Reading order · 4 books · 2014 to 2021 · Set in space
Wayfarers Books in Order
The Wayfarers books are warm, character-driven science fiction set among the many species of the Galactic Commons. Each novel has a new cast, with a few links between them, and they are more about found family and kindness than battles.
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Series facts
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2014 to 2021
- First book
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- Latest
- The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (2021)
- Setting
- Set in space
The reading order
Every Wayfarers book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
4 books · Set in space
- 1The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet2014With Rosemary HarperRosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that punches wormholes through space, hoping to leave her past behind.Buy on Amazon
- 2A Closed and Common Orbit2016With Lovelace and PepperLovelace, a ship’s artificial intelligence, wakes in a synthetic body and has to learn to live as a person in a world where that is illegal.Buy on Amazon
- 3Record of a Spaceborn Few2018Generations after humans left a ruined Earth, the Exodus Fleet still carries thousands of people through space.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Galaxy, and the Ground Within2021Three travellers of different species are stranded together at a small rest stop on the planet Gora when a disaster halts all traffic, and they must spend a few days in each other’s company.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each Wayfarers book can be read alone. Start with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, then read A Closed and Common Orbit, which follows two characters from it.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Lovelace | Pepper | Rosemary Harper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet | MMajor | ·Minor | LLead |
| 2 A Closed and Common Orbit | LLead | LLead | |
| 3 Record of a Spaceborn Few | |||
| 4 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within |
Characters in the Wayfarers books
5 characters from Becky Chambers’s chart, with the number of Wayfarers books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| LovelaceShip's AI, later Sidra | 2 | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 2014 |
| PepperEngineer who helps Sidra | 2 | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 2014 |
| Rosemary HarperNew clerk of the Wayfarer | 1 | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 2014 |
| Ashby SantosoCaptain of the Wayfarer | 1 | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 2014 |
| SissixAandrisk pilot | 1 | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 2014 |