"The Martian" by Any Weir

Granted, I had some free time but I didn't expect to whip through this book in one day. I knocked out 40 pages the night before and found few reasons to put it down on the day. This book was well thought out and, in almost all cases, written clearly in an entertaining and concise manner. The central character finds himself, by an unbelievable turn of events, stranded on Mars with enough food to last a small percentage of the time he'll be forced to survive. Weir writes a snarky, funny, intelligent perspective of a man facing down the most dire of circumstances and surviving despite it all. This movie comes out in two weeks. Great timing.