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  • Trevor Williams The best “first contact” sci-fi novels (but with a twist) Book cover of The Last Astronaut Book cover of Saturn Run Book cover of Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre Book cover of Spin Book cover of Childhood's End
  • Felice Picano The best SF books you missed because they were novellas or by international authors Book cover of Tales of Pirx the Pilot Book cover of Binti Book cover of Roadside Picnic: Volume 16 Book cover of All Systems Red Book cover of Consider Phlebas
  • Ken Goudsward The best (and most rational) UFO books Book cover of The Ancient Alien Question Book cover of The Day After Roswell Book cover of Ancient Aliens and Secret Societies Book cover of Forbidden Archeology Book cover of UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
  • Matthew Bowman The best books if you want to understand the UFO phenomenon Book cover of Communion Book cover of Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers Book cover of The Resonance of Unseen Things: Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny Book cover of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology Book cover of The Myth and Mystery of UFOs
  • Owen W. Knight The best accessible first contact sci-fi novels Book cover of The Three-Body Problem Book cover of Solaris Book cover of Stories of Your Life and Others Book cover of The Midwich Cuckoos Book cover of The War of the Worlds
  • Nick DiChario The best first-contact novels for science fiction fans and the uninitiated Book cover of Contact Book cover of Gateway Book cover of Roadside Picnic: Volume 16 Book cover of The Martian Chronicles Book cover of Star Maker
  • Peter Cawdron The best classic science fiction books on first contact Book cover of Micromegas Book cover of Contact Book cover of Who Goes There? Book cover of Rendezvous with Rama Book cover of The War of the Worlds
  • John Gribbin The best books by scientists who write science fiction Book cover of Rendezvous with Rama Book cover of Dragon's Egg Book cover of Contact Book cover of Cosm Book cover of The Coming of the Quantum Cats: A Novel of Alternate Universes
  • Wil McCarthy The best books about peaceful alien contact Book cover of Contact Book cover of The Gentle Giants of Ganymede Book cover of Rendezvous with Rama Book cover of Schismatrix Book cover of Extraterrestrial Languages
  • Arnie Benn The best hard sci-fi classics that offer insight into human nature Book cover of Contact Book cover of Dune Book cover of Stranger in a Strange Land Book cover of Non-Stop Book cover of The Moon is Hell
  • Craig A. Falconer The best books on how things will change when the aliens show up Book cover of Contact Book cover of Childhood's End Book cover of Sphere Book cover of The War of the Worlds Book cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • Paul L. Arvidson The best character driven science fiction books you can't put down Book cover of The Fairy's Tale Book cover of Warpworld Book cover of Struggling With the Current Book cover of Rosewater Book cover of Lagoon
  • Catherine Egan The best middle-grade sci fi – with bonus aliens Book cover of Bloom Book cover of Dragon Pearl Book cover of Jillian VS Parasite Planet Book cover of The True Meaning of Smekday Book cover of Last Gate of the Emperor
  • Mark Landau The best fantasy/sci-fi books about saving, ending, and starting worlds, personal powers and soul redemption Book cover of Stranger in a Strange Land Book cover of Childhood's End Book cover of More Than Human Book cover of Ender's Game Book cover of Speaker for the Dead
  • Tom Julian The best sci-fi books that would make great movies Book cover of The Forever War Book cover of Spin Book cover of Darwin's Radio Book cover of Rendezvous with Rama Book cover of Dune
  • Chikodili Emelumadu The best books that prove Nigerians are secret weirdos Book cover of What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories Book cover of Juju Book cover of The Bottled Leopard Book cover of The Palm-Wine Drinkard Book cover of Rosewater
  • Paul Murdin The best books with fictional female astronomers Book cover of Contact Book cover of Variable Stars Book cover of The Falling Sky Book cover of Two on a Tower Book cover of Leader of the Band
  • Tony Benson The best science fiction exploring the dangers of discovering new worlds Book cover of Hyperion Book cover of Consider Phlebas Book cover of Red Mars Book cover of Contact Book cover of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
  • Stephen Holgate The best novels about strangers in a strange land Book cover of Middlesex Book cover of The Sympathizer Book cover of Being There Book cover of The Light in the Forest Book cover of Stranger in a Strange Land
  • Spencer Wolf The best science fiction books about survival that even non-sci-fi fans will love Book cover of Project Hail Mary Book cover of Slaughterhouse-Five Book cover of Contact Book cover of How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed Book cover of Red Rising
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