I've watched both film adaptations and read the Project Hail Mary novel. I love both these works and want to read more stories similar to them. There does not necessarily have to be a crisis situation.
I am looking for a book where humans make peaceful first contact with aliens with some realistic obstacles (different biology, no shared language, extreme cultural differences) that are solved in realistic, scientific ways.
I do not want to read anything dystopian. I like the optimistic outlooks of Arrival and Project Hail Mary.
by Marscy
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The Martian (same author as Project Hail Mary)
Arrival reminds me of Vonnegut
The Gods Themselves is a classic
The first Ender’s Game book is not peaceful, but you might like the rest of the series
Heinlein wrote several, some were about war, but not all