- Project Hail Mary
- Artemis
- The Martian
Maybe watch the movie "The Martian" first if you don't want to commit. As always, the books are better.
Also "I Robot" by Asimov is short stories. (Not like the movie)
You can read books by master story tellers too. Those will never be boring and will be full with twisted facts and interesting relationships. You can start with Crime thrillers, Murder mysteries.
Adding to the above list:
Jeffery Archer and Dan Brown present some very interesting books in the form of "Kane and Abel" and "Angels and Demons".
Another good book that you might find interesting is "Flatland - a romance of many dimensions" by Edwin Abbott.