Dawn

One of the best books I've ever read.

I was utterly engaged from the beginning. Lilith's journey is fascinating and is served by clutterless prose.

This might be the densest “interesting ideas per page” sci fi novel I've encountered. This has one of the best and most interesting depictions of alien life. The position Lilith finds herself in, relative to the extraterrestrials, allows for all sorts of interesting examinations of not just human behavior and tendencies but also the definition of “human” and how flexible that might be.

Masterpiece.