Overall 5 out of 5 stars 182,124 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 166,290 Story 5 out of 5 stars 165,737
Project Hail Mary
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 or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
Bazinga
By: Andy Weir
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,266 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 7,863 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 7,862
George Orwell’s 1984
It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
A Revelation!
By: George Orwell, and others
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 10,505 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,339 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,333
Starter Villain
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
By: John Scalzi
Overall 5 out of 5 stars 37,713 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 33,562 Story 5 out of 5 stars 33,458
The Martian
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 that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.
I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?
By: Andy Weir
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 94,557 Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 86,561 Story 4 out of 5 stars 86,359
Artemis
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
A ferrari with no motor
By: Andy Weir
Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,739 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 1,638 Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,638
Constituent Service
Ashley Perrin is fresh out of college and starting a job as a community liaison for the Third District–the city’s only sector with more alien residents than humans. Ashley’s barely found where the paper clips are kept when she’s beset with constituent complaints–from too much noise at the Annual Lupidian Celebration Parade to a trip-and-fall chicken to a very particular type of alien hornet that threatens the very city itself. And if that’s not terrifying enough, Ashley is next up at the office karaoke night.
Short and fun!
By: John Scalzi
