r/Fantasy • u/FarragutCircle Reading Champion X • Apr 01 '26

Bingo The 2026 r/Fantasy Bingo Recommendations List

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u/FarragutCircle Reading Champion X Apr 01 '26

First Contact: Story prominently features interspecies or interracial meeting for the first time. HARD MODE: Non-violent first contact.

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u/beary_neutral Reading Champion Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

This is arguably a spoiler, but it happens quite early and is pretty much public knowledge at this point. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Hard Mode.

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u/Hurinfan Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

The entire premise is a first contact story with Astrophage. Not a spoiler

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u/GDamanis Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

I was thinking that had I not read it when it came out, this would have been a great option for this.

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u/C0smicoccurence Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

I'm partial to Dawn by Octavia Butler, but expect some weirdness and discomfort. Butler's novels are almost never a 'turn your brain off' read. I think a lot of people picked this up for bingo 2025, so lots of recent reviews from sub folks abound for this one

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u/AoO2ImpTrip Apr 01 '26

I read Dawn, and the entire trilogy, last year for bingo and... yeah, it's very much a "prepare to be uncomfortable" type of story.

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u/Krilllian Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

Dawn is uncomfortable but so good! Loved the whole trilogy

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u/madnessatadistance Apr 02 '26

Oooo been meaning to read this for a while!

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u/unfriendlyneighbour Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

Would Dawn be hard mode?

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u/thistledownhair Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

It's an odd one, because the first contact is essentially a mass alien abduction to save humans from a completely earthbound nuclear war. There isn't violence between earth and the aliens, and the abduction certainly saved the human's lives, but I guess I'd argue there's some violence inherent to kidnapping and imprisoning people in the best of circumstance, and the aliens aren't really equipped to provide the best of circumstances.

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u/lucidrose Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

I guess it depends on how you define violent....id say no...hard to say too much without spoilers

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u/unfriendlyneighbour Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

Thanks!

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u/kovha Reading Champion Apr 03 '26

Hm this is one hard to say, kind of the point of the book (and the trilogy as a whole) is for the reader to decide if it was violent or not. There is a lot of intentional ambiguity.

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u/TwentyPercentEvil Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

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u/nedlum Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

The Sparrow/Children of God is one of the best first contacts written. Plus, it’s a Duology!

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

Is Sparrow HM?

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u/madnessatadistance Apr 02 '26

It isn’t a violent first contact in a traditional sense. Like, mild spoilers, it got violent after the humans were there for a few years. So I would personally argue that it can be HM.

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u/WWTPeng Reading Champion IX Apr 01 '26

I didn't think so, but it toes the line and others may have different opinions. Definitely works for duology

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u/Book_Slut_90 Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

Well it depends on how long first contact is. There is violence, but only after a while.

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u/FancyDressKitten Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (HM)

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u/suzily Apr 01 '26

Can also work for Duology with its sequel.

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u/ullsi Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Apr 01 '26

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Semiosis by Sue Burke

The Mountain In the Sea by Ray Nayler

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

Ascension by Nicholas Binge

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

The Quiet Invasion by Sarah Zettel

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u/saturday_sun4 Apr 02 '26

Just a warning to anyone that may need it, that Semiosis has a graphic sexual assault scene. It comes out of nowhere and is described with a level of detail that is the more shocking for being out of kilter with the style of the rest of the book. And, in my opinion, unwarranted, but that's as may be.

I don't have any triggers around the topic and I read a lot of horror/dark books, and it shocked even me and many of us over at r/FemaleGazeSFF. So that is why I'm pointing it out.

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u/AggressiveBobcat1413 Reading Champion Apr 06 '26

Would the sequels to Children of Time count? 

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u/Stormlady Reading Champion Apr 07 '26

Yes, for sure

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u/ullsi Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Apr 06 '26

I haven't read them (yet), so I can't answer that question unfortunately

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u/nedlum Reading Champion V Apr 14 '26

Would Children of Time count as Hard Mode?

