Sci-fi picks: Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary and The Martian, James P. Hogan’s Inherit the Stars, and David Wellington’s The Last Astronaut.

I also love Joh Sasaki’s police novels: 暴雪圏, 警官の血, 制服捜査.

Manga: Yumi Tamura’s Don’t Call It Mystery.

On screen: TRICK and He Who Can't Marry starring Hiroshi Abe, plus How Do You Like Wednesday? starring Yo Oizumi and Takayuki Suzui, directed by Tadahisa Fujimura, filmed by Masamichi Ureshino.