature/TheFoundationOfSFSuccess"
150* ''Literature/FourFiftyFromPaddington''
151* ''Literature/FramedInBlood''
152* "{{Literature/Franchise}}"
153* ''Literature/FromHereToEternity''
154* "Literature/TheFunTheyHad"
155* "Literature/GalleySlave"
156* "Literature/TheGentleVultures"
157* "Literature/GimmicksThree"
158* ''Literature/GiovannisRoom''
159* ''Literature/TheGlassBees''
160* ''Literature/TheGoBetween''
161* ''Literature/GodzillaAndGodzillaRaidsAgain''. Compilation of two novellas originally published in 1955.
162* ''Literature/GoTellItOnTheMountain''
163* "Literature/TheGoldenPhoenix"
164* ''Literature/GoodbyeColumbus''
165* ''Literature/TheGrandSophy''
166* ''Literature/TheGreenKnoweChronicles''
167* ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone''
168* ''Literature/HalfMagic''
169* ''Literature/HappyBirthdayToYou''
170* ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon''
171* ''Literature/HaroldShea''. Two stories in this intermittent series were written in TheFifties.
172* ''Literature/TheHauntingOfHillHouse''
173* ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel''
174* "Literature/HellFire1956"
175* ''Literature/HendersonTheRainKing''
176* ''Literature/HenryHuggins''
177* ''Literature/HenryReed''
178* ''Literature/HickoryDickoryDock''
179* ''Literature/Human1954''
180* ''Literature/{{Hoka}}''. First story appeared in 1951.
181* ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''
182* ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho''
183* "{{Literature/Hostess}}"
184* ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''
185* ''Literature/TheHundredAndOneDalmatians''
186* ''Literature/IAmLegend''
187* "Literature/IcarusMontgolfierWright"
188* ''Literature/IfIRanTheCircus''
189* ''Literature/IfIRanTheZoo''
190* ''Literature/IJustMakeThemUpSee"
191* "Literature/ImInMarsportWithoutHilda"
192* "Literature/TheImmortalBard"
193* ''Literature/ImmortalityInc''
194* "Literature/InAGoodCause"
195* "Literature/InsertKnobAInHoleB"
196* ''Literature/InsideTheSpaceShips''
197* ''Literature/InvisibleMan''
198* ''Literature/IRobot''
199* "Literature/ItsAGoodLife"
200* "Literature/ItsSuchABeautifulDay"
201* ''Literature/JamesBond''. The novel series started in 1953.
202** ''Literature/CasinoRoyale''
203** ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie''
204** ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}''
205** ''Literature/DiamondsAreForever''
206** ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove''
207** ''Literature/DrNo''
208** ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}''
209* ''Literature/JeevesAndTheFeudalSpirit''
210* ''Literature/{{Jennings}}'' series began in 1950.
211* "Literature/JoeyAMechanicalBoy"
212* "{{Literature/Jokester}}"
213* ''Literature/JudgeDee''. Series started in 1959.
214* ''Literature/KarlssonOnTheRoof''
215* ''Literature/{{Katherine}}''
216* "Literature/KidStuff"
217* ''Literature/KillingTime''
218* ''Literature/KingArthurAndHisKnightsOfTheRoundTable''
219* ''Literature/{{The King Is Dead|1952}}''
220* ''Literature/AKissBeforeDying''
221* ''Literature/TheKrakenWakes''
222* ''Literature/LadyInWaiting''
223* "Literature/LambToTheSlaughter"
224* "Literature/TheLandlady"
225* ''Literature/TheLanguagesOfPao''
226* ''Literature/TheLastBattle''
227* ''Literature/TheLastHurrah''
228* "Literature/TheLastTrump"
229* ''Literature/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes''
230* "{{Literature/Lenny}}"
231* ''Literature/TheLeopard''
232* "Literature/LetsGetTogether"
233* ''Literature/TheLettersFromNicodemus''
234* ''Literature/LifeAmongTheSavages''
235* ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''
236* ''Literature/LittleBear''
237* "Literature/LittleGirlLost"
238* ''Literature/LittleManOfDisneyland'' (1955)
239* "Literature/LivingSpace"
240* ''Literature/TheLittleWitch''
241* ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''
242* ''Literature/TheLonelyDoll'': the first book was released in 1957.
