Best Novel, 1962

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 438 pages · First published by Putnam

A man raised by Martians is brought to Earth, where his innocence, his strange abilities and his ideas about love upend everything around him.

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Also on the ballot

Dark UniverseDaniel F. GalouyeBantam, 1961
Sense of Obligation (alt: Planet of the Damned)Harry HarrisonAnalog Sep,Oct,Nov 1961
The Fisherman (alt: Time Is the Simplest Thing)Clifford D. SimakAnalog Apr,May,Jun,Jul 1961
Second EndingJames WhiteFantastic Jun,Jul 1961