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Becky Chambers Books in Order

Becky Chambers has written 9 books, published between 2013 and 2026. The first book is A Good Heretic (2013) and the newest is As You Wake, Break the Shell (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2013–2026
Confirmed
9 of 9 titles
Pages on record
880 in 3 of 9 books
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Becky Chambers, born May 3, 1985, is an American science fiction writer and a pioneer of the hopepunk genre. The Wayfarers series won a Hugo Award, and the Monk & Robot series opens with A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021), also a Hugo winner. To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019) is a separate novella. The catalogue lists 9 works, from A Good Heretic (2013) and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014) to As You Wake, Break the Shell (2026). Tagged subjects include space opera, interplanetary voyages, extraterrestrial beings and LGBTQ science fiction.

How many Becky Chambers books are there?

Becky Chambers has 9 books, released between 2013 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.

Becky Chambers Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Becky Chambers books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, book 2 of the Wayfarers series (2014)
  2. Cover of A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, book 3 of the Wayfarers series (2016)
  3. Cover of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers, book 1 of the Becky Chambers Short Stories/Novellas series (2019)
  4. Cover of A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, book 1 of the Monk & Robot series (2021)
  5. Cover of The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers, book 5 of the Wayfarers series (2021)
  6. Cover of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers, book 2 of the Monk & Robot series (2022)
  1. 1
    A Good HereticWayfarers #12013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  2. 2
    The Long Way to a Small, Angry PlanetWayfarers #22014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  3. 3
    A Closed and Common OrbitWayfarers #32016 · confirmed 4/4
    2016–
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  4. 4
    Record of a Spaceborn FewWayfarers #42018 · 359 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018359
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  5. 5
    To Be Taught, If FortunateBecky Chambers Short Stories/Novellas #12019 · 153 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019153
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  6. 6
    A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltMonk & Robot #12021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  7. 7
    The Galaxy, and the Ground WithinWayfarers #52021 · 368 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021368
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  8. 8
    A Prayer for the Crown-ShyMonk & Robot #22022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022–
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  9. 9
    As You Wake, Break the ShellBecky Chambers Standalone Novels #12026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Becky Chambers books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Wayfarers in order

5 books
  1. 1. A Good Heretic
  2. 2. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
  3. 3. A Closed and Common Orbit
  4. 4. Record of a Spaceborn Few
  5. 5. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

Monk & Robot in order

2 books
  1. 1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
  2. 2. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Becky Chambers Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Becky Chambers Standalone Novels

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Becky Chambers books in order?

You only need to read Becky Chambers books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Becky Chambers

Start with A Good Heretic (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Becky Chambers book?

As You Wake, Break the Shell (2026) is the newest Becky Chambers book released so far.

Is there a new Becky Chambers book coming?

No next Becky Chambers book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Becky Chambers has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 22 nominations for Becky Chambers. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Becky Chambers at a glance

Still publishing
Becky Chambers published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Becky Chambers books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
880 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 359 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Becky Chambers books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
5 of the 9 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Becky Chambers books are about

6 of the 9 Becky Chambers books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.