243* ''Literature/TheLongGoodbye''
244* ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''
245* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
246* ''Literature/TheLovers''
247* "Literature/{{Lowlands}}"
248* ''Literature/LuckyJim''
249* ''[[Literature/TheCompleteAdventuresOfLuckyStarr Lucky Starr]]'':
250** ''Literature/DavidStarrSpaceRanger''
251** ''Literature/LuckyStarrAndThePiratesOfTheAsteroids''
252** ''Literature/LuckyStarrAndTheOceansOfVenus''
253** ''Literature/LuckyStarrAndTheBigSunOfMercury''
254** ''Literature/LuckyStarrAndTheMoonsOfJupiter''
255** ''Literature/LuckyStarrAndTheRingsOfSaturn''
256* ''Literature/MadHattersTeaParty'' (1951)
257* "Literature/TheManWhoCameEarly"
258* ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew''
259* ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''
260* ''Literature/MaraDaughterOfTheNile''
261* ''Literature/MarianneDreams''
262* ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles''
263* "Literature/TheMartianWay"
264* ''Literature/MasterOfShadows''
265* ''Literature/MedShip''
266* "Literature/TheMessage"
267* ''Literature/MickeyMouseAndHisSpaceship'' (1952)
268* ''Literature/TheMidwichCuckoos''
269* ''Literature/{{Miffy}}''
270* ''Literature/AMillionRandomDigitsWith100000NormalDeviates''
271* ''Literature/MineWereOfTrouble''
272* ''Literature/MissionOfGravity''
273* ''Literature/{{Molesworth}}''
274* ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}''
275* "Literature/MopUp"
276* ''Literature/MoreThanHuman''
277* ''Literature/TheMouseThatRoared''
278* ''Literature/MrRevereAndI''
279* ''Literature/MrsMcGintysDead''
280* ''Literature/MurderAndTheWantonBride''
281* ''Literature/MurderByTheBook''
282* ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced''
283* ''Literature/MyCousinRachel''
284* ''Literature/MyFamilyAndOtherAnimals''
285* ''Literature/MyFathersDragon'' series (started in 1950)
286* ''Literature/MySideOfTheMountain''
287* ''Literature/NakedLunch''
288* ''Literature/TheNakedSun''
289* ''Literature/TheNatural''
290* ''Literature/{{Night}}''
291* ''Literature/NineTomorrows''
292* "Literature/NobodyHereBut"
293* ''Literature/NonStop''
294* ''Literature/TheNothingEquation''
295* ''Literature/NurseNancy''
296* ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea''
297* ''Literature/OldBugs'' (written decades earlier but not published until 1959)
298* ''Literature/OldYeller''
299* ''Literature/OnTheBeach''
300* ''Literature/OnTheRoad''
301* ''Literature/OneFishTwoFishRedFishBlueFish''
302* ''Literature/OneNightWithNora''
303* ''Literature/OperationFuture''
304* ''Literature/OperationMassacre''
305* ''Literature/OrdealByInnocence''
306* ''Literature/OurManInHavana''
307* ''Literature/{{Outcast}}''
308* ''Literature/ThePalmWineDrinkard''
309* ''Literature/PebbleInTheSky''
310* ''Literature/PedroParamo''
311* ''Literature/ThePeople''
312* ''Literature/PeytonPlace''
313* ''Literature/{{Playback}}''
314* ''Literature/{{Pnin}}''
315* ''Literature/APocketFullOfRye''
316* ''Literature/PrinceCaspian''
317* "{{Literature/Profession}}"
318* ''Literature/ProfessorMmaasLecture''
319* ''Film/{{Psycho}}''
320* "Literature/ThePsychohistorians"
321* ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters''
322* ''Literature/ThePuppyWhoWantedABoy''
323* ''Literature/TheQuietAmerican''
324* ''Literature/TheQuietGentleman''
325* "Literature/RainbowBridge"
326* ''Literature/RallyRoundTheFlagBoys''
327* ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'' series started in 1955.
328* ''Literature/TheRecognitions''
329* "Literature/RejectionSlips"
330* ''Literature/TheRescuers'' series started in 1959.
