The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 12 books · 2011 to 2023

Martha Wells

FantasyScience fictionEpic and high fantasySpace operaComic science fiction

Martha Wells writes the Murderbot Diaries, narrated by a security android that has hacked its own governor module and would rather watch serials than deal with humans. Her Books of the Raksura are set in a world of flying shape-shifters.

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Martha Wells books in order

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Murderbot Diaries

7 books · Set in invented worldsSpace operaComic science fiction
  1. 1All Systems Red2017With MurderbotBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Artificial Condition2018With MurderbotBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Rogue Protocol2018With MurderbotBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Exit Strategy2018With MurderbotBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Network Effect2020With MurderbotBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Fugitive Telemetry2021With MurderbotBuy on Amazon
  7. 7System Collapse2023With MurderbotBuy on Amazon

Books of the Raksura

5 books · Set in invented worldsEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1The Cloud Roads2011With MoonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Serpent Sea2012With MoonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Siren Depths2012With MoonBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Edge of Worlds2016With MoonBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Harbors of the Sun2017With MoonBuy on Amazon

Characters

7 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Corporation Rim

The Three Worlds