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Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Corporate conspiracies, hostile takeovers, and one extremely annoyed security unit just trying to keep its clients alive. Fast, funny, and fiercely competent, Exit Strategy delivers peak Murderbot—action-packed chaos with a perfectly deadpan voice.
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... a sarcastic, self-aware AI narrator who cracks jokes while navigating deadly stakes?
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
If Murderbot’s dry quips during the GrayCris hostage mess and its media-soaked inner commentary made you grin, you’ll click with Bob. In We Are Legion (We Are Bob), an uploaded programmer-turned-AI snarks his way through first-contact snafus, clone-management squabbles, and high-stakes engineering fixes—delivering the same blend of competence, crisis, and comedy that brightened Exit Strategy.
... an intimate, first-person, problem-solving voice under relentless pressure?
The Martian by Andy Weir
Loved living inside Murderbot’s head as it logs hacks, triages threats, and narrates the rescue of Dr. Mensah with bone-dry asides? Mark Watney’s log entries in The Martian offer that same immediate, think-on-your-feet intimacy—only the firefights become life-or-death engineering puzzles on Mars, delivered with gallows humor and meticulous step-by-step ingenuity.
... a relentless, mission-driven hunt that escalates from a rescue to a system-shaking conspiracy?
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
If the tight focus on extracting Dr. Mensah from GrayCris’s grip pulled you through Exit Strategy, you’ll get hooked by Holden and Miller’s search for Julie Mao. Leviathan Wakes accelerates from a personal rescue into firefights, station chases, and corporate cover-ups—delivering the same forward-thrust, objective-first momentum that powered Murderbot’s op.
... a warm, spacefaring crew whose loyalty and care feel like a chosen family?
The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
If Murderbot’s fierce attachment to Dr. Mensah and the PreservationAux crew gave Exit Strategy its heart, the Wayfarer’s motley family will do the same. A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet leans into friendships like Sissix–Rosemary, Kizzy–Jenks, and Dr. Chef’s care—echoing the found-family pull behind Murderbot’s risk-it-all rescue.
... an AI wrestling with personhood, autonomy, and purpose while pursuing a personal mission?
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
If what stayed with you was Murderbot’s ongoing struggle to define itself—free but still choosing to protect humans—then Breq’s journey will resonate. In Ancillary Justice, a fragment of a once vast ship mind navigates identity, embodiment, and ethics while hunting Anaander Mianaai, echoing the self-ownership and duty tensions that sharpened Exit Strategy.
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