The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson

 A man awakens in the middle of a burned out patch in a meadow.   He doesn't know his name or where he is. He makes his way to a small peasant village and is captured by some of its residents. He finds pages from a damaged book and soon discovers that he has traveled to this land from another dimension. His memories of his past return slowly, and events in the small Medieval town become more complicated until he has to decide whether to try to return back to his own dimension or stay to help the privative people he is quickly becoming attached to.

This is one of Sanderson's few stand-alone books and was one of the four surprise books he wrote during the COVID pandemic.  One of Sanderson's great strengths is world building.  He always seems to find and interesting and novel settings and premises for his stories.  It was interesting to have the POV character slowly remember his past life and to see how his memories affected his opinion of himself.  One of the main conflicts in the book is the clash between modern society and primitive society. Despite all the technological advances of a future age, John, the main character, has not had a happy life, while the residents of the new dimension daily struggle just to stay alive, but seem to be happier.  This summary makes the book sound really serious, but there is plenty and humor and satire to be found.   I can see why so many of my family members enjoy Brandon Sanderson's books. (2023, 384 p)