The Murderbot Diaries — Reading Order

by Martha Wells

A part-organic, part-mechanical security construct who has hacked its own governing module prefers watching soap operas to dealing with humans.

Sci-FiAges 14+~30h to read
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All Systems Red

Martha Wells · 2017

Murderbot — a self-aware security bot — must protect its human clients from a deadly conspiracy while hiding its secret.

2

Artificial Condition

Martha Wells · 2018

Murderbot investigates its own past while disguised as a human, aided by a friendly transport vessel AI.

3

Rogue Protocol

Martha Wells · 2018

Murderbot infiltrates a decommissioned terraforming facility to gather evidence against the corporation that created it.

4

Exit Strategy

Martha Wells · 2018

Murderbot must rescue its former client Dr. Mensah from corporate kidnappers in this climactic novella.

5

Network Effect

Martha Wells · 2020

The first full novel. Murderbot and its humans are kidnapped by a rogue ship with a connection to its past.

Reading Time

Estimated~30h

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