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The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1

Now an Apple Original series from Academy Award nominees Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and starring Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård.

The first two novellas in Martha Wells's New York Times bestselling Murderbot series, collected in paperback for the first time!

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."


First, read the story that started the Murderbot phenomenon in All Systems Red!

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid — a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is (and to watch its favorite show in its downtime.)

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it’s up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth.

Then, In Artificial Condition Murderbot teams up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), and together, they infiltrate the mining facility where Murderbot went rogue to try to understand its past.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…

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Published Jan 7, 2025

320 pages

Average rating: 7.82

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Groundhogcat
Oct 24, 2025
6/10 stars
Interesting story about a part robot/part human security bot. Delves into the question of what is human who has free will.
Sammispider
Oct 20, 2025
10/10 stars
Great novella for travelling. I'm looking forward to see where the series takes me
raeallic
Oct 09, 2025
8/10 stars
Very enjoyable, intense, and quirky. Has a great sense of humor.
abookwanderer
Oct 09, 2025
8/10 stars
I enjoyed this start to the Murderbot Diaries. It's innovative and snarky, and quick to read, too. I do think I went into it with super high expectations because so many of my fellow bloggers have raved about it. And it was good, but didn't quite live up to the hype for me. Sci-Fi is also not a genre I read often, but I'm glad I finally picked it up.

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Dorthy
Oct 01, 2025
I love Murderbot

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