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Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 145 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,932,910 ratings — published 2021
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 123 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 545,310 ratings — published 2006
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 123 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.00 — 60,281 ratings — published 2006
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
by (shelved 109 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 85,832 ratings — published 1996
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 191,814 ratings — published 1973
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 74,198 ratings — published 1974
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 179,776 ratings — published 1953
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 73 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 157,041 ratings — published 1985
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.91 — 16,707 ratings — published 2018
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.29 — 201,185 ratings — published 2015
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 69,267 ratings — published 1987
Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.70 — 29,224 ratings — published 2020
Shroud (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,409 ratings — published 2025
Remnant Population (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,354 ratings — published 1996
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.98 — 142,904 ratings — published 1961
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.18 — 345,495 ratings — published 1968
The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,321 ratings — published 2022
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.83 — 364,481 ratings — published 1898
Eifelheim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,891 ratings — published 2006
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.28 — 21,950 ratings — published 2023
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.04 — 71,762 ratings — published 2019
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.40 — 245,832 ratings — published 2008
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 23,986 ratings — published 2005
Roadside Picnic (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 97,257 ratings — published 1972
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.14 — 47,090 ratings — published 2024
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.80 — 74,210 ratings — published 2020
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,509,681 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 — 240,870 ratings — published 1969
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,292 ratings — published 1994
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,386 ratings — published 1980
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 29 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 279,030 ratings — published 1986
Eden 2:b (Star Dreamers #1)
by (shelved 28 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,377 ratings — published
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.32 — 35,903 ratings — published 1999
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.29 — 39,419 ratings — published 2021
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 342,494 ratings — published 2011
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,989 ratings — published 1992
Spin (Spin, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.04 — 46,012 ratings — published 2005
Footfall (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,884 ratings — published 1985
The Deep Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.71 — 14,902 ratings — published 2023
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.17 — 77,283 ratings — published 2008
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.87 — 16,801 ratings — published 1987
Blind Lake (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,438 ratings — published 2003
Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.25 — 134,192 ratings — published 2002
A Half-Built Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.59 — 2,951 ratings — published 2022
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.40 — 190,519 ratings — published 2010
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 32,880 ratings — published 2011
Alien Clay (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.98 — 21,271 ratings — published 2024
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.23 — 149,557 ratings — published 2016
A Darkling Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,704 ratings — published 2014
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