Series

The Murderbot Diaries series in reading order

The The Murderbot Diaries series has 10 books.

Published between 2017 and 2026. The publication order differs from the reading order — both are below.

A self-aware security android who has hacked its governor module would rather watch serials than protect humans, but a survey mission goes catastrophically wrong. Wells delivers sharp, funny, deeply anxious science fiction through a narrator who understands humans better than it wants to. A genre-re

All 10 books, in reading order

• 1. All Systems Red (2017) — Martha Wells · 149 pages
• 2. Artificial Condition (2018) — Martha Wells · 159 pages
• 3. Rogue Protocol (2018) — Martha Wells · 160 pages
• 4. Exit Strategy (2018) — Martha Wells · 172 pages
• 5. Network Effect (2018) — Martha Wells · 352 pages
• 6. Fugitive Telemetry (2021) — Martha Wells · 176 pages
• 7. System Collapse (2023) — Martha Wells · 256 pages
• 8. Platform Decay (2026) — Martha Wells · 244 pages
• Compulsory (2018) — Martha Wells · 15 pages
• Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (2021) — Martha Wells · 20 pages

The Murderbot Diaries in publication order

1. All Systems Red (2017) — Martha Wells
2. Artificial Condition (2018) — Martha Wells
3. Rogue Protocol (2018) — Martha Wells
4. Exit Strategy (2018) — Martha Wells
5. Network Effect (2018) — Martha Wells
6. Compulsory (2018) — Martha Wells
7. Fugitive Telemetry (2021) — Martha Wells
8. Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (2021) — Martha Wells
9. System Collapse (2023) — Martha Wells
10. Platform Decay (2026) — Martha Wells

All 10 books total 1,703 pages.

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