The Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells
The Murderbot Diaries! I'm in love with this series. When I started reading this series, I listened to all 7 available books within a few weeks. I've never fallen in love with a book series like this before, but tmbd has become one of my favorite fandom spaces. This page is dedicated to my love for the series, my favorite fan works, and any meta ramblings I may have. Currenly reading platform decay, which came out May 5th, 2026 (two days ago at the time of updating) and I am so obessed.
summary
The Murderbot Diaries is a science fiction series by American author Martha Wells, published by Tor Books. The series is told from the perspective of the titular cyborg guard, a "SecUnit" owned by a futuristic megacorporation. SecUnits include "governor" modules that control and punish the constructs if they take any actions not approved by the company. The ironically self-named "Murderbot" hacked and disabled the module but pretends to be a normal SecUnit, staving off the boredom of security work by watching media. As it spends more time with a series of caring entities (both humans and artificial intelligences), it develops genuine friendships and emotional connections, which it finds inconvenient. (taken from the wikipedia page)
Meta and Ramblings
- Book Reviews
- - All Systems Red
- - Artificial Condition
- - Rogue Protocol
- - Exit Strategy
- - Fugitive Telementry
- - Network Effect
- - System Collapse
- - Platform Decay
- Ramblings
- - On ART and MB
- - Mensa and Murderbot
Last Updated: 5/7/2026