I'm not entirely sure how much either of these will fit what you're looking for, but two sci-fi books I've read and enjoyed lately - which are more about the "fun" and people doing cool stuff and not dystopias or post-apocalyptic - are The Martian by Andy Weir and Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach (this is the first in a trilogy; I've also read and enjoyed the second book but not yet the third).
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