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First Contact Books
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Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,231,295 ratings — published 2021
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 502,471 ratings — published 2006
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.00 — 55,011 ratings — published 2006
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 82,437 ratings — published 1996
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 185,460 ratings — published 1973
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 73,231 ratings — published 1974
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 174,602 ratings — published 1953
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 65 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 153,227 ratings — published 1985
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.91 — 15,320 ratings — published 2018
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 64,478 ratings — published 1987
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 178,533 ratings — published 2015
Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.71 — 28,359 ratings — published 2020
Remnant Population (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,581 ratings — published 1996
Shroud (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,290 ratings — published 2025
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.98 — 132,614 ratings — published 1961
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.18 — 337,757 ratings — published 1968
Eifelheim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,643 ratings — published 2006
The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.88 — 37,208 ratings — published 2022
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.83 — 351,940 ratings — published 1898
Roadside Picnic (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 88,710 ratings — published 1972
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.28 — 17,732 ratings — published 2023
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.80 — 71,127 ratings — published 2020
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.05 — 63,319 ratings — published 2019
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 22,558 ratings — published 2005
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,479,777 ratings — published 1985
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.66 — 349 ratings — published 2023
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.10 — 224,043 ratings — published 1969
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.40 — 223,532 ratings — published 2008
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 11,008 ratings — published 1994
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,912 ratings — published 1980
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.16 — 37,658 ratings — published 2024
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 322,908 ratings — published 2011
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 272,104 ratings — published 1986
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.17 — 75,884 ratings — published 2008
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.32 — 35,237 ratings — published 1999
Spin (Spin, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.04 — 44,711 ratings — published 2005
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 36,929 ratings — published 2021
Blind Lake (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,345 ratings — published 2003
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 67,048 ratings — published 1992
Footfall (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,651 ratings — published 1985
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 32,296 ratings — published 2011
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.87 — 16,446 ratings — published 1987
Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.25 — 126,806 ratings — published 2002
The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 69,162 ratings — published 1972
A Darkling Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,660 ratings — published 2014
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.82 — 98,016 ratings — published 2016
Lagoon (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.63 — 9,298 ratings — published 2014
Agent to the Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.93 — 24,067 ratings — published 2004
A Half-Built Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.60 — 2,725 ratings — published 2022
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.26 — 127,710 ratings — published 2016
“Mr. Williams, in your short time boarding with us you’ve seen very little of my home,” Eleanor said. “I’d like you to see the rest of it, starting with my bedroom.”
― Tom and G.E.R.I.
― Tom and G.E.R.I.
“Maybe the aliens are looking for the civilisations that don’t send out the SETI signals.”
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