My favorite book this year was definitely Farilane by Michael J. Sullivan.  It reads fine as a stand alone, but also reads really well as a part of the series at large.

I definitely agree that Hail Mary was better than The Martian, and I almost felt guilty thinking it.  I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Joshua Dalzelle Warship (black fleet trilogy)

Good solid novel series about starship operations. Basically sins of a solar empire in book form.

Relatively recent series still being written today I think even after 9 books. 

is this the one about sun dimming and whatnot? If yes, it was recommended and “borrowed” in its e-versionto me by a friend. Still yet to start reading, but what he told me about it, it did sound truly exciting. 

Last year, i only read 2 books, the final Expanse book and then “Redemption of Time”, which is fan-fiction addition to the Three Body series made official. I could recommend both, but it does not make sense to read either, unless you read everything that predates them. 

Anyway, if i was looking for something new scifish to read, i would check the utube channel called Quinns ideas. The guy talks and reviews lot of this kind of books, lately he made me quite excited about a book called Off Armageddons Reef by David Weber, wanted to get it for Christmas, but sadly there is no translation from english to my language(s)

Sounds like you are talking about David Weber’s Safehold series which is very good. I have read about 8 of them iirc.