Literature of the 1950s

Works of literature from the 1950s.

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• The 13 Clocks
• The 27th Day
• 87th Precinct. Series started in 1956.
• The Accursed Kings
• Agent of Vega. Last new story published in 1951.
• Alas, Babylon
• Alexandria Quartet
• All-of-a-Kind Family
• "—All You Zombies—"
• Andersonville
• Andromeda Nebula
• The Astronauts
• Atlas Shrugged
• Auntie Mame
• The Bad Seed
• Basil of Baker Street
• The Beast Master
• The Beebo Brinker Chronicles series started in 1957.
• Between Planets
• Billy Liar
• The Borrowers
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• A Brighter Sun
• Bring the Jubilee
• The Broken Sword
• The Caine Mutiny
• Cat Among the Pigeons
• The Catcher in the Rye
• The Cat in the Hat
• The Caves of Steel
• Charlotte's Web
• Cherry Ames
• Childe Cycle. Series started in 1959.
• Childhood's End
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Chrysalids
• Cities in Flight
• Citizen of the Galaxy
• The City and the Stars
• "The Cold Equations"
• The Cone Gatherers
• Confessions of Felix Krull
• The Conformist
• ConSentiency series started in 1958.
• The Cruel Sea
• A Dance to the Music of Time. The series began in 1951.
• The Damned Yard
• Dancing Shoes
• Darkover series began in 1958.
• The Daughter of Time
• The Day of the Triffids
• The Demolished Man
• Despoilers of the Golden Empire
• Destination Unknown of 1954.
• Detectives in Togas
• The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
• The Diary of a Young Girl
• Doctor Zhivago
• The Dolphin Ring – first four novels published 1954-59.
• The Door into Summer
• Double Star
• The Doubtful Guest
• Dying Earth. First collection published in 1950.
• The Eagle of the Ninth
• East of Eden
• Eloise
• The End of Eternity
• The End of the Affair
• "EPICAC"
• Fahrenheit 451
• Farmer in the Sky
• Featherless Buzzards
• Federation of the Hub. The very first story in this setting appeared in 1953.
• Felse Investigates. The series started in 1951.
• Flower Drum Song
• Flying Saucers Have Landed
• ''The Fly"
• Forest Of Boland Light Railway. Part of the Little Grey Men series begun in 1942.
• Follow My Leader
• Foundation
• From Here to Eternity
• The Go-Between
• Go Tell It On The Mountain
• The Golden Daughter
• Goodbye, Columbus
• The Green Knowe Chronicles
• The Guns of Navarone
• Half Magic
• Happy Birthday to You!
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Harold Shea. Two stories in this intermittent series were written in The '50s.
• The Haunting of Hill House
• Have Spacesuit Will Travel
• Henderson the Rain King
• Henry Huggins
• Hoka. First story appeared in 1951.
• The Horse and His Boy
• Horton Hears a Who!
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
• The Hundred and One Dalmatians
• I Am Legend
• Immortality, Inc.
• Inside The Space Ships
• Invisible Man
• I, Robot
• "It's a Good Life"
• James Bond. The novel series started in 1953.
  • Casino Royale
  • Live and Let Die
  • Moonraker
  • Diamonds Are Forever
  • From Russia with Love
  • Dr. No
  • Goldfinger
• Jennings series began in 1950.
• Judge Dee. Series started in 1959.
• Karlsson on the Roof
• Katherine
• A Kiss Before Dying
• "The Landlady"
• The Languages of Pao
• The Last Battle
• The Last Hurrah
• Legend of the Condor Heroes
• Life Among the Savages
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Little Bear
• "Little Girl Lost"
• Live and Let Die
• Lolita
• The Long Goodbye
• Lord of the Flies
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Lovers
• Lucky Starr
• The Magician's Nephew
• The Manchurian Candidate
• Mara, Daughter of the Nile
• The Martian Chronicles
• Med Ship
• The Midwich Cuckoos
• Miffy
• A Million Random Digits With 100,000 Normal Deviates
• Mission of Gravity
• molesworth
• Moonraker
• The Mouse That Roared
• A Murder Is Announced
• My Family and Other Animals
• My Father's Dragon series started in 1950.
• My Side of the Mountain
• Naked Lunch
• The Naked Sun
• Night
• The Old Man and the Sea
• Old Yeller
• On the Beach
• On the Road
• Operation Massacre
• Outcast
• The Palm Wine Drinkard
• Pedro Páramo
• The People
• Peyton Place
• Pnin
• Prince Caspian
• Professor Mmaa's Lecture
• Psycho
• The Puppet Masters
• The Puppy Who Wanted A Boy
• The Quiet American
• Rally Round the Flag, Boys!
• Ramona Quimby series started in 1955.
• The Rescuers series started in 1959.
• The Return of the Condor Heroes
• Der Richter und sein Henker
• Ring for Jeeves
• Ripliad
• The Rolling Stones
• The Sack
• Sector General - first story published 1957.
• Seize the Day
• A Separate Peace
• The Sherwood Ring
• The Silver Brumby
• The Silver Chair
• Silver John series started in 1951.
• Simon
• Simon Ark
• The Sirens of Titan
• The Snouters: Form and Life of the Rhinogrades First edition in 1957.
• Solar Queen series started in 1955.
• "A Sound of Thunder"
• The Sound of Waves
• The Star Beast
• The Star Diaries. First edition in 1957.
• Starman Jones
• Starship Troopers
• The Stars My Destination
• Suspicion
• Sword of Honour
• Tales from the White Hart
• Technic History. Series started in 1952.
• The Nothing Equation
• "There Will Come Soft Rains"
• Things Fall Apart
• Till We Have Faces
• Time for the Stars
• Time Out of Joint
• Time Patrol. Series started in 1955.
• The Time Traders. Series started in 1958.
• The Tin Drum
• To Sir, with Love
• A Town Like Alice
• Treasures Of The Snow
• Tunnel in the Sky
• Under the Net
• The Unknown Soldier
• The Veldt
• The Pledge
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• The Voyage of the Space Beagle
• Warrior Scarlet
• Wasp
• Wise Blood
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• "A World Called Maanerek"

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