The Martian
Ranked #1 in Space, Ranked #1 in Puns — see more rankings.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a... more
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Martian from the world's leading experts.
Ev Williams Co-Founder/Twitter, CEO/MediumRecommends this book
Craig Barrett Former CEO/IntelThis book didn’t really change my mind, but rather reinforced the concept of the power of the individual. At a time when we depend more and more on big institutions to solve our business and social problems the real solutions are crafted by individual actions and initiative. This is true in the business world, where ideas from individual researchers or entrepreneurs can create mega companies overnight, and in the social sector, where such actions as high performing charter schools run circles around a moribund K-12 education system. Best we all remember that the next meaningful advances will... (Source)
Dan Christensen @EconTalker @cable_co1 The Martian... hey it can’t all be economics and it’s a great book (Source)
Patrick Chovanec @acgleva The book was great. (Source)
Fabrice Grinda I have lots of books to recommend, but they are not related to my career path. The only one that is remotely related is Peter Thiel’s Zero to One. That said here are books I would recommend. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Martian is ranked in the following categories:
- #40 in 11th Grade
- #40 in 16-Year-Old
- #1 in 2014
- #16 in 21st Century
- #22 in AA
- #26 in Action
- #19 in Action Adventure
- #26 in Adaptation
- #8 in Addicting
- #10 in Adult
- #15 in Adventure
- #14 in Adventure Fiction
- #54 in Amazing
- #51 in American
- #66 in American Literature
- #6 in Archives
- #11 in Astronomy
- #32 in Astrophysics
- #5 in Audible
- #13 in Audio
- #21 in Awarded
- #23 in Bestseller
- #2 in Black Holes
- #41 in Book Club
- #7 in Botany
- #14 in Chemistry
- #15 in Choices
- #35 in Classic Sci-Fi
- #49 in Collection
- #7 in Comedic
- #53 in Comedy
- #9 in Courage
- #38 in Current
- #16 in Dad
- #5 in Diaries
- #21 in Easy Reading
- #17 in Engineering
- #15 in Entertaining
- #15 in Entertainment
- #14 in Exploration
- #27 in Fantasy Sci-Fi
- #43 in Feel-Good
- #37 in Fiction
- #13 in Fun
- #13 in Funny
- #21 in Futurism
- #25 in Gift
- #27 in GoT
- #34 in Goodreads
- #14 in Happy
- #14 in Holiday Reading
- #44 in Human Nature
- #46 in Humanity
- #50 in Humor
- #45 in Interesting
- #6 in Kindle
- #23 in Library
- #27 in Light
- #4 in Loneliness
- #1 in Mars
- #28 in Men
- #53 in Modern
- #61 in Modern Fiction
- #23 in Movie
- #20 in Movies
- #9 in Nerdy
- #53 in Novel
- #3 in Orange
- #19 in Page-Turner
- #8 in Planet
- #43 in Popular
- #25 in Problem Solving
- #31 in Quarantine
- #29 in Quest
- #12 in Recent
- #22 in Recommended
- #8 in Reviewed
- #29 in STEM
- #44 in Science
- #5 in Science Fiction
- #15 in Science Fiction Fantasy
- #32 in Science and Math
- #17 in Scientific
- #1 in Self Published
- #39 in Smart
- #62 in Summer
- #57 in Summer Reading
- #4 in Survival
- #14 in Suspense
- #16 in Suspense Thriller
- #2 in Suspenseful
- #5 in Syfy
- #50 in Technology
- #18 in Thriller
- #18 in Thriller Suspense
- #60 in Top Ten
- #40 in Wanderlust
- #28 in Why
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