331* ''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes''
332* ''Literature/DerRichterUndSeinHenker''
333* ''Literature/TheRiderOfTheWhiteHorse''
334* ''Literature/RiflesForWatie''
335* ''Literature/RingForJeeves''
336* ''Literature/{{Ripliad}}''
337* "{{Literature/Risk}}"
338* ''Literature/RobotsHaveNoTails''
339* ''Literature/TheRollingStones1952''
340* ''Literature/RudolphShinesAgain'' (1954)
341* ''Literature/TheSack''
342* "Literature/SamHall"
343* ''Literature/ScampTheAdventuresOfALittlePuppy'' (1957)
344* "Literature/SatisfactionGuaranteed"
345* ''Literature/ScrambledEggsSuper''
346* ''Literature/SectorGeneral'' - first story published 1957.
347* ''Literature/SeizeTheDay''
348* ''Literature/ASeparatePeace''
349* ''Literature/TheSherwoodRing''
350* ''Literature/SheWokeToDarkness''
351* ''Literature/SFTheYearsGreatestScienceFictionAndFantasy''
352* ''Literature/TheSilverBranch''
353* ''Literature/TheSilverBrumby''
354* ''Literature/TheSilverChair''
355* ''Literature/SilverJohn'' series started in 1951.
356* ''Literature/{{Simon}}''
357* ''Literature/SimonArk''
358* ''Literature/TheSirensOfTitan''
359* ''Literature/SleepingBeautyAndTheGoodFairies'' (1958)
360* ''Literature/Slime1953''
361* ''Literature/TheSmallRain''
362* ''Literature/TheSnoutersFormAndLifeOfTheRhinogrades'' First edition in 1957.
363* ''Literature/SolarQueen'' series started in 1955.
364* "{{Literature/Someday}}"
365* "Literature/ASoundOfThunder"
366* ''Literature/TheSoundOfWaves''
367* ''Literature/TheSpaceMerchants''
368* "Literature/SpellMyNameWithAnS"
369* ''Literature/SprigMuslin''
370* ''Literature/TheStarBeast''
371* ''Literature/TheStarDiaries''. First edition in 1957.
372* ''Literature/StarmanJones''
373* ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''
374* ''Literature/TheStarsLikeDust''
375* ''Literature/TheStarsMyDestination''
376* ''Literature/TheStoryOfO''
377* ''Literature/StrangerInTown''
378* ''Literature/StrangersOnATrain''
379* "{{Literature/Strikebreaker}}"
380* ''{{Literature/Suspicion}}''
381* ''Literature/SwordOfHonour''
382* ''Literature/{{Sylvester}}''
383* ''Literature/TalesFromTheWhiteHart''
384* ''Literature/TechnicHistory''. Series started in 1952.
385* ''Literature/TerrorIsMyTrade''
386* "Literature/ThereShallBeNoDarkness"
387* "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains"
388* ''Literature/TheyCameToBaghdad''
389* ''Literature/TheyDoItWithMirrors''
390* ''Literature/ThingsFallApart''
391* ''Literature/ThisIsItMichaelShayne''
392* ''Literature/TillWeHaveFaces''
393* ''Literature/TimeForTheStars''
394* ''Literature/TimeOutOfJoint''
395* ''Literature/TimePatrol''. Series started in 1955.
396* ''Literature/TheTimeTraders''. Series started in 1958.
397* ''Literature/TheTinDrum''
398* ''Literature/ToSirWithLove''
399* ''Literature/TomorrowTheStars''
400* ''Literature/{{The Town|1950}}''
401* ''Literature/ATownLikeAlice''
402* ''Literature/TreasuresOfTheSnow''
403* ''Literature/TunnelInTheSky''
404* "Literature/TheUglyLittleBoy"
405* ''Literature/UnderTheNet''
406* ''Literature/TheUnknownAjax''
407* ''Literature/TheUnknownSoldier''
408* "Literature/UntoTheFourthGeneration"
409* "Literature/TheUpToDateSorcerer"
410* ''Literature/TheVeldt''
411* ''Literature/ThePledge''
412* ''Literature/{{Venetia}}''
413* ''Literature/TheViking''
414* ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader''
415* ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheSpaceBeagle''
416* ''Literature/WarriorScarlet''
417* ''Literature/Wasp1957''
418* ''Literature/TheWateryPlace''
419* ''Literature/WhatIf1952''
420* ''Literature/WhenDorindaDances''
421* ''Literature/WhenTheRobbersCameToCardamomTown''
422* ''Literature/WiseBlood''
423* ''Literature/TheWitchOfBlackbirdPond''
424* ''Literature/WordsOfScienceAndTheHistoryBehindThem''
425* ''Literature/AWorldCalledMaanerek''
426* ''Literature/YertleTheTurtleAndOtherStories''

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