I present the order in which i recommend experiencing the world of warhammer 40,000. Founder of the legion of gamza any music is by kevin macleod thank you for the support of. The horus heresy is a series of novels, anthologies and audiobooks based on the historic events known as the great crusade and the horus heresy, about. We hope youre all having properly sanctioned fun in the emperors name. Theres some books in that that are among the best ive ever read. See the complete warhammer 40,000 series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The paper books have the published order printed on the first page, which is not the same as the chronological order. If a date is given in the source material according to a different calendar such as the nehekharan calendar which dates year 1 as the beginning of king.
What can i read and in what order if i want to delve into the. They also come out randomly and not at all in chronological order so eventually you would be reading them out of order anyways. Nov 21, 2003 one series of novels that looks really cool to me is the warhammer series, but there are so freakin many of them idont know where to start from so could someone please post a link or something that tells the chronological order of the warhammer series. If a date is given in the source material according.
The vast armies of the emperor of earth have conquered the galaxy in a great crusade the myriad alien races have. Like all warhammer 40k novels1 30k in this case, the outstanding ones are good to quite good, when seen in the broader context of fictional. Now, multiple forces risk complete immolation to attack the sector drawn by the lure of ancient relics, lost knowledge, and powerful megaweapons, buried for aeons. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author.
In the decade or so its been around it has become a huge collection of stories, with a whole host of plot threads, characters and events to follow. One series of novels that looks really cool to me is the warhammer series, but there are so freakin many of them idont know where to start from so could someone please post a link or something that tells the chronological order of the warhammer series. This incredible collection builds into a retrospective of the best of the warhammer 40,000 novels with supporting editorial content focusing on key storylines, characters and themes. Dawn of war dawn of war winter assault dawn of war dark crusade dawn of war ii dawn of war ii chaos rising edit. Titles published prior to 1997 were originally published under the heretic tomes label, although several have been republished as black library editions. I was wondering if there was a one stop shoping list of all the warhammer 40k novels that layes them out in timeline format. The horus heresy primarchs novels warhammer 40k fandom. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Im pretty sure there isnt a chronology except that horus heresy novels come first and are in order, then the upcoming siege on terra series.
You basically wont loose any continuity if you read them in any order. What is the complete chronological reading list to the. It chronicles the histories of the 18 primarchs both before, during and directly after the great crusade and the horus heresy. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The imperium can drown the empire in corpses, and actually holding a hive world. Below is a timeline outlining a chronology of the major events that have transpired for all of the major factions in the history of the warhammer world. The only order that matters in reading 40k novels is if the novel is part of its own series and you want to follow the series.
Nov 03, 2017 most of the other answers make good suggestions about what you should read at some point. Do you play warhammer, warhammer 40k and or lord of the rings. They are a collection of several series that happen to exist within the same, very very large universe. Here you can easily find all the army books in one place, as well as information on the latest updates and new releases. I am nothing if not an unabashed fan of the warhammer 40000 universe. The timeline is pretty meaningless in the 40k universe, read the books you like. It chronicles the history of the horus heresy era which serves as the foundation and startingpoint for most warhammer 40, canon. Your kill team case has a reddit sticker so i hope you see this. For other uses of horus heresy, see horus heresy disambiguation. Maybe youve heard of space marines, but you dont quite understand who they are, other than being marines in space. The more places people can buy a product, the better. This article is about the horus heresy book series. The following is a list of the novels for the warhammer 40,000 universe. Novella series 2 collection paperback novella series 2 collection.
The series began publication in may 2016, starting with roboute guilliman. Hello, i am interested to start reading the warhammer 40k books and id like some advice on which first couple books i. With the recent steam sale of warhammer franchise i purchased pretty much all of them already had retribution and wanted to ask which order am i suppose to play them lorewise. The warhammer 40,000 book series by multiple authors includes books outlander, lone wolves, the horus heresy vol.
