Does Thanksgiving with the extended family make you feel like an extraterrestrial landing at the dinner table? You’re not alone. While you can’t choose your family, you can find a new one the pages of a book. And when that family is composed of actual aliens, the dinner conversation is certain to be more interesting than anything your weird Uncle Paul has to say. Despite its reputation for intellectual chilliness, the science fiction genre is brimming with emotional stories of connection to warm your cryogenically frozen heart. Here are the 10 best sci-fi books with found family, for when you need to get away from Uncle Paul for a while.
