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.
The Expanse in recommended listening order
- 1
Leviathan Wakes (2011) - 2
The Butcher of Anderson Station (novella) (2011) - 3
Caliban's War (2012) - 4
Gods of Risk (novella) (2012) - 5
Drive (novella) (2012) - 6
Abaddon's Gate (2013) - 7
The Churn (novella) (2014) - 8
Cibola Burn (2014) - 9
Nemesis Games (2015) - 10
The Vital Abyss (novella) (2015) - 11
Babylon's Ashes (2016) - 12
Strange Dogs (novella) (2017) - 13
Persepolis Rising (2017) - 14
Auberon (novella) (2019) - 15
Tiamat's Wrath (2019) - 16
Leviathan Falls (2021) - 17
The Sins of Our Fathers (novella) (2022)