The Demolished Man (Shasta; Sidgwick & Jackson) — fiction — nomination

The Conquest of Space (by Willy Ley & CB) (Viking; Sidgwick & Jackson) — nonfiction — winner

The Illustrated Man (Doubleday; Hart-Davis) — fiction — nomination

The Exploration of Space (Temple; Harper) — nonfiction — winner

Mission of Gravity (Doubleday; Robert Hale) — fiction — nomination

Rockets, Jets, Guided Missiles and Space Ships (by JC & Fletcher Pratt) (Random House; Sidgwick & Jackson) — nonfiction — nomination

Fancies and Goodnights (Doubleday) — fiction — winner

Lands Beyond (by Willy Ley & LSdC) (Rinehart) — nonfiction — winner

Takeoff (Doubleday) — fiction — nomination

Lands Beyond (by WL & L. Sprague de Camp) (Rinehart) — nonfiction — winner

Dragons in Amber (Viking; Sidgwick & Jackson) — nonfiction — nomination

The Conquest of Space (by WL & Chesley Bonestell) (Viking; Sidgwick & Jackson) — nonfiction — winner

A Mirror for Observers (Doubleday; Frederick Muller) — fiction — winner

Rockets, Jets, Guided Missiles and Space Ships (by Jack Coggins & FP) (Random House; Sidgwick & Jackson) — nonfiction — nomination

City (Gnome ) — fiction — winner

Earth Abides (Random House; Gollancz) — fiction — winner

More Than Human (Farrar, Straus and Young; Gollancz) — fiction — winner

The Lord of the Rings (Allen & Unwin; Houghton Mifflin) — fiction — winner

Player Piano (Scribner's; Macmillan) — fiction — nomination

The Day of the Triffids (Doubleday; Michael Joseph) — fiction — nomination