Reddit reviews Children of Time

Some contemporary options that I can't get out of my head since I read (listened) to them:

• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. She's a new author and the book was simply amazing.
  
• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Amazing "first contact" story.
  
• Fear the Sky by Stephen Moss. Well-done invasion story.

Children of Time and Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovksy both have strong sociological themes. If you enjoy these books you might also want to check out Semiosis: A Novel by Susan Burke.

Foundation by Isaac Asimov is about the fall and rise of a galactic empire. It is a bit dated in terms of science fiction but a classic in the genre.

Exhalation and Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang are collections of short stories and some of them contain strong sociological themes around communication and intersubjective understanding.

A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge also have some interesting speculative sociology.

Hominids: Volume One of The Neanderthal Parallax by Robert J. Sawyer also contains interesting speculative anthropology and sociology (but not a very interesting plot IMO) and is also worth a read.

Try reading Children of Time :-)

It definitely gave me mixed feelings

Try and read Children of Time: https://www.amazon.com/Children-Time-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/1543625584

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Has main characters that are spiders. He is able to convey emotions beautifully. I can't quite quote anything, I just know it was an amazing book and I connected with the spider's emotions.

If you like them you should read Children of Time https://www.amazon.com/Children-Time-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/1543625584