Finalist, Best Novel, 1961
Deathworld
Harry Harrison (opens in a new tab)
A gambler is drawn to a planet where every plant and animal is hostile to the colonists, and starts to suspect why.
The ballot
- A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller, Jr.J. B. Lippincott, 1959Winner
- The High CrusadePoul AndersonAstounding Jul,Aug,Sep 1960
- Rogue MoonAlgis BudrysF&SF Dec 1960
- Venus Plus XTheodore SturgeonPyramid, 1960