Three Body Problem

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
399 Pages

"Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion."

This was a difficult book for me to get into.  Part of the reason was that I always have trouble with Chinese names seeming similar to me.  It made it difficult to keep track of the characters and then the book relied less on strong characterization and seemed a little dry.