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Becky Chambers

American
Born 1985
Becky Chambers is an American science fiction writer. She is the author of the Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series, whose books include The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Alongside the series she has written shorter fiction, among them the standalone novella To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019), and she began the Monk & Robot series in 2021. Her work moves between large-scale space settings and smaller, self-contained stories rather than relying on a single continuing narrative.
Chambers is known for innovative worldbuilding and character-driven stories, and she is a pioneer of the hopepunk genre. Across her books she tends to foreground crews, families, and communities, letting invented cultures, languages, and technologies emerge through daily routines and relationships. The Wayfarers novels and her shorter fiction share that emphasis on how people live together, placing cooperation and individual choice at the center of speculative settings rather than treating them as background.
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Becky Chambers books in order

8 books, 1 series; 1 reviewed on LuvemBooks. Dates and covers from Amazon.

Wayfarers3 books

  1. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet cover
    #12015
    The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
    Our review →
  2. A Closed and Common Orbit cover
    #22016
    A Closed and Common Orbit
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  3. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within cover
    #42021
    The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
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Standalones and other books

  1. Record of a Spaceborn Few cover
    2018
    Record of a Spaceborn Few
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  2. To Be Taught, If Fortunate cover
    2019
    To Be Taught, If Fortunate
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  3. A Psalm for the Wild-Built cover
    2021
    A Psalm for the Wild-Built
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  4. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy cover
    2022
    A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
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  5. As You Wake, Break the Shell cover
    2026
    As You Wake, Break the Shell
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

4.4/5

reader rating · 30,873 ratings

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is Becky Chambers' debut novel and the first book in the Wayfarers series, following Rosemary Harper as she joins the misfit crew of the aging tunneling ship Wayfarer on a perilous journey through deep space. A national bestseller and part of the Hugo Award–winning Best Series, it earns attention for centering found family and human connection over galactic warfare.

Reviewed Oct 13, 2026

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