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Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,231,362 ratings — published 2021
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.08 — 502,479 ratings — published 2006
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.00 — 55,014 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 — 185,462 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 — 174,603 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 — 64,479 ratings — published 1987
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.30 — 178,537 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 — 132,616 ratings — published 1961
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.18 — 337,758 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 — 37,210 ratings — published 2022
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as first-contact)
avg rating 3.83 — 351,941 ratings — published 1898
Roadside Picnic (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.12 — 88,711 ratings — published 1972
The Polymorph (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 34 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.28 — 17,739 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 — 63,320 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 — 1,479,784 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 — 224,049 ratings — published 1969
The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.40 — 223,534 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 — 37,661 ratings — published 2024
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.31 — 322,914 ratings — published 2011
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as first-contact)
avg rating 4.11 — 272,106 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 — 35,238 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 — 67,049 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 — 126,808 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 — 98,017 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 — 127,713 ratings — published 2016
“Maybe the aliens are looking for the civilisations that don’t send out the SETI signals.”
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“Mars is a paradox of quiet desolation and relentless threat. Even a single breath is a victory over the void.
—Chen “Cricket” Guowei, as quoted in Transmigrant.”
― Transmigrant
—Chen “Cricket” Guowei, as quoted in Transmigrant.”
― Transmigrant
