The Martian by Andy Weir SF Wei

Six days into the first manned mission to land on Mars, a sandstorm causes the mission to be aborted some 25 days early. As the 6-man crew is rushing to the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) which will launch them from Mars to their waiting spaceship orbiting above, Mark Watney -- the crew's engineer and botanist -- is struck by debris and lost. The remaining crew reach the MAV and leave Mars, headed home for good.  Everyone on Earth joins them in mourning Watney's death.

Except Mark isn't dead.  And now he has to figure out how to stay alive for over a year, on a dead planet with 25 days' worth of supplies, not to mention how to let anyone on Earth know that he's there and still kicking.

Funny, sarcastic science-fiction without being overly technical (and, importantly for me, without going the aliens route), I really enjoyed this book. Mark is likeable, as are the other characters throughout the book, and the story itself is very clever.  Even a non-fan of sci-fi might find this a fun little read.