Books like Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson

Andy Weir’s debut science‑fiction bestseller follows astronaut Mark Watney, stranded on Mars in 2035, as he uses ingenuity to survive.

After an Antarctic plane crash exposes a vast cave system, a rescue squad led by Captain Alex Hunter races to uncover the mystery—only to confront an ancient terror lurking beneath the ice.

A sudden Argentine attack on a British Antarctic outpost triggers a polar invasion, leaving the world to hope that a cutting‑edge U.S. Navy stealth destroyer can defend Earth’s final frontier.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

Ben Elton’s debut sci‑fi thriller, Stark, follows a shadowy consortium with god‑like wealth that knows Earth is dying, as a disparate crew in Western Australia confronts a planet‑level conspiracy threatening humanity’s future.