Artemis

Picked this up the day it came out and burned through it. After Project Hail Mary and The Martian, I was already sold on Andy Weir — Artemis didn't disappoint.

The setting is the hook: a city on the moon, built around tourism and industry, with its own economy, black market, and social hierarchy. Weir clearly had a blast working out the logistics of how a lunar colony would actually function, and that enthusiasm comes through on every page. Jazz Bashara is a fun protagonist — a smuggler with a sharp mouth and a knack for getting into trouble that she partially deserves.

Is the plot predictable? A little. Once the pieces are on the board you can see roughly where things are heading, and the twists don't hit quite as hard as they're meant to. But I didn't really mind. Sometimes a book doesn't need to surprise you — it just needs to be a good time, and this one is. The heist elements are well-executed, the science is characteristically solid, and it moves fast enough that you're never sitting around waiting for something to happen.

Not Weir's best — Project Hail Mary still takes that title — but a genuinely fun read. If you liked The Martian and want more of that energy in a different setting, Artemis delivers.