Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary is another likable-smart-guy-in-space story from The Martian author Andy Weir. Ryland Grace isn't stuck on Mars with a bunch of spuds. He's been sent on an interstellar space mission with packets of food slurry so he can save the world. If you liked The Martian, in book or movie form, you'll like this one too. And if you know anything about science — I don't — you'll probably enjoy it on a different level than I was able to because you'll be better able to appreciate what Grace gets up to in space. (That's assuming the details are believable enough that science types won't find fault; I don't know enough to comment on that aspect intelligently.) This was definitely a fun read. I guess Matt Damon can't star in the movie version of this book too, so I'll nominate Ryan Reynolds for the role.