Martha Wells Reading Order

13 books (2006–2025)

Start with Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology, the first of 10 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Tales of the Emerald Serpent: Ghosts of Taux 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Other Half of the Sky 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Knight in the Silk Purse: Ghosts of Taux 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Gods of HP Lovecraft 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Mech 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Nebula Awards Showcase 2019 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #2: A Selection of Novellas 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Take Us to a Better Place 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Nebula Awards Showcase 56 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2011–2017)

Start with The Cloud Roads, the first of 6 books in the Books Of The Raksura series.

#	Title
1	The Cloud Roads 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Serpent Sea 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Siren Depths 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Tale of Indigo and Cloud 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Edge of Worlds 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Harbors of the Sun 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2013–2014)

Start with Emilie and the Hollow World and read in order.

#	Title
1	Emilie and the Hollow World 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Emilie and the Sky World 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2003–2005)

Start with The Wizard Hunters and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Wizard Hunters 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Ships of Air 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Gate of Gods 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2013–2020)

Start with The Other Half of the Sky and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Other Half of the Sky 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	To Shape the Dark(By: Aliette de Bodard,Gwyneth Jones,Jack McDevitt,Terry Boren,Vandana Singh,Melissa Scott,Shariann Lewitt,Anil Menon,Athena Andreadis,Kiini Ibura Salaam,Jacqueline Koyanagi,Eleni Tsami,Kristin Landon,Susan Lanigan,M. Fenn,Constance Cooper,C.W. Johnson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Retellings of the Inland Seas(By: Judith Tarr,Alexander Jablokov,James L. Cambias,Melissa Scott,Shariann Lewitt,Athena Andreadis,Elana Gomel,Christine Lucas,Eleni Tsami,Kelly Jennings,Dimitra Nikolaidou,Genevieve Williams,A.M. Tuomala,F.J. Doucet) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1993–1998)

Start with The Element of Fire and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Element of Fire 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Death of the Necromancer 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (2017–2026)

Start with All Systems Red, the first of 12 books in the Murderbot Diaries series.

#	Title
1	All Systems Red 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Artificial Condition 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Compulsory 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Exit Strategy 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Obsolescence 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Rogue Protocol 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Network Effect 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Fugitive Telemetry 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	System Collapse 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Rapport 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Platform Decay 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1995–2006)

Start with Thorns and read in order.

1 book (2015–2015)

3 books (1995–2014)

Start with City of Bones and read in order.

#	Title
1	City of Bones 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Wheel of the Infinite 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Blade Singer(With: Aaron de Orive) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2013–2014)

Start with Razor's Edge and read in order.

#	Title
1	Razor's Edge 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Honor Among Thieves(By: James S.A. Corey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

26 books (2005–2020)

Start with Flipside(By: Sally Malcolm), the first of 25 books in the Stargate Atlantis series.

#	Title
1	Flipside(By: Sally Malcolm) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Rising(By: Sally Malcolm) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Choices(By: James Swallow) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Exogenesis(By: Sonny Whitelaw,ElizabethChristensen) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Halcyon(By: James Swallow) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Reliquary 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Chosen(By: Sonny Whitelaw,Elizabeth Christensen) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Blood Ties(By: Sonny Whitelaw,Elizabeth Christensen) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Casualties of War(By: Elizabeth Christensen) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Entanglement 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Angelus(By: Peter J. Evans) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Mirror, Mirror(By: Sabine C. Bauer) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Nightfall(By: James Swallow) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Brimstone(By: David Niall Wilson,Patricia Lee Macomber) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Brimstone(By: Patricia Lee Macomber) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Dead End(By: Chris Wraight) 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Hunt and Run(By: Aaron Rosenberg) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Allegiance(By: Melissa Scott,Amy Griswold) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Death Game(By: Jo Graham) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Homecoming(By: Melissa Scott,Jo Graham) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Lost(By: Amy Griswold,Jo Graham) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Secrets(By: Melissa Scott,Jo Graham) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Furies(By: Jo Graham) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Inheritors(By: Melissa Scott,Amy Griswold,Jo Graham) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Pride of the Genii(By: Melissa Scott) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Unascended(By: Jo Graham) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2014–2017)

Start with The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2023–2025)

Start with Witch King and read in order.

#	Title
1	Witch King 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Queen Demon 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible