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

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