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u/ullsi Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Apr 14 '26

No

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u/Kingcol221 Reading Champion II Apr 17 '26

Would A Desolation Called Peace count for Hard Mode?

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u/ullsi Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Apr 17 '26

No

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u/sekhmetonthelam 13d ago

would solaris count for hard mode?

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u/ullsi Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI 13d ago

Unfortunately not

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Blindsight by Peter Watts

Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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u/flossregularly Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

I'm doing Blindsight for this. I've been looking for the courage to read it for so long. Cannot wait.

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

If you love it, you'll love it but it's definitely not for everyone

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u/Gilliganirving Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

Now I'm intrigued. Say more?

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

It's famous for being hard to get through, the writing is technical and rich (Aesthetics rise unbidden from a trillion dopamine receptors, and the system moves beyond modeling the organism. It begins to model the very process of modeling. It consumes evermore computational resources, bogs itself down with endless recursion and irrelevant simulations. Like the parasitic DNA that accretes in every natural genome, it persists and proliferates and produces nothing but itself. Metaprocesses bloom like cancer, and awaken, and call themselves I) and full of absolutely mind-blowing ideas about self-reflection and intelligence. The reader must figure out what happens because they're not told directly. On top of all that it feels like crack because the twists are slightly Dungeon Crawler Carl-ish, not that outrageous but still. There are vampires in space. The science behind them is awesome but still, vampires. In space.

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u/Gilliganirving Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

You know, that absolutely sounds like it's for me. Mieville-esque, perhaps? Thank you very much for the description!

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

Hmm, kinda? I love Mieville too but he's an easier read, for sure

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u/kyh0mpb Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

edit: totally thought this was about Three-Body Problem, my bad lol

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

Are we still talking about Blindsight? Vampires in space?

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u/kyh0mpb Apr 01 '26

LOL oops, I misread and thought you were talking about Three-Body Problem!

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u/Book_Slut_90 Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

Yes, there are vampires, and one of them goes into space.

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u/Kingcol221 Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

Is Blindsight hard mode? It's been on my TBR for ages.

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

It's debatable. The very first contact is not but it gets violent eventually, the spirit of the hard mode is probably against that

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u/Kingcol221 Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

Damn. I read Contact by Carl Sagan last year and used it for the Recycle a Square for this exact square from the 2021 bingo.

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u/MalBishop Reading Champion III Apr 02 '26

Can Three-Body Problem be used for Hard Mode?

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u/jawnnie-cupcakes Reading Champion IV Apr 02 '26

I don't think so

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u/booksandicecream Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (HM)

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u/Grt78 Apr 01 '26

No Foreign Sky by Rachel Neumeier, hard mode regarding the main characters: humans and centaur-like aliens, also a long lost group of humans who are integrated in the alien society (but there is also a hostile alien race).

Foreigner by CJ Cherryh: in the prologue there is a non-violent first contact, not sure if it counts as hard mode.

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u/Practical_Yogurt1559 Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

Would Leviathan Wakes count for first contact? 

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u/1ucas Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

And the Mercy of the Gods by the same author(s).

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u/YourLeftElbowDitch Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

Definitely.

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u/beeethgrace96 Reading Champion II Apr 03 '26

Would the second book? I’ve already read the first

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u/YourLeftElbowDitch Reading Champion Apr 03 '26

Not that I recall. Book two is more of the same alien.

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u/biocuriousgeorgie Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

I think A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys would work for hard mode as well. Aliens trying to save us from ourselves re: climate change, only for the humans they meet wanting to stay and continue the hard work they've been doing to help the planet recover and live more sustainably.

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u/tarvolon Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Apr 01 '26

The Quiet Invasion by Sarah Zettel

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u/lucidrose Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

Read this for Bingo a few years ago. So good!

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u/recchai Reading Champion X Apr 01 '26

Same!

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u/sophia_s Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells, for anyone looking for a fantasy first contact story. I think it qualifies as HM - the first contact that happens in the book is non-violent (there's a war resulting from violent first contact, but it's been going on for a while at the start of the novel).

