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The Expanse Books in Order

by James S. A. CoreyScience Fiction & Fantasy

9 books and 8 novellas from Leviathan Wakes (2009) to Leviathan Falls (2021). Rated 4.8 across 271,954 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Drive

    Novella 0.1 2021 4.7 (1k)

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  2. The Churn: An Expanse Novella

    Novella 0.3 2014 4.5 (6k)

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  3. Leviathan Wakes

    Book 1 2009 4.7 (36k)

    From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a…

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  4. The Butcher of Anderson Station

    Novella 1.5 2021 4.7 (731)

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  5. Caliban's War

    Book 2 2012 4.9 (38k)

    With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The second book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Caliban's War shows a solar system on the brink of…

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  6. Gods of Risk

    Novella 2.5 2014 4.2 (5.1k)

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  7. Abaddon's Gate

    Book 3 2013 4.8 (32k)

    The third book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Abaddon's Gate opens the door to the ruins of an alien gate network—and the crew of the Rocinante may hold the key to unlocking its secrets. Now a Prime Original series.

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  8. Cibola Burn

    Book 4 2014 4.7 (28.3k)

    With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Cibola Burn sees the crew of the Rocinante on a new…

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  9. Nemesis Games

    Book 5 2015 4.8 (27.2k)

    With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The fifth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Nemesis Games drives the crew of the Rocinante apart,…

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  10. The Vital Abyss

    Novella 5.5 2015 4.4 (4.8k)

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  11. Babylon's Ashes

    Book 6 2016 4.7 (23.8k)

    With over 10 million copies sold, The Expanse has become one of the biggest science fiction phenomenons of the decade. The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, Babylon's Ashes has the galaxy in full revolution and…

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  12. Strange Dogs

    Novella 6.5 2017 4.7 (4.5k)

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  13. Persepolis Rising

    Book 7 2017 4.8 (21.8k)

    The seventh novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series. The Expanse Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising The…

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  14. Auberon

    Novella 7.5 2019 4.7 (3.1k)

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  15. Tiamat's Wrath

    Book 8 2019 4.9 (22k)

    The eighth novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series. Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy.

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  16. Leviathan Falls

    Book 9 2021 4.9 (16.6k)

    This is how it ends. Leviathan Falls is the explosive final novel in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award–winning Expanse series, now a major TV series.

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  17. The Sins of Our Fathers

    Novella 9.5 2022 4.7 (961)

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Adapted for screen

  • The Expanse TV series · Prime Video · 2015–2022 · 6 seasons

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Expanse 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 (0.1 comes after book 0). 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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