The Expanse

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The Expanse is a science fiction series of novels written by James S. A. Corey, the pen name for a collaboration between Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.

The Expanse consists of nine main novels and eight shorter works (two prequel short stories, one prequel novella, one interquel short story, and four interquel novellas). One more novella is planned that will be set after the main book series. The series will be complete at nine novels, with a completation book which will mosty include most of the short works stories.

A television series based on the books, also named The Expanse, completed production and started airing on the Syfy channel in December 2015, ^[1][2][3] where it ran for 3 seasons until it was picked up for 3 additional seasons by Amazon Prime Video.^[4][5][6]

A digital comic book prequel miniseries The Expanse Origins was published in 2017 and an interquel 4-issue miniseries just called The Expanse will be released in late 2020 (probably all before Season 5 premiere).

Books

Publication order is generally regarded as the best order to read the series.

• The Expanse #1: Leviathan Wakes (June 2, 2011)
• The Butcher of Anderson Station: An Expanse Short Story (Oct 17, 2011)
• The Expanse #2: Caliban's War (June 26, 2012)
• Gods of Risk: An Expanse Novella (Sept 15, 2012)
• Drive: An Expanse short Story (Nov 27, 2012)
• The Expanse #3: Abaddon's Gate (June 4, 2013)
• The Churn: An Expanse Novella (April 29, 2014)
• The Expanse #4: Cibola Burn (June 5, 2014)
• The Expanse #5: Nemesis Games (June 2, 2015)
• The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella (Oct 15, 2015)
• The Expanse #6: Babylon's Ashes (Dec 6, 2016)
• Strange Dogs: An Expanse Novella (July 18, 2017)
• The Expanse #7: Persepolis Rising (Dec 5, 2017)
• The Expanse #8: Tiamat's Wrath (Mar 26, 2019)
• "The Last Flight of the Cassandra" (bonus short story in The Expanse Roleplaying Game; May 14, 2019)
• Auberon: An Expanse Novella (Nov 12, 2019)
• The Expanse #9: Leviathan Falls (Nov 30, 2021)
• The Sins of our Fathers: An Expanse Novella (Mar 15, 2022)
• The Expanse Short Stories: Memory's Legion (story collection; Mar 15, 2022)

An in-universe, chronological list of all works, with the main series of novels in bold:

• Drive: An Expanse Short Story (Nov 27, 2012)
• The Churn: An Expanse Novella (April 29, 2014)
• The Butcher of Anderson Station: An Expanse Short Story (Oct 17, 2011)
• The Expanse #1: Leviathan Wakes (June 2, 2011)
• The Last Flight of the Cassandra: A Story of The Expanse (May 14, 2019)
• The Expanse #2: Caliban's War (June 26, 2012)
• Gods of Risk: An Expanse Novella (Sept 15, 2012)
• The Expanse #3: Abaddon's Gate (June 4, 2013)
• The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella (Oct 15, 2015)
• The Expanse #4: Cibola Burn (June 5, 2014)
• The Expanse #5: Nemesis Games (June 2, 2015)
• The Expanse #6: Babylon's Ashes (Dec 6, 2016)
• Strange Dogs: An Expanse Novella (July 18, 2017)
• The Expanse #7: Persepolis Rising (Dec 5, 2017)
• Auberon: An Expanse Novella (Nov 12, 2019)
• The Expanse #8: Tiamat's Wrath (Mar 26, 2019)
• The Expanse #9: Leviathan Falls (Nov 30, 2021)
• The Sins of our Fathers: An Expanse Novella (Mar 15, 2022)

Compendium of most novellas and short stories

• The Expanse Short Stories: Memory's Legion (March 15, 2022)

Book translations

Not all languages have all published books translated.

Adaptations

Television

• The Expanse (6 seasons; December 14th, 2015)

Comics

• The Expanse : Origins (2017)
• The Expanse (2021)
• The Expanse: Dragon Tooth (2023)

Games

• The Expanse Board Game (2017)
• The Expanse Roleplaying Game (2018)
• The Expanse: A Telltale Series (2023)

References

See also

• International cover art

External links

• James S. A. Corey - Books by James S. A. Corey
• Daniel Abraham - The Expanse webpage

Book reviews

• Literature Legends - A LITERARY REVIEW OF THE EXPANSE SERIES IN ORDER by jbcloser JULY 18, 2024
• The Expanse Lives - Tiamat's Wrath Book Review By Michael Pea March 25, 2019