Mangoose
Arcane
Ugh.Here's a more up to date reading order supported with arguments:This is why people should just read the WH40k wikis and save yourself a ton of time and lots of money.So for shits and gigles i removed the black library from an inventory.
Are they serious bro? I guess in the grim darkness of the universe there is only greed i can't believe they produced so much shit. I was looking at the horus heresy series and i stumbled on this pic displaying the supposed reading order:
WTF is this. I'm getting cross eyed just by looking at it.
I like the setting but come on this is a bit much don't they think? This is like romance novels for nerds at this point.
I dread to even look at the star wars library.
https://www.heresyomnibus.com/
See the problem with these lists is that it ignores that any individual book has self-enclosed quality, that is separate from its "omnibus" or even its own duology/trilogy/etc.
For example if I recommended watching the Godfather Series.. I wouldn't include the fourth movie.
And in my memory I will always remember specific products with more sentiment. For example, thinking about the Star Wars OT always drives me towards Empire Strikes Back.
At the very end, it's the current experience that matters. (Which is why I don't think anything can "ruin" Star Wars)
So instead I can provide a list of recommendations based on how much I liked the book in itself (in release order):
- Horus Rising
- False Gods
- Galaxy in Flames
- Fulgrim
- Mechanicum
- A Thousand Sons
- The First Heretic
- Prospero Burns
- Know No Fear
- Fear To Tread
- Angel Exterminatus
- Betrayer
- Scars
- Master of Mankind
(edit: Protect yourself from business strategies such as "brand loyalty")
Secondary Recommendations:
- Flight of the Eisenstein
- Legion
- Unremembered Empire
- Vengeful Spirit
- Echoes of Eternity
Primarchs Series has a few good hits but I haven't explored it particularly. Very very good Konrad Cuzre book though, probably his best character study.
Also there are a lot of good short stories that I may try to drag out of my memory later.
Seventh Serpent for one, IIRC.