by Andy Weir (2021)
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment. He must solve an extinction-level scientific puzzle with only an unexpected alien companion.
Andy Weir
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth.
Travis Baldree
Worn out after decades of packing into bloody battlefields, Viv, a battle-weary orc barbarian, decides to hang up her sword and open the first-ever coffee shop in the fantasy city of Thune. Along with a talented tiefling barista, a ratkin baker, and a mysterious dire-cat, Viv discovers the sweet flavor of second chances.
James S.A. Corey
Humanity has colonized the solar system, but tensions between Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt are at a boiling point. When ice-hauler captain Jim Holden discovers an abandoned derelict ship, he uncovers a conspiracy threatening humanity's existence.
Ben Miller
"The Aliens Are Coming! is a refreshingly clear, hugely entertaining guide to the search for alien life. Miller looks everywhere for insight, from the Big Bangs sea of energy that somehow became living matter, to the equations that tell us Earth is not so rare, to the clues bacteria hold to how life started. And he makes the case that our growing understanding of life itself will help us predict whether it exists elsewhere, what it might look like, and when we might find it,"--Amazon.com.