Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago

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Here are my 10 favourite science fiction novels in the first contact subgenre. Let me know which you think are the best SF books that explore the concept of meeting aliens for the first time!

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00:00 – Introduction
00:54 – 10 Roadside Picnic
02:18 – 9 Dawn
03:25 – 8 Calculating God
04:34 – 7 The Mountain in the Sea
05:39 – 6 Contact
06:50 – 5 The Three-Body Problem
08:06 – (Bonus) Blindsight
08:40 – 4 Children of Time
10:21 – 3 Project Hail Mary
12:08 – 2 Solaris
13:58 – 1 Childhood's End

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