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Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 135 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,558,402 ratings — published 2021
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 117 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.00 — 56,337 ratings — published 2006
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 114 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 513,441 ratings — published 2006
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 83,098 ratings — published 1996
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 187,191 ratings — published 1973
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 73,497 ratings — published 1974
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 175,875 ratings — published 1953
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 67 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 154,326 ratings — published 1985
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.90 — 15,544 ratings — published 2018
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 65,820 ratings — published 1987
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 184,421 ratings — published 2015
Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.71 — 28,595 ratings — published 2020
Remnant Population (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,795 ratings — published 1996
Shroud (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,355 ratings — published 2025
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.98 — 135,201 ratings — published 1961
The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.87 — 38,536 ratings — published 2022
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.18 — 339,920 ratings — published 1968
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.83 — 355,169 ratings — published 1898
Eifelheim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,684 ratings — published 2006
Roadside Picnic (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 90,787 ratings — published 1972
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,801 ratings — published 2023
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.05 — 65,627 ratings — published 2019
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 22,972 ratings — published 2005
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.80 — 72,060 ratings — published 2020
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.40 — 231,675 ratings — published 2008
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,487,715 ratings — published 1985
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.65 — 355 ratings — published 2023
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.10 — 228,455 ratings — published 1969
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,089 ratings — published 1994
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 40,338 ratings — published 2024
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,086 ratings — published 1980
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 274,912 ratings — published 1986
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 328,215 ratings — published 2011
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.32 — 35,414 ratings — published 1999
Footfall (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,723 ratings — published 1985
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.17 — 76,253 ratings — published 2008
Spin (Spin, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.04 — 45,040 ratings — published 2005
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 37,556 ratings — published 2021
Blind Lake (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,360 ratings — published 2003
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 67,590 ratings — published 1992
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.87 — 16,561 ratings — published 1987
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 32,471 ratings — published 2011
Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.25 — 128,755 ratings — published 2002
The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 69,632 ratings — published 1972
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.82 — 98,626 ratings — published 2016
A Darkling Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,682 ratings — published 2014
A Half-Built Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,782 ratings — published 2022
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.80 — 316,863 ratings — published 2014
Lagoon (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.63 — 9,396 ratings — published 2014
Agent to the Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.93 — 24,256 ratings — published 2004
“A brilliant light exploded along the horizon...before subsiding into an angry red glare. As far as she could see, the skies were on fire...in the distance, cities were burning.
Roaring sounded over her head as multiple jet engines roared overhead...Daria thought wildly. 'Please God, let those be our jets!”
― Kairn
Roaring sounded over her head as multiple jet engines roared overhead...Daria thought wildly. 'Please God, let those be our jets!”
― Kairn
“He could talk at length about the known invasive species, and why there were so many different ones: the weblike filaments choking the trees in New Orleans, the flame-colored poppies erupting on Mexico City rooftops, the green fins popping up in Florida beach sand like sharks coming ashore. Every shell that struck Earth, and some that hit the surface of the water, cracked and sent millions of seeds into the air or into the oceans.”
― Nine Last Days on Planet Earth
― Nine Last Days on Planet Earth
