• The Day of the Triffids (1951), by John Wyndham
  • More Than Human (1952), by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Demolished Man (1952), by Alfred Bester
  • Fahrenheit 451 (1953), by Ray Bradbury
  • Childhood’s End (1953), by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The End of Eternity (1955), by Isaac Asimov
  • The Stars My Destination (1956), by Alfred Bester
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), by Walter M. Miller Jr

In chronological order.