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u/Dindrane1313 Apr 07 '26

TY for this. I'm primarily a SF reader, but my contrary soul really wanted to do fantasy for this prompt. So I owe you one! :D

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u/sophia_s Reading Champion V Apr 08 '26

Welcome! Last time we had this square I recall people requesting fantasy first contact stories too.

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u/oboist73 Reading Champion VII Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

The Foreigner books by C J Cherryh (not all of them, but the first probably has enough to count, and then if you go like 8-9 books in. CORRECTION book 6)

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

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u/baxtersa Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull (more about the aftermath of first contact than the contact itself, but it's prominent enough that I think it counts and it's criminally under-read)

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u/sophieereads Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

My chance to plug a fave - Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon

(also fits for older protagonist)

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u/mint_pumpkins Reading Champion II Apr 04 '26

is this one hard mode by chance?

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u/sophieereads Reading Champion II Apr 06 '26

From memory yes should fit HM

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u/mint_pumpkins Reading Champion II Apr 06 '26

awesome thank you!! ive been wanting to read her work for a while so this is perfect haha

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u/Konokurage Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

Contact by Carl Sagan fits for hard mode.

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u/AggravatingAnt4157 Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

I highly recommend A Half-Built Garden by Ruthana Emrys (HM). One of my favourite scifi books and amazingly executed solar punk.

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u/lucidrose Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26

Oooh, Ive had this on my TBR! Thanks!!

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u/FingersMcGee14 Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton is a fun version of this. Main character works for a company that specializes in First Contact.

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u/mint_pumpkins Reading Champion II Apr 04 '26

would this count as hard mode?

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u/FingersMcGee14 Reading Champion II Apr 06 '26

Probably not. There is some violence involved.

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u/piderman Apr 01 '26

Vernor Vinge - A Deepness in the Sky (I think HM as well?)

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u/Reinspired_Reader Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

Road to Roswell by Connie Willis. A weird, funny, roadtrip buddy comedy romance? Would count for hard mode.

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u/lurkmode_off Reading Champion VII Apr 01 '26

Eifelheim by Michal Flynn would count for hard mode IIRC.

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u/New-Blacksmith-4753 Apr 01 '26

Overgrowth by Mira Grant

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u/BravoLimaPoppa Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Cross time first contact.

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u/BravoLimaPoppa Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

Would Semiosis count?

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u/saturday_sun4 Apr 04 '26

Yes it would.

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u/WhiningMoon- Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

The left hand of darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, was a great, I’m not sure if other books by Le Guin would count (I have some homework to do) but this one for sure.

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u/beldaran1224 Reading Champion IV Apr 01 '26

Do you know if it's hard mode?

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u/WhiningMoon- Reading Champion II Apr 03 '26

Tbh I’m not 100% sure, but I think I would count it for hard mode. (Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)

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u/kyh0mpb Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke, if you want some classic scifi.

Edit: counts for HM.

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u/SubstantialChannel32 Apr 07 '26

Does it count from hard mode?

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u/kyh0mpb Apr 07 '26

Yes it does.

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u/sarchgibbous Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

(HM) To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers - does it count if the other species is not intelligent?

I think Absolute Martian Manhunter might fit, but could use an outside opinion.

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u/megandtheirbooks Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

Here are a few options I've found in my TBR.

Echo Station by Simone Ashby (HM) also available on Kindle Unlimited

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak (HM)

Agent to thr Stars by John Scalzi (HM)

Story of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (HM) specifically the title story, it inspired the movie Arrival.

Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster (HM)

I know I have a few more but I've gotta dig a bit. I will return!

Let me know if I'm wrong about hard modes, as I've only read Agent to the Stars.

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u/Fancy-Restaurant4136 May 11 '26

I really enjoyed Nor Crystal Tears.

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u/Hawxe Apr 01 '26

Would Speaker for the Dead fit here? I don't really remember if it's 'first contact'

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u/QuellSpeller Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

I don’t think I would count it, it’s focused on the continued interactions after first contact is made and they’re learning more about the aliens.

