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The Expanse (Chronological) Series

9 primary works • 20 total works
The Expanse series, sorted by internal chronology. The authors suggest reading the series in publication order.

The Expanse Roleplaying Game includes the short story "The Last Flight of the Cassandra", set during the events of Leviathan Wakes.

The Vital Abyss does not fit neatly into a chronological order due to different portions of the narrative ta…

Book 0.1

Drive
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4.06 · 16255 Ratings · 1023 Reviews · published 2012 · 13 editions
Read "Drive", a Prequel to The Expanse series.

The …

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    Book 0.3

    The Churn
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    4.13     · 28247 Ratings · 1645 Reviews · published 2014 · 15 editions
    From New York Times bestselling author James S.A. …

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    Book 0.5

    The Butcher of Anderson Station
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    4.02     · 27124 Ratings · 1440 Reviews · published 2011 · 15 editions
    A new story set in the world of The Expanse. One d…

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    Book 1

    Leviathan Wakes
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    4.31     · 316245 Ratings · 21459 Reviews · published 2011 · 4 editions
    Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the …

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    Book 1.1

    The Expanse Roleplaying Game
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    4.00     · 213 Ratings · 20 Reviews · 1 edition
    The Expanse Roleplaying Game brings James S.A. Cor…

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    Book 2

    Caliban’s War
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    4.39     · 181453 Ratings · 10038 Reviews · published 2012 · 9 editions
    We are not alone in this universe.

    On Ganymede, the…

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    Book 2.5

    Gods of Risk
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    3.74     · 25511 Ratings · 1480 Reviews · published 2012 · 17 editions
    A novella set in the hard-scrabble world of James …

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    Book 3

    Abaddon’s Gate
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    4.28     · 153263 Ratings · 8179 Reviews · published 2013 · 6 editions
    Abaddon's Gate is the third book in the New York T…

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    Book 4

    Cibola Burn
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    4.23     · 126680 Ratings · 6781 Reviews · published 2014 · 4 editions
    The fourth novel in James S.A. Corey’s New York Ti…

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    Book 5

    Nemesis Games
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    4.44     · 113807 Ratings · 6220 Reviews · published 2015 · 3 editions
    The fifth novel in Corey's New York Times bestsell…

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    Book 5.5

    The Vital Abyss
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    3.91     · 19086 Ratings · 1033 Reviews · published 2015 · 10 editions
    From New York Times bestselling author James S.A. …

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    Book 6

    Babylon’s Ashes
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    4.25     · 97833 Ratings · 5113 Reviews · published 2016 · 3 editions

    The sixth book in the New York Times bestsellin…

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    Book 6.5

    Strange Dogs
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    4.09     · 18171 Ratings · 1142 Reviews · published 2017 · 12 editions
    Like many before them, Cara and her family venture…

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    Book 7

    Persepolis Rising
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    4.38     · 86265 Ratings · 4614 Reviews · published 2017 · 3 editions
    In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansio…

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    Book 7.5

    Auberon
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    4.20     · 14515 Ratings · 788 Reviews · published 2019 · 2 editions
    A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey…

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    Book 8

    Tiamat's Wrath
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    4.57     · 80923 Ratings · 4777 Reviews · published 2019 · 54 editions
    Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar system…

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    Book 9

    Leviathan Falls
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    4.54     · 69563 Ratings · 5526 Reviews · published 2021 · 3 editions
    The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirte…

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    Book 9.5

    The Sins of Our Fathers
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    4.14     · 8350 Ratings · 489 Reviews · published 2022 · 8 editions
    Through one of the gates, a colony stands alone. T…

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    Memory's Legion
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    4.36     · 10654 Ratings · 878 Reviews · published 2022 · 34 editions
    For the first time, all of the short fiction set i…

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    Book 1-3

    The Expanse Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate
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    4.67     · 1095 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 2015 · 4 editions
    The first three novels in James S. A. Corey's New …

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