

41 Master of Mankind Aaron Dembski-Bowdenĭepends what you mean by advancing the larger story, some of the books are fairly self contained, but most of them are all about getting the pieces in place for the siege of terra.30 The Damnation of Pythos David Annandale.14 The First Heretic Aaron Dembski-Bowden.4 Flight of the Eisenstein James Swallow.There are some good short stories out there (the Garro audiobooks are pure gold adamantite) but on the hole, they aren't necessary reading. Ill italicize the ones that you should read anyways or minorly move the story forward.Īll others I would say that their overall contributions to the plot can be summed up in a sentence (not saying they are bad novels) or just not worth reading Ill bold the ones that move the story forward IMO. /u/Ghoul_Stars’ Video Journey Through 40k./u/Jackeyblob's Warhammer 40K Lore Documents AIO./u/JIDF-Shill's Horus Heresy comprehensive reading order.Please review the short conversation blacklist on our wiki before commenting or posting. Rule 10: Certain topics are considered too controversial and tend to always end in arguments, rule-breaking, and reports.Discussion threads/comments are welcome but must be appropriately marked with spoiler tags and have no revealing information in the post title. Rule 9: No excerpts from a novel (novellas/short stories excluded) released within the last 30 days, so that there is time for others to read it.

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