How to stop spiders climing over your wall in minecraft?

This is my second question on minecraft, but I m a little mad because I put weeks into building my home, a spider comes along kills me and I lose all my inventory. To stop this from happening what should I do to improve the security around my base, thanks for answering p.s. I wont put lava around my house cause I will probably fall in it, lol

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