Andy Weir Books in Order: Reading and Listening Guide

Andy Weir's three published novels, The Martian (2014), Artemis (2017) and Project Hail Mary (2021), are stand-alone stories, so you don't need to read them in any set order. Publication order is the natural path, and Project Hail Mary works fine as a first pick on its own. Weir describes it as a separate story in his Space.com interview, and the Penguin Random House author page lists the novels as individual books.

This page rates and ranks no book. It gives you the order, the connections and the audiobook credits, so you can pick a starting point and the right narrator before you spend a credit.

Andy Weir's books in publication order

The full run follows, with publishers and dates from the sources linked on each line.

1. The Martian: first a self-published ebook in 2011, then a print edition from Crown/Ballantine on February 11, 2014. Weir's own writing page notes it was later published in print by Random House, and the Penguin Random House listing gives the 2014 date.
2. Artemis: Crown, November 14, 2017, per Penguin Random House.
3. Cheshire Crossing: Ten Speed Graphic, July 9, 2019, illustrated by Sarah Andersen. It is a graphic novel, and Penguin Random House says it began as Weir's webcomic before it was remade with Andersen's art.
4. Randomize: a novella from Amazon Original Stories, 2019.
5. Project Hail Mary: Ballantine, May 4, 2021.

Short work sits around those books. Weir's writing page carries stories such as "The Egg" and "Lacero." "Lacero" appeared in Ready Player One: The Gallery from Subterranean Press in 2016. His short stories were also collected in Principles of Uncertainty, a Tapas ebook from 2016. If you only want novels, you can skip this group. If you like "The Egg," the collection and the audio versions below are where to look.

Are Andy Weir's books connected?

The three novels share no declared series. The Martian and Artemis both sit in a near-future space setting, but the publisher and author material doesn't give them shared characters or a formal series, so that backdrop is all I'd claim. Project Hail Mary has a different premise and independent characters, per the Space.com interview.

Cheshire Crossing is a different thing entirely. It has nothing to do with the space novels and instead uses Alice, Wendy and Dorothy, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz, according to Penguin Random House. "Lacero" is Ready Player One fan fiction, which Weir's writing page says plainly, so it connects to Ernest Cline's world and not to Weir's novels.

A fourth novel is on the way. In a 2026 interview with Hayakawa Books & Magazines, Weir called it "not a sequel or a series, but an independent SF novel." No title or date has come with that, so there is nothing to wait for in order to start now.

Where to start

If you want the original sequence, begin with The Martian and read straight through. If you want the newest book, Project Hail Mary needs nothing before it. Neither choice costs you anything later, since no book leans on another.

Length can help you decide, and the audiobook runtimes below give you a fair measure. Artemis is the shortest of the three novels at 8 hours 57 minutes, The Martian runs a little over 10 hours in both English recordings, and Project Hail Mary is 16 hours 10 minutes.

Which audiobook recordings exist

Each line gives the narrator, the producer, the year and the runtime where the source states one.

• The Martian, read by R. C. Bray, Podium Publishing, 2013. Daily Kos described it as a "10.5 hour a-book" in September 2013.
• The Martian, read by Wil Wheaton, Audible Studios. The Audible author listing gives 10 hours 59 minutes, unabridged.
• Artemis, read by Rosario Dawson, Audible Studios, 2017, 8 hours 57 minutes, per the same Audible author listing.
• Project Hail Mary, read by Ray Porter, Audible Studios, 2021, 16 hours 10 minutes, also per that listing.
• Cheshire Crossing, a ten-voice cast, Random House Audio, 2019, 1 hour 39 minutes, per the Penguin Random House audio listing.

For the other titles, the short items below and the film listings give you the rest of the picture, and the Cheshire Crossing recording is short enough to finish in one sitting at 1 hour 39 minutes. That makes it an easy way to hear a different side of Weir's writing, since it has nothing to do with the space novels.

The Martian is the one title with two English recordings, so the narrator credit matters when you buy. Before you spend a credit, check the narrator name on the store page and make sure it is the voice you want. I won't say one recording is better than the other, because that call is yours to make after a sample.

The shorter audio items

A few smaller pieces exist as audio too.

• The Egg and Other Stories, Audible Studios, 2017. It holds nine stories read by Jonathan Davis, Christy Romano and R. C. Bray, and the stories are "Access," "Antihypoxiant," "Annie's Day," "The Real Deal," "Bored World," "The Midtown Butcher," "Meeting Sarah," "The Chef" and "The Egg."
• "The Egg" on its own, read by R. C. Bray for Audible Studios, November 26, 2014. That date comes from the Internet Texts Database, which is a database record, so treat it as a catalogue entry and not a publisher announcement.
• Randomize, read by Janina Gavankar, produced by Brilliance Publishing for Amazon Original Stories, 2019.
• "Lacero," which Weir's writing page links to in an audio version read by R. C. Bray.

Awards, films and tie-in editions

Ray Porter's Project Hail Mary recording won two 2022 Audie Awards, Audiobook of the Year and Science Fiction, according to the Audio Publishers Association. The same page names Weir, Porter and Audible Studios.

Two of the novels have films. The Martian film came out on October 2, 2015, directed by Ridley Scott, per 20th Century Studios. The Project Hail Mary film opened on March 20, 2026, according to the official trailer.

Other screen work is smaller or still ahead. Weir's writing page links to a short-film version of "The Chef" by Anima Technica. For Artemis, Weir said in the 2026 Hayakawa interview that a film adaptation was progressing with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with no release date given. Separately, Exoplanet, announced for Audible in 2026, is written by Benjamin Percy with Weir as executive producer, so it is not a new Andy Weir novel and doesn't belong in the order above.

The film brought a new paperback. Ballantine published a Project Hail Mary movie tie-in edition on December 2, 2025, and Penguin Random House lists it at 496 pages. If the exact text matters to you, for instance for a book club or a gift, compare the copyright and contents pages of the specific ISBN before you buy. The same habit works for any Martian edition with film artwork on the cover.

One note on audio: the Audible page for Project Hail Mary carries a notice that changes were made to the original text with Weir's approval. That notice belongs to Project Hail Mary, and it does not apply to either The Martian recording.

Frequently asked questions

In what order should I read Andy Weir's books?

Publication order is The Martian, Artemis, then Project Hail Mary, but none is required. Each novel is a stand-alone story, so you can begin with any of them.

Who narrates the audiobook version of Project Hail Mary?

Ray Porter narrates it, produced by Audible Studios, at 16 hours 10 minutes per the Audible author listing. The recording won two 2022 Audie Awards. I cover it in my Project Hail Mary audiobook page.

Are Andy Weir's books connected?

The three novels are stand-alone and not a declared series. The Martian and Artemis share a near-future space setting without shared characters, and Project Hail Mary has its own premise and cast.

Is there more than one Martian audiobook?

Yes, there are two English recordings, one read by R. C. Bray from Podium Publishing and one read by Wil Wheaton from Audible Studios. Check the narrator credit on the store page before you buy.

Next step

If Project Hail Mary is where you're starting, my Project Hail Mary audiobook page is the next place to go for the listening side of that book.