My brother likes sci-fi books that “could really happen.” Not 100% sure on his criteria for that, but he really likes Andy Weir’s books (minus Project Artemis) and he liked the Blake Crouch book I got him (I think it was Recursion?). He loved the movie Interstellar. He’s not interested in books like Red Rising, which I guess he thinks is more fantasy than sci-fi.
Any suggestions?
Edit: He only does audiobooks, so bonus points if it’s good as an audiobook.
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“Slow River” by Nicola Griffith is about hackers, biotech, and the dangers of shady infrastructure. TW for >!child abuse and SA!< though.
*The Calculating Stars* by Mary Robinette Kowal. I think she narrates her own books and she’s an excellent narrator. The premise is that a comet hits the Chesapeake Bay back in the 1950s. It obliterates the East Coast and puts the Earth on a course towards becoming uninhabitable, which kick-starts a space race to Mars to try to save humanity.
The first story she wrote in the series is [The Lady Astronaut of Mars](https://www.tor.com/2013/09/11/the-lady-astronaut-of-mars/) which is available free online.
[Cat Pictures Please](https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/), *Catfishing on Catnet* and *Chaos on Catnet* by Naomi Kritzer. The SFnal bit is a sentient computer ap who tries to help people.
Seveneves! Like if the Martian were a thousand pages long and also better.
“Snow Crash” by Neil Stephenson – follows a cyberpunk, late capitalist future where the protagonist (named Hiro Protagonist) lives in a shipping container and encounters a new virus in the Metaverse
Similar is “Infinite Detail” by Tim Maughan. I have about 100 pages left, but I’ve enjoyed it so far. Imagine that Google Glass really took off and we’re even more dependent on the internet than we are now. Then, an act of cyberterrorism shuts off the internet for good