The Martian by Andy Weir is an exhilarating tale of survival, ingenuity, and the human spirit set against the unforgiving landscape of Mars. From the very first page, the reader is thrust into the dire predicament of astronaut Mark Watney, who finds himself stranded alone on the red planet after a mission goes catastrophically wrong.

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England is the second of Brandon Sanderson's Secret Projects from his record-breaking Kickstarter Campaign. It's the only one of the Secret Projects that does not take place in Sanderson's interconnected world, the Cosmere, and as such, it feels much different than some of his other work.