Artemis

From the author of The Martian comes a high-stakes heist set on the moon. Jazz Bashara is a small-time smuggler just trying to scrape by as a porter in Artemis, humanity’s first lunar city. But when a lucrative low-gravity heist goes catastrophically wrong, Jazz uncovers a conspiracy threatening the entire settlement. To stop a ruthless criminal syndicate from seizing control, she must rally a ragtag team (including her estranged father) to pull off an even bigger, far more dangerous job.

Ideal for readers who love fast-paced, near-future techno-thrillers, witty underdogs, and high-stakes heist stories set in rigorously researched worlds.

Read it for: the science. Andy Weir uses real physics and maths to show how a job like Jazz’s would actually work on the moon, which keeps Artemis grounded and authentic.