Comment by CuriousCosmic

One example would be "The Invincible" by Stanisław Lem [1].

Worth noting that a video game [2] based on the novel (which looks very well produced) is releasing in November.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invincible

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo7Ca6kXz08