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The Murderbot Diaries

edited 2026-05-22

A complete reading and viewing order for The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells — all eight main-series books (four novellas and four novels, 2017–2026), three short stories, and the Apple TV+ television series. Covers both publication order and the chronological reading path where Fugitive Telemetry slots before Network Effect rather than after.

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01NOVELLA
2017The first Murderbot Diaries novella, published by Tor.com in May 2017 and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus awards. A SecUnit — pa…
158 pp
02NOVELLA
2018The second Murderbot Diaries novella, published by Tor.com in May 2018. Having left the Preservation survey team at the end of the previous…
158 pp
03NOVELLA
2018The third Murderbot Diaries novella, published by Tor.com in August 2018. Murderbot is tracking evidence of GrayCris Corporation's illegal a…
160 pp
04NOVELLA
2018The fourth Murderbot Diaries novella, published by Tor.com in October 2018, completing the first story arc of the series. Murderbot has gath…
172 pp
05NOVELLA
2021The sixth Murderbot Diaries book by publication but chronologically set before Network Effect, published by Tor.com in April 2021. Murderbot…
176 pp
06NOVEL
2020The fifth Murderbot Diaries book and the first full-length novel, published by Tor Books in May 2020 and winner of the Hugo Award for Best N…
346 pp
07NOVEL
2023The seventh Murderbot Diaries book and second full-length novel, published by Tor Books in November 2023. Picking up directly after the even…
256 pp
08NOVEL
2026The eighth Murderbot Diaries book, published by Tor Books in May 2026. Murderbot and Three — a younger rogue SecUnit partially shaped by Mur…
256 pp