Unknown good books:The three body problem trilogy, by Cixin Liu
If you like science fiction books you will really love this trilogy. It isn't the common science fiction story . Cixin Liu definitely is a genious because he combined in a majestic way science fiction, computation, politics, cosmological theories and history of China.
The story focus in two aspects the mathematical three body problem and aliens contact. The main character found the new civilization in a diferent way, he knew the trisolarians trough his computer. The autor showed the story of the trisolarians with a simulation like a game and the main character needs to resolve the mathematical problem.
This book tells the story of confrontation between humans and aliens in more than 1000 pages in a diferent way. This unique story have recomended for Zuckerberg, Obama and the great George R.R. Martin. In fact Martin says : this book is a discovery. It is a mixed of science speculation, philosophy, and the theory of conspiration and cosmology.
I think in my opinion if you watched a good scince ficition film. This story is like you put Matrix, Inception and the War of the worlds together.
If you want to know about development and the future of another race you definitely need to read this book.