Ten Favorite Novels About Aliens
(alphabetically by author)
Largely from the Alien POV
Under the Skin by Michel Faber
Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey by Ardath Mayhar *
To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon (sometimes titled The Cosmic Rape)
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
Largely from the Human POV
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
From a Mixed Human and Alien POV
Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville
* I had one of the strangest book experiences of my life with my copy of this novel—not a reading experience; a book experience. Ask me sometime.
— June 2, 2021