Enter your email to get the very latest news, promotions, hobby tips and more from games workshop. Otherwise, the advice id give for picking any 40k book to read is to think about what there is in 40k that interests you. What can i read and in what order if i want to delve into. The novels will first release as limited edition hardbacks. Similar, this is the whfb folder in the giant mediafire warhammer folder, pretty sure the parent folders have 40k and other novels. Where do i begin when reading warhammer 40,000 books.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the magos eisenhorn book 4. The first edition of the rules and the first fluff is mid to late 80s, the first novel is as far as i know the inquisition war series and then you get stuff like space marine which is no canon anymore. In this list ive done the best job i can of organising it into a rough chronological. On the cover is a soul drinker space marine, by the way. A list of the entire collection of warhammer 40k fantasy books, ordered by when they where release. Haters gonna burn originally posted by corsair14 there was a post.
After the creation of the warhammer fantasy universe by games workshop, novels were published as gw books by boxtree ltd, but more recently novels have been under games workshops publishing arm, the black library entries marked with have been collected in omnibus. Lack of competition is terribly consumerunfriendly. Pirate warhammer and warhammer 40k ebooks have been available for a lot longer than legitimate copies. Horus, the favoured son of the emperor, turns against his primarch brothers and pitches the space marines legions into a bigger struggle for the imperium itself. For the record, a lot of different writers write the books and many are loosely based on each other. Following the 1987 initial release of games workshops warhammer 40,000 wargame, set in a. The series is set in the warhammer 40,000 universe and follows a regiment of the imperial guard called the tanith firstandonly during sabbat worlds crusade.
Read 4692 times 0 members and 1 guest are viewing this topic. I present the order in which i recommend experiencing the world of. Warriors of the chaos wastes the tyrion and teclis omnibus. Gaunt is a rare monster in warhammer 40k, he is both likable and at times detestable. These books and stories were authored by robert earl. Gaunt is a real leader, he inspires and makes his followers aspire to be just like him. One reason i dont like the idea of the black library being the only place to get ebooks of their novels. Black library has published some absolutely awesome novels that are exceptionally well written, and they should not be missed but if you want to start readin. I also simply couldnt afford to buy everything, so i grabbed your warhammer and some gundam kits including a. After the horus heresy, what are the next series chronologically.
Sep 03, 2019 i take the view that the majority of the heresy series is essential, with a select few that can be missed out. Limiting it to 40k excludes the fantastic and awarded horus heresy series. Find out more about games workshop and the world of warhammer 40,000 at horus rising the seeds of heresy are sown the horus heresy it is a time of legend. Characters from say the ultramarines and ciaphas cain series dont interact in any meaningful way. Is there a list of the 40k novels in chronological order. After a thousand years, violent warp storms have receded from the calaphrax cluster, and an ancient battlefront in the war against chaos has again been opened to the universe. Timeline of the warhammer world warhammer wiki fandom. If you buy warhammer and warhammer 40k books directly from the black library, im pretty sure you can get them in. The warhammer 40k books are all part of the same universe, though theres not really an order to them. Primarchs is a collection of novellas created by some of the black librarys bestknown authors and artists. However, if were sticking with 40k, there is still a very generous offering of excellent books.
There is a galaxy far, far away where a civil war rages, where the emperor of mankind, founder of the imperium of man the proponent of order in the milky way galaxy, fights against chaos and its forces. The horus heresy black library recommended reading order series. Get the very latest news, promotions, hobby tips and more from black library. Mighty heroes battle for the right to rule the galaxy. When they hybernate they sleep for a loooong time so you will also get books mixed up. Guardian of order by gav thorpe special edition december 20. Is there a chronological order of events that makes sense in what order to read the novels. You can preorder your copy of the book here and get hold of the pdf straight away. The horus heresy black library recommended reading order. Warhammer 40k was not really about books for over a decade if i am not really getting things out of order here. Following the 1987 initial release of games workshops warhammer 40,000 wargame, set in a far future science fantasy universe, the company began publishing background literature that expands previous material, adds new material, and describes the universe, its characters, and its events in detail since 1997 the bulk of background literature has been published by the affiliated imprint black. Curators introduction each novel has a brand new introduction that explores the importance of the story and its place in the warhammer 40k universe.
