The Martian but trapped inside a whale is as good as it sounds

If you suffer from thalassophobia (the fear of deep bodies of water and what might lurk unseen in them) or cetophobia (the fear of whales) then Daniel Kraus’s scientific thriller, Whalefall, might not be high on your list to read. That said, if you’re in the mood to read something like Andy Weir’s The Martian meets Jonah and the Whale with some family drama mixed in, then this one’s for you. And you should do it soon — the movie version is arriving this October from No One Will Save You writer-director Brian Duffield.