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First Contact Books
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Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 124 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,099,800 ratings — published 2021
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.01 — 53,895 ratings — published 2006
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 109 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 491,631 ratings — published 2006
The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 81,837 ratings — published 1996
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 183,908 ratings — published 1973
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 73,003 ratings — published 1974
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 173,362 ratings — published 1953
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 63 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 152,359 ratings — published 1985
Semiosis (Semiosis, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.90 — 15,159 ratings — published 2018
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 63,379 ratings — published 1987
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 173,418 ratings — published 2015
Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.71 — 28,160 ratings — published 2020
Remnant Population (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,438 ratings — published 1996
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.98 — 130,399 ratings — published 1961
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.18 — 335,993 ratings — published 1968
Eifelheim (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,604 ratings — published 2006
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.83 — 349,228 ratings — published 1898
The Mountain in the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.88 — 36,013 ratings — published 2022
Roadside Picnic (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 86,848 ratings — published 1972
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.80 — 70,100 ratings — published 2020
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.05 — 61,334 ratings — published 2019
Pushing Ice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.07 — 22,258 ratings — published 2005
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,472,333 ratings — published 1985
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.65 — 344 ratings — published 2023
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.40 — 218,859 ratings — published 2008
Foreigner (Foreigner, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,926 ratings — published 1994
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.10 — 219,795 ratings — published 1969
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 318,003 ratings — published 2011
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 270,864 ratings — published 1986
Dragon's Egg (Cheela, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 9,812 ratings — published 1980
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.32 — 35,091 ratings — published 1999
Spin (Spin, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.04 — 44,434 ratings — published 2005
Shroud (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,052 ratings — published 2025
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 36,322 ratings — published 2021
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.17 — 75,529 ratings — published 2008
Blind Lake (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,325 ratings — published 2003
Footfall (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.92 — 17,581 ratings — published 1985
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.15 — 32,170 ratings — published 2011
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.13 — 66,582 ratings — published 1992
The Forge of God (Forge of God, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.87 — 16,342 ratings — published 1987
Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.25 — 125,163 ratings — published 2002
The Gods Themselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 68,715 ratings — published 1972
A Darkling Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,655 ratings — published 2014
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.82 — 97,542 ratings — published 2016
Lagoon (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.63 — 9,206 ratings — published 2014
Agent to the Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.93 — 23,850 ratings — published 2004
A Half-Built Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.61 — 2,673 ratings — published 2022
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.27 — 123,300 ratings — published 2016
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.80 — 301,899 ratings — published 2014
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.41 — 171,175 ratings — published 2010
“Your president only speaks for Americans. American movies speak for your world. Who hasn't seen Wizard of Oz? Or Jaws? Or Star Wars? We've seen them, and we're not even from this planet.”
― Agent to the Stars
― Agent to the Stars
“Mars is a paradox of quiet desolation and relentless threat. Even a single breath is a victory over the void.”
― Transmigrant
― Transmigrant