Warhammer 40k novels collection free epub, mobi, pdf ebooks download. Each of the books is a small part of a greater whole. The horus heresy series as of june 2018 at 49 books, variety of authors set 10,000 years before warhammer 40k, this series covers humanities war to conquer the galaxy, the build up to the civil war the heresy and the 7 years of civil war that led up to the attack on earth for the throne. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. After the creation of the warhammer fantasy universe by games workshop, novels were published as gw books by boxtree ltd, but more recently novels have been under games workshops publishing arm, the black library. They all take place in the hersy times but they are more like independent reads than an over arching story. Following the 1987 initial release of games workshops warhammer 40,000 wargame, set in a far future science fantasy universe, the company began publishing background literature that expands previous material, adds new material, and describes the universe, its characters, and its events in detail. The timeline lists general dates of major events according to the imperial calendar ic. Its a shorter book and while the characters and story are great, its not as much. Im a big fan of the horus heresy series of novels, set in or rather, before the warhammer 40,000 universe. Then the 40k era novels happen in wildly varying times with no coh. Order of gaunts ghosts books gaunts ghosts is a series of science fiction novels by british author dan abnett. Novels from the universe of warhammer 40k and horus heresy. All the bl books are written with the assumption youve written the rulebook and.
The magos eisenhorn book 4 kindle edition by abnett, dan. Download as rtf, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. Would you like to get gw product every single day at 20% off. Is there a list of the proper order to read the warhammer. If your country is not shown and you are in the eu, please select rest of eu, otherwise select rest of world. It seems this story is quite old and lots of books have been written about it, and things can be overwhelming for someone new. In what order should i read the books in this series. Dark imperium is the ultimate warhammer 40,000 boxed set a beautifully packaged set of 53 detailed citadel miniatures, the complete and unabridged hardback warhammer 40,000 book, two supplemental softback books containing the rules and background for the included miniatures, and all the extra bits needed to get started with gaming as soon. Since the books are written from the perspective of inquisitor amberly vail going over the cain archives i think it makes sense to read it in the published order. Not only it is one of the best written books of the series, but it was a great way to see how chaos was introduced to the space. Like all warhammer 40k novels1 30k in this case, the outstanding ones are good to quite good, when seen in the broader context of fictional works as a whole, while the 40k novels that are less. Because several of the stories overlap or take place at the same time at different ends of the galaxy. The warhammer 40k universe is so vast im actually skipping to the eisenhorn series by, nonetheless, abnett.
In some cases, as with chronicles of narnia, disagreements about order necessitate the creation of more than one series. I dont know if you knew that already, or just assumed the books from the black library web site were in another format like. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Entries marked with have been collected in omnibus. If the series has an order, add a number or other descriptor in parenthesis after the series title eg. By subscribing you confirm that you are over the age of 16 or have consent from your parent or guardian to subscribe. Which is somehow ironic as the primary focus of the story revolves around the interregimental battle between gaunts ghosts and the regiment controlled by flense. I will not, however, proceed with the suggested order of the novels by the blacklibrary, as the following books are not written by abnett. Below are the top 5 warhammer 40k novels that will help introduce you to the 40k.
Top 5 warhammer 40k novels for the new reader tome of nerd. Aug 26, 2008 the warhammer 40k books are all part of the same universe, though theres not really an order to them. Mar 16, 2015 i have never read a warhammer novel and thought id like to read the end times stories. Welcome to the warhammer armies project, the home of some of the most popular unofficial army books for warhammer fantasy battles. Warhammer 40k full collection books read order space opera. Basically, the gaunts ghost books are the best that the black library has to offer. But if you want to start reading warhammer 40k books, the it is best to get a good. Chronological order of ciaphas cain book forum dakkadakka. Buying an omnibus is the complete collection of that particular set of novels. Cypher is one of the fallen angels of the dark angels space marine chapter, and one of the few members of that loyalist chapter believed to have turned to chaos during the horus heresy in re. For example, here is the reading list for the horus heresy series, which takes place 10,000 years prior, before the emp. Perhaps you are curious about delving into the 40k universe, but know little about it. I have never read a warhammer novel and thought id like to read the end times stories. A complete list of horus heresy books in chronological order.