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universe65 books1898

Science fiction and alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

About rebellion and revolution.

“The first two books were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.”
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Start with When the Tripods Came →

The 5th WaveSeries

series4 books2013

Dark in tone.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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Start with The 5th Wave →

PatternistSeries

series6 books1976

completed

Dark in tone, about genetic engineering.

“The Patternist series is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.”
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Start with Wild Seed →

FootfallNovel

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

First contact, about war.

“When aliens travel to Earth from Alpha Centauri, differences between alien and human psychology result in an unprovoked invasion, and the resulting resistance results in the aliens' use of a devastating weapon.”
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The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

About plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Start with The Andromeda Strain →

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