What to Read After Contact
Readers who loved Contact by Carl Sagan keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Contact is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Contact
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Johnny Mnemonic
2010, odyssey two
Red Mars
The Gods Themselves
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Sphere
2001
Stranger in a Strange Land
Rendezvous with Rama
Cosmos
Childhood’s End
The Mote in God's Eye
Starship Troopers
Timeline
Congo
2061
The lost world, Jurassic Park
The Demon-Haunted World
The Dragons of Eden
Prey
The Forever War
Pale Blue Dot