🏷️ Aliens
6 entries tagged with this trope
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers · 2014
A ragtag crew tunnels wormholes through space. Not much plot. All vibes. The coziest, most comforting space opera you'll ever read.
A Desolation Called Peace
Arkady Martine · 2021
A fleet commander and a linguist must make first contact with an alien species. The sequel to A Memory Called Empire and somehow even better. Hugo winner.
Light From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki · 2021
A violin teacher who sold seven souls to Hell meets a trans girl on the run and an alien refugee running a donut shop. Impossibly lovely and weird.
Children of Ruin
Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2019
Uplifted octopuses meet the spider civilization from book one. If you loved intelligent arachnids, wait until you meet the octopuses. Cephalopod consciousness done perfectly.
Translation State
Ann Leckie · 2023
Three storylines converge around a treaty negotiation between humans and an inscrutable alien species. Classic Leckie: political, funny, and quietly profound.
The Galaxy and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers · 2021
Six travelers get stranded at an alien waystation. There's no plot. Just people from wildly different species learning to understand each other. Peak Chambers cozy.