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Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,877,133 ratings — published 2021
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 121 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.00 — 59,263 ratings — published 2006
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 538,314 ratings — published 2006
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
by (shelved 109 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 85,081 ratings — published 1996
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 94 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 190,818 ratings — published 1973
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by (shelved 86 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 74,020 ratings — published 1974
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 178,851 ratings — published 1953
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 70 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 156,387 ratings — published 1985
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.91 — 16,313 ratings — published 2018
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 197,292 ratings — published 2015
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
by (shelved 58 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 68,448 ratings — published 1987
Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.70 — 29,049 ratings — published 2020
Shroud (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.14 — 16,359 ratings — published 2025
Remnant Population (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,202 ratings — published 1996
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.98 — 140,991 ratings — published 1961
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.18 — 344,272 ratings — published 1968
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.83 — 362,189 ratings — published 1898
The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.86 — 41,472 ratings — published 2022
Eifelheim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,852 ratings — published 2006
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,902 ratings — published 2023
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.05 — 70,366 ratings — published 2019
Roadside Picnic (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 95,736 ratings — published 1972
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 23,773 ratings — published 2005
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 33 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.40 — 242,599 ratings — published 2008
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 45,899 ratings — published 2024
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.80 — 73,708 ratings — published 2020
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,504,675 ratings — published 1985
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.63 — 372 ratings — published 2023
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.09 — 237,902 ratings — published 1969
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,218 ratings — published 1994
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,277 ratings — published 1980
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 278,027 ratings — published 1986
Eden 2:b (The Star Dreamers #1)
by (shelved 28 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,628 ratings — published
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.32 — 35,784 ratings — published 1999
Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 339,315 ratings — published 2011
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,656 ratings — published 1992
Spin (Spin, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.04 — 45,777 ratings — published 2005
Footfall (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,846 ratings — published 1985
The Deep Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.70 — 14,474 ratings — published 2023
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,960 ratings — published 2021
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.17 — 77,012 ratings — published 2008
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.87 — 16,735 ratings — published 1987
Blind Lake (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,430 ratings — published 2003
Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.25 — 132,938 ratings — published 2002
A Half-Built Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.59 — 2,902 ratings — published 2022
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 32,761 ratings — published 2011
Alien Clay (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.98 — 20,483 ratings — published 2024
A Darkling Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,699 ratings — published 2014
The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 70,780 ratings — published 1972
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.82 — 99,903 ratings — published 2016
“Have they been carrying out abductions and experiments on humans and animals?
“Emphatically No... Any species authorised to visit a planet must adhere to the six mandatory decrees imposed by the Guardians of Law and Natural Law: No contact, No impact, No interact, No extract, No transact, No artefact. To violate any of these prescripts is classed as an act of aggression against the Traits.”
― The Last Question
“Emphatically No... Any species authorised to visit a planet must adhere to the six mandatory decrees imposed by the Guardians of Law and Natural Law: No contact, No impact, No interact, No extract, No transact, No artefact. To violate any of these prescripts is classed as an act of aggression against the Traits.”
― The Last Question
“A more ambitious bet would be to learn from what we imagine a more mature civilization might have attempted. To take the small scientific leap and allow the possibility ‘Oumuamua was extraterrestrial technology is to give humanity the small nudge toward thinking like a civilization that could have left a lightsail buoy for our solar system to run into. It is to nudge us not just to imagine alien spacecraft but to contemplate the construction of our own such craft.”
― Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
― Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
