Check Me Out - LKLD October 2025

EXORDIA

By Seth Dickinson

A disaffected office worker has an unearthly close encounter and joins a team of civilians, soldiers and scientists to investigate a mysterious other-worldly broadcast. If they can manage to face their own demons, they just might save the world.

YOUR ALIEN

By Tammi Sauer

When a little boy meets a stranded alien child, the two quickly become friends, but at bedtime, the alien suddenly grows very sad, and the boy tries to figure out what his new friend needs to be happy again.

OVERGROWTH

By Mira Grant

Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she’s an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. When a signal confirms an impending invasion, it’s clear her extraterrestrial family isn’t coming just to bring her home.

ALIEN NATE

By Dave Whamond

Journeying from the planet Vega to Earth in the hope of eating a pizza, Nate is introduced to the amazing world of humans by new friend Fazel, who helps him elude capture by the Men in Beige.

LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME

By Mike Chen

When their brother, who has been missing for years, suddenly returns, changed, Evie and Kass Shao must cast aside their differences to hide him from the FBI and an entire alien army who are in fast pursuit.

ARMADA

By Ernest Cline

Struggling to complete his final month of high school only to glimpse a UFO that exactly resembles an enemy ship from his favorite video game, Zack questions his sanity before becoming one of millions of gamers tasked with protecting the Earth during an alien invasion.

THE ROAD TO ROSWELL

By Connie Willis

On the way to her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding, level-headed Francie is abducted by an alien, along with a charming con man, a casinoaddicted little old lady, a Westernloving retiree, and a UFO-chasing nutjob. She discovers the alien is in trouble, and she’s the only one who can help.

LIFE HACKS FOR A LITTLE ALIEN

By Alice Franklin

A lonely girl in southeast England feels like an alien but hears about an ancient, indecipherable manuscript, giving her hope that others are like her. She and friend Bobby research the text in the library, in a volume narrated by an u