3 Best Sci-Fi Books To Read This Weekend (November 14-15)

The article recommends three science fiction books for a weekend read, each offering a different take on the genre. They explore Victorian social conventions, identity in a far-future galaxy, and survival on Mars, showing the range of stories science fiction can tell.

The picks are *Poor Things* by Alasdair Gray, a Frankenstein-inspired novel set in Victorian Glasgow whose letters challenge the account of Bella Baxter’s life; *House of Suns* by Alastair Reynolds, about clones facing an attack six million years in the future; and Andy Weir’s *The Martian*, in which stranded astronaut Mark Watney uses his scientific skills and humour to survive.