here's some books I've that I really enjoyed, in no particular order.
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Infinity Born, Douglas E. Richards
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072584M83/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
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Children of Time / Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky
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Winter World / Solar War/ The Lost Colony, A.G. Riddle
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N32K12H/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
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Swan Song, Robert McCammon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T54IAY/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
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The Divide, Jeremy Robinson
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B68YR5B/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
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Recursion, Blake Crouch
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HDSHP7N/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
Dark Matter, Blake Crouch
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0180T0IUY/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title
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Semiosis, Sue Burke (the sequel was good, Interference, but this one stands alone)
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and of course... you know I had to do it...
The Martian, Andy Weir
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EMXBDMA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2
Here is your reading assignment It's actually a really good novel if you're interested in AI.