All Systems Red by Martha Wells
I had to start with the reigning monarch of sci-fi novellas: Murderbot. This has won the biggest awards in SFF, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus. All Systems Red is the first book in the series, and it follows a security android who has reprogramed themselves and mostly just wants to be left alone to watch TV — relatable. Unfortunately, Murderbot keeps getting pulled into human conflicts, and now they’re reluctantly trying to find out what went wrong in a neighboring mission.
