The Murderbot Diaries

The Murderbot Diaries
First edition cover of All Systems Red

  • Novels:
  • All Systems Red (2017)
  • Artificial Condition (2018)
  • Rogue Protocol (2018)
  • Exit Strategy (2018)
  • Network Effect (2020)
  • Fugitive Telemetry (2021)
  • System Collapse (2023)
  • Short stories:
  • "Compulsory" (2018)
  • "Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory" (2021)

AuthorMartha Wells
Cover artistJaime Jones
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherTor Books (US)
Media type
  • Print
  • e-book
  • audiobook
No. of books7

The Murderbot Diaries is a science fiction series by American author Martha Wells, published by Tor Books. The series is told from the perspective of the titular cyborg guard, a "SecUnit" owned by a futuristic megacorporation. Murderbot is eventually freed from enslavement, but instead of killing its masters, it staves off the boredom of security work by binging media. As it spends more time with a series of caring entities (both humans and artificial intelligences), it develops genuine friendships and emotional connections, which it finds inconvenient.