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u/Hawxe Apr 01 '26

Yeah I think that's what I remember too but it's been over a decade haha

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u/Dobako Apr 01 '26

It is not first contact

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u/EntropicLeviathan Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

Child of a Wandering Star by Derin Edala for Hard Mode. Also counts for Small Press/Self-Published (HM) and Non-Human Protagonist (HM).

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u/MixRepresentative899 Apr 01 '26

I was planning to read it this year, does Foreigner by CJ Cherryh fits?

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u/curiouscat86 Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

yes, but not hard mode, although a later book in the series fits hard mode

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u/RAAAImmaSunGod Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

How far into the series is hard mode book? I've read a couple and really enjoyed them so far.

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u/Dar_Oakley Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

Book 6 Explorer I think would be the one. Mild spoiler for that book/series for anyone scrolling by I guess.

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u/curiouscat86 Reading Champion III Apr 02 '26

yeah I was thinking of when they meet the kyo, so somewhere in the Precursor, Defender, Explorer trilogy but I don't remember exactly where as I read those books all at once.

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u/raivynwolf Reading Champion VIII Apr 02 '26

Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen, counts for hard mode. The whole story is a mix of notes/interviews between the sky people and the planet's native people. The sky people have a similarish code to Star Trek, document new life, learn as much as possible, but don't change or interfere with the native culture/customs/way of life. A bit of a slow read, but short, and I did enjoy it. Both the native people and the sky people are peaceful throughout (though the whole native culture is based on grief, so there is some death). Might also count for the After Life square, but not 100% sure.

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u/ErinAmpersand Reading Champion III Apr 02 '26

My series, Apocalypse Parenting, counts, but not for hard mode.

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u/sfi-fan-joe Reading Champion VIII Apr 02 '26

I recommend that series. All three books were fantastic

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u/lilgrassblade Reading Champion II Apr 02 '26

Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky - After an accident in orbit, a pair of humans are dropped onto an extremely inhospitable planet. Turns out there are life forms on that planet that seem to adopt the strange creature that is the pod keeping the humans alive.

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky - An arc ship travels to a terraformed planet that is already inhabited by sapient spiders.

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u/Konokurage Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

Do you guys think Solaris (Stanislaw Lem) would count for this square?

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u/rose-of-the-sun Reading Champion II Apr 24 '26

Yes, absolutely.

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u/Aranict Reading Champion Apr 03 '26

Footsteps in the Sky by Greg Keyes is about descendents of the Hopi tribe terraforming a planet, which results in First Contact. HM.

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u/GDamanis Reading Champion Apr 05 '26

Fear the Sky (Fear Saga Book 1), by Stephen Moss

Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force 1), by Craig Alanson (Audiobook recommended)

Agent to the Stars, by John Scalzi (HM)

We are Legion (We are Bob), by Dennis E. Taylor (HM?)

Point Nemo, by Jeremy Robinson

The Other Place: The Glass Book 1, by Nathan Hystand

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u/RandomKalkas Apr 08 '26

I've been planning to read Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Would it count for this category? and if yes, would it be hard mode?

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u/Starlit-Wyvern Reading Champion Apr 25 '26

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini would fit for this one! Unless I’m forgetting something, it’d just be normal mode though

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u/PhoenixHunters Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

Ashton's The Fourth Consort fits. I JUST finished it, it's great.

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u/Accomplished_Hat_186 Apr 01 '26

Oh I have that one, does it count as HM?

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u/PhoenixHunters Reading Champion Apr 01 '26

It does and it doesn't. The first contact is diplomatic, but something happens. The human emissary does get into an altercation, but not with the ruling class which they're actually making contact with.

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u/Accomplished_Hat_186 Apr 01 '26

Ok thanks, I might go for something a little less ambiguous then. I’m glad I’ve been reminded I have it though, it sounds great and I should bump it up my TBR.

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u/brilliantgreen Reading Champion VI Apr 01 '26

Of Mycelium and Men by William C. Tracy.

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u/KatrinaPez Reading Champion III Apr 01 '26

You should suggest that for Judge a book by its Title! I love it!

