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Reading Order

The Horus Heresy

54 books in series

The Horus Heresy

books in series: 54

Start Here

1

#1

Horus RisingStart Here

Dan Abnett

The book that lit the fuse. Before the galaxy burned, the Imperium stood at the height of its glory — Horus Rising is the doorway into the tragedy that defines all of Warhammer 40,000.

2

#2

Graham McNeill

Read it if you want to understand HOW the Heresy began — not with a battle, but with a wound, a whisper, and a father's love turned against him.

3

#3

Galaxy in Flames

Ben Counter

The opening trilogy's gut-punch finale — loyalists betrayed on Isstvan III. This is the moment the war truly begins, and Counter does not spare the reader.

4

#4

The Flight of the Eisenstein

James Swallow

One loyal soldier, one ship, one impossible mission: carry the truth of the betrayal to Terra before the Warp swallows him. Swallow's tightest thriller in the saga.

5

#5

Graham McNeill

A Legion corrupted not by force but by beauty. Fulgrim is the Horus Heresy at its most psychological — and the Dropsite Massacre sequence alone earns its place on the shelf.

6

#6

Descent of Angels

Mitchel Scanlon

7

#7

Dan Abnett

8

#8

Battle for the Abyss

Ben Counter

9

#9

Graham McNeill

10

#10

Tales of HeresyAnthology

Various

11

#11

Mike Lee

12

#12

A Thousand Sons

Graham McNeill

13

#13

James Swallow

14

#14

The First Heretic

Aaron Dembski-Bowden

15

#15

Dan Abnett

16

#16

Age of DarknessAnthology

Various

17

#17

The Outcast Dead

Graham McNeill

18

#18

Deliverance Lost

Gav Thorpe

19

#19

Dan Abnett

20

#20

The PrimarchsAnthology

Various

21

#21

James Swallow

22

#22

Shadows of TreacheryAnthology

Various

23

#23

Angel Exterminatus

Graham McNeill

24

#24

Aaron Dembski-Bowden

25

#25

Mark of CalthAnthology

Various

26

#26

Nick Kyme

27

#27

The Unremembered Empire

Dan Abnett

28

#28

Chris Wraight

29

#29

Vengeful Spirit

Graham McNeill

30

#30

The Damnation of Pythos

David Annandale

31

#31

Legacies of BetrayalAnthology

Various

32

#32

Nick Kyme

33

#33

War Without EndAnthology

Various

34

#34

Guy Haley

35

#35

Eye of TerraAnthology

Various

36

#36

The Path of Heaven

Chris Wraight

37

#37

The Silent WarAnthology

Various

38

#38

Angels of Caliban

Gav Thorpe

39

#39

Praetorian of Dorn

John French

40

#40

CoraxAnthology

Gav Thorpe

41

#41

The Master of Mankind

Aaron Dembski-Bowden

42

#42

Garro: Weapon of FateAnthology

James Swallow

43

#43

Shattered LegionsAnthology

Various

44

#44

The Crimson King

Graham McNeill

45

#45

TallarnAnthology

John French

46

#46

David Annandale

47

#47

Nick Kyme

48

#48

The Burden of LoyaltyAnthology

Various

49

#49

Guy Haley

50

#50

Born of FlameAnthology

Nick Kyme

51

#51

Slaves to Darkness

John French

52

#52

Heralds of the SiegeAnthology

Various

53

#53

Guy Haley

54

#54

The Buried Dagger

James Swallow

Collections

Crusade's EndOmnibus

Dan Abnett, Graham McNeill, Ben Counter

Collects: Horus Rising, False Gods, Galaxy in Flames

The Last PhoenixOmnibus

Graham McNeill, Nick Kyme, Rob Sanders, John French

Collects: Fulgrim, Angel Exterminatus

The Razing of ProsperoOmnibus

Graham McNeill, Dan Abnett, Various

Collects: A Thousand Sons, Prospero Burns