The Alien / Aliens literary franchise consists of multiple novels and short stories based on the eponymous film franchise, which began in 1979 with the release of Alien.

Now that Hadley’s Hope has failed, he’s lost the Aliens, a huge defeat. But the company rose to the top for a reason, and they already have plans in place. A remote station suddenly becomes the best …

For hundreds of years now, scientists at the Weyland-Yutani Corporation have been monitoring the behavior of an alien life-form so powerful that its potential for military application appears limitless.

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In Alien by Alan Dean Foster, the spaceship Nostromo answers a distress signal on a desolate planet, unknowingly bringing aboard a deadly alien life form. The crew battles for survival as the creature …

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As the aliens begin to awake, a terrifying battle erupts between the cadets, the smugglers, the captain, and the emergent monsters. The cadets soon realize that in space, no one can hear them scream.

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The Alien Chronological Order book series by multiple authors includes books Alien: Covenant, Alien, Alien: Out of the Shadows, and several more. See the complete Alien Chronological Order series …

These novels explore different aspects of the "Alien" franchise, from the origins of the Xenomorphs to the experiences of the colonists and scientists who encounter them.