To Be Taught, If Fortunate

A fabulous novella that deals with the day-to-day activities of an extra-solar mission. Not a book to be read for the events (which tend to be of the more realistically mundane kind) but more one to be read for the experience. A bit like a gentler version of The Martian, this takes you through the experience of a deep space mission, with its up and downs, excitements and boredoms. Ultimately this is an ode to the desire to explore and understand, with a focus on the why rather than the what.