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Halo Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Halo books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Halo series? Start with "The Fall of Reach (By: Eric Nylund)" (2001) and follow publication order through all 59 books.
The complete Halo reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Fall of Reach (By: Eric Nylund)
2001
First Strike (By: Eric Nylund)
2003
The Thursday War (By: Karen Traviss)
2012
Broken Circle (By: John Shirley)
2014
Hunters in the Dark (By: Peter David)
2015
Saint's Testimony (By: Frank O'Connor)
2015
Shadow of Intent (By: Joseph Staten)
2015
Legacy of Onyx (By: Matt Forbeck)
2017
Contact Harvest (By: Joseph Staten)
2019
Shadows of Reach (By: Troy Denning)
2020
The Rubicon Protocol (By: Kelly Gay)
2022
Outcasts (By: Troy Denning)
2023
Epitaph (By: Kelly Gay)
2024
Edge of Dawn (By: Kelly Gay)
2025
Dark Terrors
1995
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
1996
Leviathan 2
1998
Infinity Plus One
2001
Leviathan
2002
Dark Terrors 6
2002
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
2003
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14
2003
Breaking Windows
2003
Polyphony, Volume 5
2005
Best New Fantasy
2006
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories
2007
TwentiethAnnual Collection
2007
Brothers & Beasts
2007
Booklife
2007
Fast Ships, Black Sails
2008
The New Weird
2008
Polluto 2: Apocalypses and Garden Furniture
2008
Steampunk
2008
Best American Fantasy 2008
2008
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009
2008
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
2009
Last Drink Bird Head
2009
Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
2010
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
2010
Happily Ever After
2011
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters
2011
Steampunk III
2012
Arc 1.2: Post Human Conditions
2012
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
2012
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top
2012
Fungi
2012
The Time Traveler's Almanac
2013
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014
2014
Sisters of the Revolution
2015
Love Hurts
2015
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold
2016
The Big Book of Science Fiction
2016
Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker
2017
Worlds Seen in Passing
2018
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy
2019
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy
2020
Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn
2022
Grimdark Magazine, Issue #34
2023
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