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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
You watched through
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.
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.
The full map
Leviathan Wakes
Leviathan Wakes + Caliban's War
Caliban's War + Abaddon's Gate
Cibola Burn
Nemesis Games
Babylon's Ashes
the showthe bookstap a season
The books, in order
  1. 1Leviathan Wakes2011
  2. 2Caliban's War2012
  3. 3Abaddon's Gate2013
  4. 4Cibola Burn2014
  5. 5Nemesis Games2015
  6. 6Babylon's Ashes2016
  7. 7Persepolis Rising2017
  8. 8Tiamat's Wrath2019
  9. 9Leviathan Falls2021

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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