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Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion and first contact, about survival and 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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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

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

AnimorphsUniverse

universe66 books1996

Science fantasy, about war.

“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
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Start with The Invasion →

includes Megamorphs, Alternamorphs, The Animorph Chronicles

The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

About plague and pandemic and survival.

“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 →

The WandererNovel

Fritz Leiberstandalone novel1964

About survival, set in space.

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 →

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