I really enjoyed that book and the whole "alone in space" vibe it gives off. Are there any more like it?

EDIT: Jeez i can't reply to you all. I wish there was a way to compile all your suggestions into a Goodreads list, these all sound awesome!

  • SbisasCostlyTurnover@feddit.uk
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    11 months ago

    Massive fan of The Martian and Weirs follow up called 'Project Hail Mary'. It leans a little more in the direction of Science Fiction than the Martian did, but it's an absolute page turner from front to back.

    • dexahtm@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Wow you're fast! Just looked it up and that looks like an awesome book. Going to have to read that one. Thanks!

  • Jaximus@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Try Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. One of the best books I've ever read and is more or less what you are describing.

    • dexahtm@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Can't wait to read a book about Sun Microsystem's operating system. Nonetheless, looks cool! Added to my bookmarks

  • gianni@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    The Three Body problem is a bit more science fiction-y but it has a similar type of pull that The Martian or Project Hail Mary has. Hard to stop once you start.

    Also anything by Neal Stephenson would be appropriate. Particularly Seveneves or Snowcrash.

    • drexy_rexy@programming.dev
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      11 months ago

      The Three Body problem is a bit more science fiction-y

      I would say it's more of a "space opera" than science fiction, and I didn't find the writing itself nearly as engaging or good.

  • laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    I think Andy Weir basically revived the Victorian adventure story genre. Robinson Crusoe is the most famous book in that genre.

    But The Wager by David Granny a nonfiction book about a real life wreck and how the navy sailors survived off the coast of Patagonia.

    In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick is also non-fiction in the same vibe about a group of sailors lost in the Pacific after a whale sinks their ship.

    The Terror by David Simmons is also another lost at sea book but fiction with a supernatural element set in the arctic based on a true story.

    Alone: A Classic Polar Adventure by Robert Evelyn Bird is a first hand account of his failed attempt to survive alone over winter in Antarctica. It's absolutely harrowing.