
Featured pick
5.0/ 5
Year
2021
Publisher
Ballantine Books
ISBN
978-0593135204
FictionCore shelf
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
An astronaut wakes alone on a desperate mission to save Earth, with no memory of how he got there and only science, ingenuity, and an unexpected ally to rely on.
Geek’s cut
Storytelling tuned for readers who over-analyze everything: layered themes, callbacks that reward obsessive memory, and a world that keeps expanding in your head after the last page.
Deeper dive
Project Hail Mary is propulsive hard science fiction with a warm center, turning problem-solving, friendship, and first contact into one tightly engineered adventure.