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Murderbot Diaries Books in Order

by Martha WellsScience Fiction & Fantasy

8 books and 1 novella from All Systems Red (2017) to Platform Decay (2026). Rated 4.7 across 80,561 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. All Systems Red

    Book 1 2017 4.5 (23.1k)

    All Systems Red is the tense first science fiction adventure novella in Martha Wells' series The Murderbot Diaries. For fans of Westworld, Ex Machina, Ann Leckie's Imperial Raadch series, or Iain M. Banks' Culture novels.

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  2. Artificial Condition

    Book 2 2018 4.7 (12.9k)

    The follow-up to the hugely popular science fiction action-adventure All Systems Red Artificial Condition continues The Murderbot Diaries, a science fiction series that tackles questions of the ethics of sentient robotics.

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  3. Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy

    Novella 2.5 2026 3.9 (83)

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  4. Rogue Protocol

    Book 3 2018 4.7 (10.1k)

    The third thrilling book in the increasingly popular Murderbot Diaries, which began with All Systems Red. Sci-fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission.

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  5. Exit Strategy

    Book 4 2018 4.8 (9.9k)

    The fourth and final part of the Murderbot Diaries series that began with All Systems Red. Murderbot wasn't programmed to care.

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  6. Network Effect

    Book 5 2020 4.7 (10.2k)

    Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today best-selling Murderbot series exploded onto the scene in 2017, and the world has not been the same, since.

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  7. Fugitive Telemetry

    Book 6 2021 4.7 (7.4k)

    The New York Times best-selling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry! Having captured the hearts of audiences across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits…

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  8. System Collapse

    Book 7 2023 4.7 (4.5k)

    The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure! Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.

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  9. Platform Decay

    Book 8 2026 4.6 (2.3k)

    A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries…

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Adapted for screen

  • Murderbot TV series · Apple TV · 2025– · 1 season

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Murderbot Diaries is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (2.5 comes after book 2). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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