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14 Best First Contact Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best First Contact books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best first contact books" into our search engine and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. MOST RECOMMENDED!
    1
    The Three-Body Problem
  2. 2
    Contact

    Contact

    A Novel

    Carl Sagan

  3. 3
    Rendezvous with Rama
  4. 4
    Solaris

    Solaris

    Stanislaw Lem

  5. 5
    The Martian Chronicles
  6. 6
    The War of the Worlds
  7. 7
    The Sparrow

    The Sparrow

    A Novel

    Mary Doria Russell

  8. 8
    Dawn
  9. 9
    Blindsight
  10. 11
    The Gods Themselves
  11. 12
    Pushing Ice

    Pushing Ice

    Alastair Reynolds

  12. 13
    Dragon's Egg

    Dragon's Egg

    A Novel

    Robert L. Forward

  13. 14
    Eifelheim

    Eifelheim

    Michael Flynn

FAQ

  • How was this First Contact books list created?

    We searched for 'best First Contact books', found the top 5 articles, took every book mentioned in 2+ articles, and averaged their rankings.

  • How many First Contact books are in this list?

    There are 14 books in this list.

  • Why did you create this First Contact books list?

    We wanted to gather the most accurate list of First Contact books on the internet.

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