The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
1898
Books with the “Alien Invasion” trope
An advanced alien civilization attacks Earth and upends human life as we know it.
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Plot twists · Alien Invasion
Books with this trope
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
1985
Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein
1959
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
1953
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu
2008
All You Need Is Kill
Hiroshi Sakurazaka
2004
The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey
2013
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
2020
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Dual Identity
A respectable person hides a second, darker self or lives two opposite lives.