When a deadly dust storm cuts their mission short, astronaut Mark Watney’s crew makes an agonizing decision to return to earth without him. They saw his biosigns go flat: they believe they’re leaving his body behind. But Watney is very much alive, and now he must find a way to survive on Mars, in a damaged station, with limited food and no communication. Next step: to cobble together a rescue plan. Think Cast Away, in outer space. Funny, thrilling, and surprisingly plausible.

Bestselling author Andy Weir is back with a journey to earth's moon this time. There, thousands occupy connected glass bubbles that form a city. We meet a criminal named Jazz who finds herself trying to save the city. If "heist in space" sounds good to you, give this one a try. Weir still gives readers the detailed scientific explanations that make his stories such nerdish fun. Those of you who read and/or watched The Martian, you won't be surprised to learn a film version of Artemis is in the works too.

A middle school science teacher races to save the world in The Martian author’s new sci-fi adventure. When Ryland Grace wakes up from a coma on a spaceship millions of miles from Earth, his crewmates are dead and he can’t remember his own name. He knows he was working on the Petrova problem: the sun is dying, and if he can’t figure out how to revive it, a new ice age will end life as we know it. But all is not yet lost— by relying on his own wits and a new friend, he might yet save us all. VERY science-y, often funny, surprisingly poignant. MGM already snatched up the film rights with Ryan Gosling to star.