Loved itFor me, I believe that would be The Martian. I feel like I kind of went into this one with like hesitancy, but I remember loving this book, like absolutely adoring it.
The Martian (2011)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive The Martian is a 2011 science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It was his debut novel under his own name. It was originally self-published in 2011; Crown Publishing purchased the rights and re-released it in 2014. The story follows an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars in 2035 and must improvise in order to survive.
- ISBN:
- 9789401614030
- Length:
- 369 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction, thriller
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Loved itIt is hilarious. It is vulgar. The audiobook is everything.
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Loved itAnd of course, The Martian, which I absolutely loved and I recommend to everyone.
Loved itEven the Martian in Project Hal Mary, I think, could be workplace dysfunction because like they're doing a job and even if it's not dysfunctional amongst the people, the situation is.
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Loved itI really enjoyed The Martian by Andy Weir. It was quite the page turner while also being kind of a hard sci-fi read.
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Loved itI listened to the audio book of this which I would absolutely recommend thoroughly enjoyed it
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Loved itI love this book ... it is hilarious and also so good and this is definitely chef's kiss a true five star
Loved itthis book I loved this book so much this was I wanted to get into some more science fiction and SCI Fantasy last year and I read this for arthon and absolutely loved it
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Loved itI loved the Martian when I first read it.
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Loved itthis book is a page Turner of the best kind from the opening explo filled first sentence of this book The Martian grabbed me right away
Loved itIt's a great story and a comfort read and I really like it.
Loved itThis is one of my first books when I got into reading adult science fiction, and I really do think it holds up. I love the hard science in it. I love the humor.
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Loved itI loved both project Hail Mary and the Martian I slightly preferred the setting in the Martian but I ended up choosing a project Hail Mary for this list due to its larger scope and for its characters
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Loved itI had just the most fun and I learned so much science. There's so much science in this book, but also it's so fun and it's so accessible to the non-scientist mind.
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Not a fanI did not love his first book... I thought that book was so boring... I read like the first chapter and was like yawns Ville and I didn't get any farther than that
Loved itI really loved this book and I wanted to put it on this list because it probably the best audio book I have ever listened to in my entire life it was engaging and it was thrilling
Loved itI listen to this one on audiobook and I'm telling you right now this is the best Audi book I've ever listened to
Loved itI have not been so moved by a book as I was with The Martian... Every emotion that you can feel in a book, I felt it in this one.
Loved itThis is a book that everyone either is requesting to read from me or its a book that I've been pushing onto people because I know that this is just such a fun book.