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Platform Decay is the newest book

Reading order

  1. All Systems Red Released on 2 May 2017
  2. Artificial Condition Released on 8 May 2018
  3. Rogue Protocol Released on 7 Aug 2018
  4. Exit Strategy Released on 2 Oct 2018
  5. Network Effect Released on 5 May 2020
  6. Fugitive Telemetry Released on 27 Apr 2021
  7. System Collapse Released on 14 Nov 2023
  8. Platform Decay Released on 5 May 2026

Reader questions and answers

Is Platform Decay out yet?

Platform Decay has been out since 5 May 2026, and its date stands at Released. Apple Books (US) is the first source on file to state that day.

What order should I read The Murderbot Diaries in?

The 8 books of The Murderbot Diaries are read in this order: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect, Fugitive Telemetry, System Collapse and Platform Decay.

Is Platform Decay out in the UK?

The UK Ebook of Platform Decay is dated 5 May 2026, and the date stands at Released. Apple Books (UK) is the first source on file to state that day.

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Platform Decay, Ebook, US: one source Released
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Apple Books (US)5 May 2026Yes11 Sep 2026

Books and their details

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, front cover

All Systems Red

Book 1 of 8 listed

Released on 2 May 2017

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella Winner of the Alex Award A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller

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Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård.

A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence.

“As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.”

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid—a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse

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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, front cover

Artificial Condition

Book 2 of 8 listed

Released on 8 May 2018

Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling All Systems Red.

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The "I love Murderbot!" —New York Times bestselling author Ann Leckie

It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.

Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse

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Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells, front cover

Rogue Protocol

Book 3 of 8 listed

Released on 7 Aug 2018

Rogue Protocol is the third entry in Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries.

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Starring a human-like android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk.

Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas?

Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is.

And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.

"I love Murderbot!"--New York Times bestselling author Ann Leckie

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse

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Exit Strategy by Martha Wells, front cover

Exit Strategy

Book 4 of 8 listed

Released on 2 Oct 2018

Martha Wells returns to her Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Murderbot Diaries, in Exit Strategy.

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Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right?

Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah—its former owner (protector? friend?)—submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.

But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue?

And what will become of it when it’s caught?

"I love Murderbot!" —New York Times bestselling author Ann Leckie

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Network Effect by Martha Wells, front cover

Network Effect

Book 5 of 8 listed

Released on 5 May 2020

WINNER of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!

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The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot Diaries series.

Named a Best of the Year by NPR | Book Riot | Polygon

“I caught myself rereading my favorite parts... and I can’t recommend it enough.” —The New York Times

You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you're a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you're Murderbot.

Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you’ll read this century.

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I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.

When Murderbot's human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.

Drastic action it is, then.

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, front cover

Fugitive Telemetry

Book 6 of 8 listed

Released on 27 Apr 2021

A standalone adventure in the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning series!

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The security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry!

Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read") Murderbot has also established Martha Wells as one of the great SF writers of today.

No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall.

When Murderbot discovers a dead body on Preservation Station, it knows it is going to have to assist station security to determine who the body is (was), how they were killed (that should be relatively straightforward, at least), and why (because apparently that matters to a lot of people—who knew?)

Yes, the unthinkable is about to happen: Murderbot must voluntarily speak to humans!

Again!

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse

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System Collapse by Martha Wells, front cover

System Collapse

Book 7 of 8 listed

Released on 14 Nov 2023

A New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today bestseller.

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Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.

Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.

But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast!

Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Platform Decay by Martha Wells, front cover

Platform Decay

Book 8 of 8 listed

Released on 5 May 2026

A New York Times, USA Today, and National Indie Bestseller!

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Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.

Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.

After volunteering to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realizes that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.

Including human children. Ugh.

This may well call for... eye contact!

(Emotion check: Oh, for f—)

The Murderbot Diaries All Systems Red Artificial Condition Rogue Protocol Exit Strategy Network Effect Fugitive Telemetry System Collapse Platform Decay

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About the author

Martha Wells

Roughly every 12 months, from the 8 books since 2017, the longest gap is 31 months.

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