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Bill Masden is recovering from an eye operation and misses the meteor shower watched by people worldwide. He is therefore one of those who has the chance of escape when killer plants called Triffids appear shortly afterwards.

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Cassie is trying to survive in a world where repeated alien invasions have decimated the population.

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People in London appear to be hypnotised by spaceships that hover above the city and start sleepwalking towards them. Only Sam seems to be immune to their signal.

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A small group of scientists struggle to communicate with a black cloud that arrives from space and blocks the Sun.

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The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (Older readers)

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The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (Older readers)

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A probe lands on Earth and the townsfolk of a nearby town are all found dead. Can Earth's scientists deal with the threat?

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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (series) Older readers

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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (series) Older readers

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Aliens are poised to invade Earth and young Ender Wiggins must survive military training in order to fight them.

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Tripods: The White Mountains by John Christopher (series)

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Tripods: The White Mountains by John Christopher (series)

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Humans have been enslaved by aliens known as Tripods.

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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (Older readers)

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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (Older readers)

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Alien machines with their lethal heat rays invade the Earth from Mars. This first appeared serialised in magazines in 1897.
An e-audiobook is available from Borrow Box with a Warwickshire library card

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Earth has been invaded by one, small alien who needs to get back home.
Book of the Week 30 June 2019

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Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson (Older readers)

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Landscape with Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson (Older readers)

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Although this has a setting of an Earth invaded by the Vuuv it is more a satire for older readers than pure science fiction.
It was Book of the Week 18 March 2018