The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Paperback)

During China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space in search of alien life. Decades later, a nanotech researcher is drawn into a string of scientist suicides, a mysterious virtual reality game and a conspiracy that reveals humanity has made first contact with a civilization facing its own struggle to survive.

Cixin Liu's novel won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and launched the acclaimed Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, now adapted for television.

Big ideas, hard science and a sweeping sense of scale make this a must-read for science fiction fans.