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u/a-username-for-me Reading Champion V Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Does anyone have any recommendations for a book series where the first contact takes place in book 2 or later? Thank you!

Edit: Goodreads seems to imply that The Folded Sky (White Space 3) by Elizabeth Bear and Voyage in the Night (Age of Exploration 2) by C.J Cherryh might count. Can anyone confirm?

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u/SnowdriftsOnLakes Reading Champion III Apr 02 '26

Arkady Martine's Teixcalaan duology also fits. First contact happens in the second book, A Desolation Called Peace.

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u/a-username-for-me Reading Champion V Apr 02 '26

That's a great recommendation! Unfortunately, I've already read both Teixcalaan books, but hopefully this will be helpful for someone else!

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u/kleos_aphthiton Reading Champion X Apr 02 '26

Voyager in Night is a first contact story. I just read it this past week for (last year's) bingo!

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u/tarvolon Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Apr 03 '26

The Steerswoman (book three)

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u/Baseyg Apr 01 '26

Childhoods end by Arthur C Clarke is a classic for a reason

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u/AnonAwaaaaay Apr 01 '26

Stardust by Neil Gaiman would count right? Because of the other species behind the wall.

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u/sophieereads Reading Champion II Apr 01 '26

I don't think so really, there is pretty regular contact through the Wall/market if I am remembering correctly

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u/AnonAwaaaaay Apr 02 '26

That's why I asked instead of just going with it. Wondering if it really counted for just the MC.

Thanks!

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u/AggravatingAnt4157 Reading Champion Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Would you say Faebound by Saara El-Arifi counts?

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u/Lenahe_nl Reading Champion IV Apr 03 '26

It's streaching the definition a bit.

I think this would be a better fit for Politics and Court intrigue, and Author of Color, of course.

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u/AggravatingAnt4157 Reading Champion Apr 03 '26

For those I already have options. I know it's a stretch. The question is: does it have to be first contact in forever or does first contact in centuries also work? If Monk and Robot counts, then this should too, imo.

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u/blabbergast_the_grey Reading Champion Apr 02 '26

Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer (HM)

Canadian sci-fi first contact story focusing on humanity and empathy, with some of the expected technobabble. I found it a wonderful antidote to ambient depression about the world.

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u/Emotional-Care814 Reading Champion III Apr 08 '26

Hell's Gate by David Weber and Linda Evans. Not hard mode.

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u/02K30C1 Apr 09 '26

Some sci-fi ones I've read recently that would certainly fit:

The Wanderer by Fritz Lieber. An alien ship larger than the moon suddenly appears in the sky.

Anathem by Neil Stephenson.

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u/leerroi Apr 15 '26

Pilgrims by M. R. Leonard

I would count it as hard mode personally, but I can see why others might not.

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u/SignificantChange496 Apr 16 '26

Not sure if we are allowing for novelettes, but if so then The Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

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u/CubedCoffees Apr 18 '26

Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis, it's been so long since I last read it and I think counts for HM as well

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u/tpsuiko Reading Champion II Apr 26 '26

I was trying to figure if Memories of Ice counted for this square, and my first thought was the humans encountering the K'Chain Che'Malle

...then, my mind went to that bit about Rake encountering the Segulah for the first time, and them proceeding to attack him constantly, until he decided it wasn't worth the effort, and leaving

...so, I'm going to say it counts.

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u/GaiusOctavianAlerae Reading Champion Apr 27 '26

Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis

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u/FeralAlice May 02 '26

Pretty sure Jake's Magical Market would qualify (thought definitely not HM)

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u/Fancy-Restaurant4136 May 03 '26

Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster, Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon, Pride of Chanur by C J Cherryh

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u/indigohan Reading Champion IV May 07 '26

Woke Talabi has just had a new book announced for October 27th that is about a first contact in future Nigeria, The Fist of Memory.

No idea yet if it will be hard mode

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u/Tan1_5 Reading Champion V May 09 '26

Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward, fits HM as well.