[{"n": "Agent to the Stars", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/agent-to-the-stars/", "s": "A Hollywood agent represents an alien race making first contact."}, {"n": "All Flesh is Grass (novel)", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/all-flesh-is-grass-novel/", "s": "A novel about a town sealed by a mysterious alien barrier."}, {"n": "Alternate Realities (Cherryh)", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/alternate-realities-cherryh/", "s": "Omnibus of three short science fiction novels by C. J. Cherryh, originally published in 1981, 1982, and 1984."}, {"n": "Anathem", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/anathem/", "s": "A novel of quantum mechanics, monastic intellectuals, and alien contact."}, {"n": "Armor (novel)", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/armor-novel/", "s": "A novel of exoskeletons, alien ants, and psychological survival."}, {"n": "Axiom's End", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/axiom-s-end/", "s": "A debut alternate history novel about first contact and government coverup."}, {"n": "Brain Wave", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/brain-wave/", "s": "A novel about Earth leaving an intelligence-dampening field."}, {"n": "Camouflage (novel)", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/camouflage-novel/", "s": "Two immortal aliens seek each other on Earth."}, {"n": "Canopus in Argos", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/canopus-in-argos/", "s": "Five novels exploring accelerated evolution guided by advanced species."}, {"n": "The Captive's War", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/the-captive-s-war/", "s": "A space opera trilogy inspired by the biblical Book of Daniel."}, {"n": "Cat Country", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/cat-country/", "s": "Dystopian satire of Chinese society set on Mars."}, {"n": "The Chanur novels", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/the-chanur-novels/", "s": "Five novels about the Compact and first contact with humans."}, {"n": "Childhood's End", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/childhood-s-end/", "s": "A classic novel of peaceful alien invasion and human transcendence."}, {"n": "Dante's Equation", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/dante-s-equation/", "s": "Novel linking physics, Kabbalah, and multiverse travel through a wave equation."}, {"n": "Dark Light (novel)", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/dark-light-novel/", "s": "Second book in MacLeod's Engines of Light Trilogy."}, {"n": "A Deepness in the Sky", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/a-deepness-in-the-sky/", "s": "A prequel set 30,000 years before A Fire Upon the Deep."}, {"n": "Downbelow Station", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/downbelow-station/", "s": "Hugo-winning novel set in Cherryh's Alliance–Union universe."}, {"n": "Embassytown", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/embassytown/", "s": "A novel about language, alien addiction, and the limits of communication."}, {"n": "Ender's Game", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/ender-s-game/", "s": "A novel about child soldiers training for alien war."}, {"n": "The Faded Sun Trilogy", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/the-faded-sun-trilogy/", "s": "A trilogy of novels in Cherryh's Alliance–Union universe."}, {"n": "A Far Sunset", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/a-far-sunset/", "s": "A psychiatrist stranded on Altair Five confronts primitive culture."}, {"n": "Finisterre universe", "u": "/e/novels-about-extraterrestrial-life/finisterre-universe/", "s": "A fictional universe of telepathic beasts and human riders."}]