Best Novel, 1960

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 352 pages · First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

A young recruit goes through boot camp and into an interstellar war against an insect species, in a society where only veterans may vote.

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Also on the ballot

Dorsai! (alt: The Genetic General)Gordon R. DicksonAstounding May,Jun,Jul 1959
The Pirates of Ersatz (alt: The Pirates of Zan)Murray LeinsterAstounding Feb,Mar,Apr 1959
That Sweet Little Old Lady (alt: Brain Twister)Mark PhillipsAstounding Sep,Oct 1959
The Sirens of TitanKurt Vonnegut, Jr.Dell, 1959