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The Expanse: where to start reading
Adapts The Expanse by James S. A. Corey. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.
Sci-fi
6 seasons
on screen
9 books
to read
Blends books
from the books
After Season 1, in the books you are
at Leviathan Wakes.
around chapter 25.
Covers roughly the first half of Leviathan Wakes: Holden's ice-hauler crew and Miller's hunt for Julie Mao converge on Eros.
Start reading at Leviathan Wakes
Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.
Get the book
Season 1 leaves off around chapter 25. Pick the book up right there:
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey · Book 1 of 9
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What the show changed here
- MovedChrisjen Avasarala, introduced in book 2, is expanded into a lead from the pilot onward.
- InventedFred Johnson's Anderson Station past (novella The Butcher of Anderson Station) is folded into episode 5.
- ChangedThe book's two-POV structure is opened up with parallel Earth, Mars, and Belt political scenes not in the novel.
- InventedAmos names 'the churn' to Kenzo in 'Windmills', an early nod to his novella backstory.
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Tracks the books closely but reorders threads (pulls Free Navy setup into S4) and consolidates cast. Show ended after book 6. Books 7-9 were never adapted.
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