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Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985

Alien invasion and first contact, tense in tone, about survival.

“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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TripodsSeries

series4 books1967

completed

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about rebellion and revolution, set in near future.

“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 →

Daniel XSeries

series6 books2008

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary and our world.

“The Dangerous Days of Daniel X opens James Patterson's science-fiction series, co-written with Michael Ledwidge, marking Patterson's return to genre science fiction in a similar vein to his Maximum Ride series.”
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The Star BeastNovel

Robert A. Heinleinstandalone novel1954

First contact, about coming of age, set in near future and north america.

“A talking alien pet has grown to the size of a small dinosaur.”
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SaucerSeries

series3 books2002

Tense in tone.

“Seismic surveyor Rip Cantrell has made an exhilarating discovery - a flying saucer embedded in the Sahara sandstone.”
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