The Expanse audiobooks in order
Hard-edged solar-system politics. Mays narrates the whole run, which is rarer than it should be for a series this long.
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James S.A. CoreyNarrated by Jefferson Mays · 17 books, including 8 novellasPictured: Ty Franck (left) and Daniel Abraham (right) · Photo: Elf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped, via Wikimedia CommonsWhich order should you listen in?
The novels in publication order, with the novellas slotted in where Audible numbers them: The Butcher of Anderson Station after Leviathan Wakes, Gods of Risk after Caliban's War, The Vital Abyss after Nemesis Games, Strange Dogs after Babylon's Ashes, Auberon after Persepolis Rising and The Sins of Our Fathers after Leviathan Falls. The exceptions are Drive and The Churn, which Audible numbers before Leviathan Wakes but which are listed where they were published, after Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate — The Churn is Amos Burton's back-story and means more once you have met him. The novellas are genuinely optional, though Auberon and The Churn are well liked, and they are also sold together in one audiobook, Memory's Legion.
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The Expanse in recommended listening order
- 1
Leviathan Wakes (2011)More than one recording by this reader; check the length on Audible - 2
The Butcher of Anderson Station (novella) (2011)Read by Jefferson Mays · 1h 1m unabridged - 3
Caliban's War (2012)Read by Jefferson Mays · 21h unabridged - 4
Gods of Risk (novella) (2012)Read by Jefferson Mays · 2h 20m unabridged - 5
Drive (novella) (2012)Read by Jefferson Mays · 57m unabridged - 6
Abaddon's Gate (2013)More than one recording by this reader; check the length on Audible - 7
The Churn (novella) (2014)Read by Jefferson Mays · 2h 18m unabridged - 8
Cibola Burn (2014)Read by Jefferson Mays · 20h 7m unabridged - 9
Nemesis Games (2015)Read by Jefferson Mays · 18h 6m unabridged - 10
The Vital Abyss (novella) (2015)Read by Jefferson Mays · 2h 26m unabridged - 11
Babylon's Ashes (2016)Read by Jefferson Mays · 19h 58m unabridged - 12
Strange Dogs (novella) (2017)Read by Jefferson Mays · 2h 29m unabridged - 13
Persepolis Rising (2017)Read by Jefferson Mays · 20h 34m unabridged - 14
Auberon (novella) (2019)Read by Jefferson Mays · 2h 24m unabridged - 15
Tiamat's Wrath (2019)Read by Jefferson Mays · 19h 8m unabridged - 16
Leviathan Falls (2021)Read by Jefferson Mays · 19h 39m unabridged - 17
The Sins of Our Fathers (novella) (2022)Read by Jefferson Mays · 2h 23m unabridged