The Three-Body Problem (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 1)

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu — winner of the Hugo Award and inspiration for the Netflix series — is a groundbreaking science fiction novel set during China’s Cultural Revolution. A secret military project contacts an alien civilization facing destruction, which then plans to invade Earth. As humanity reacts, factions form—some welcoming the aliens as saviors, others preparing to resist. Praised worldwide for its vast imagination and intellectual depth, the novel begins Liu’s acclaimed trilogy (The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Death’s End) exploring humanity’s place in the cosmos.