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FootfallNovel
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournellestandalone novel1985
Science fiction and alien invasion, about aliens.
“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.”
from the catalogue
Shane SchofieldSeries
series5 books1998
Thriller & suspense, about survival.
“Ice Station is Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly's second novel, released in 1998.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ice Station →
World War ZSeries
series3 books2006
Zombie horror and horror.
Start with World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War →
ReckonersSeries
series6 books2013
Science fiction, set in north america and near future.
“One young man orphaned by a High Epic joins a group that is killing Epics.”
from the catalogue
Start with Steelheart →
H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with The War of the Worlds →
includes The War of the Worlds
AnimorphsUniverse
universe66 books1996
About aliens and shapeshifters.
“The Yeerks are grey slugs the length of your thumb.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Invasion →
includes Megamorphs, The Animorph Chronicles, Alternamorphs