The Horus Heresy Books in Order
209
Books
2004
First Book
2025
Latest Book
22
Years
Below you'll find the complete list of The Horus Heresy books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
1
Visions of War (By: Alan Merrett)
Buy on Amazon2004
2
Visions of Darkness (By: Alan Merrett)
Buy on Amazon2005
3
Visions of Treachery (By: Alan Merrett)
Buy on Amazon2005
4
False Gods (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2006
5
Horus Rising (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2006
6
Galaxy in Flames (By: Ben Counter)
Buy on Amazon2006
7
Visions of Death: Iconic images of the Imperium, betrayal and war (By: Alan Merrett)
Buy on Amazon2006
8
The Flight of the Eisenstein
Buy on Amazon2007
9
Collected Visions (By: Alan Merrett)
Buy on Amazon2007
10
Fulgrim (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2007
11
Descent of Angels (By: Mitchel Scanlon)
Buy on Amazon2007
12
Battle for the Abyss (By: Ben Counter)
Buy on Amazon2008
13
Legion (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2008
14
Mechanicum (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2008
15
Fallen Angels (By: Mike Lee)
Buy on Amazon2009
16
Tales of Heresy (With: Dan Abnett,Gav Thorpe,Mike Lee,Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Nick Kyme,Anthony Reynolds,Lindsey Priestley)
Buy on Amazon2009
17
Nemesis
Buy on Amazon2010
18
A Thousand Sons (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2010
19
The First Heretic (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2010
20
Prospero Burns (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2010
21
Oath of Moment
Buy on Amazon2010
22
Legion of One
Buy on Amazon2011
23
Age of Darkness (With: Dan Abnett,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,John French,Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2011
24
Promethean Sun (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2011
25
The Last Remembrancer (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2011
26
Savage Weapons (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2011
27
The Iron Within (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2011
28
Little Horus (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2011
29
The Face of Treachery (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2011
30
Liar's Due
Buy on Amazon2011
31
Forgotten Sons (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2011
32
Rebirth (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2011
33
The Outcast Dead (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2011
34
Deliverance Lost (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2011
35
Know No Fear (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2012
36
The Reflection Crack'd (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2012
37
Feat of Iron (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2012
38
The Serpent Beneath (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2012
39
The Lion (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2012
40
The Primarchs (By: Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2012
41
Butcher's Nails (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2012
42
Kryptos (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2012
43
Fear to Tread
Buy on Amazon2012
44
Grey Angel (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2012
45
Shadows of Treachery (By: Dan Abnett,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,John French)
Buy on Amazon2012
46
Angel Exterminatus (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2012
47
Brotherhood of the Storm (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2012
48
Lost Sons
Buy on Amazon2012
49
Sword of Truth
Buy on Amazon2012
50
Betrayer (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2012
51
Warmaster (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2012
52
Strike and Fade (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2012
53
Veritas Ferrum (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2012
54
The Imperial Truth (With: Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2013
55
Dark Heart (By: Anthony Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2013
56
The Gates of Terra (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2013
57
The Sigillite (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2013
58
Burden of Duty & Grey Angel
Buy on Amazon2013
59
Wolf Hunt (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2013
60
Mark of Calth (By: L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2013
61
Death of a Silversmith (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2013
62
Distant Echoes of Old Night (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2013
63
The Divine Word (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2013
64
Honour to the Dead (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2013
65
Scorched Earth (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2013
66
The Unremembered Empire (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2013
67
Censure (By: Seán Barrett,David Timson,Gareth Armstrong,Simon Slater,Nick Kyme,Chris Fairbank,Samuel Gunn,Martyn Ellis)
Buy on Amazon2013
68
Macragge's Honour (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2013
69
Tallarn: Executioner (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2013
70
Thief of Revelations (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2013
71
Vulkan Lives (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2013
72
Khârn: The Eightfold Path (By: Anthony Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2013
73
Cypher: Guardian of Order (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2013
74
The Wolf of Ash and Fire (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2014
75
Echoes of Ruin: (By: David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Guy Haley,Anthony Reynolds,Chris Wraight,John French)
Buy on Amazon2014
76
Wolf's Claw (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2014
77
Templar (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2014
78
Ravenlord (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2014
79
Vengeful Spirit (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2014
80
The Devine Adoratrice (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2014
81
Scars (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2014
82
Heart of the Conquerer (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2014
83
Sedition's Gate (By: David Annandale,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2014
84
The Damnation of Pythos (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2014
85
The Purge (By: Anthony Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2014
86
The Long Night (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2014
87
Legacies of Betrayal (By: Graham McNeill,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2014
88
Child of Night (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2014
89
Daemonology (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2014
90
The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2014
91
The Seventh Serpent (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2014
92
Stratagem (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2014
93
Vorax (By: Matthew Farrer)
Buy on Amazon2014
94
The Value of Fear (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2014
95
Brotherhood of the Moon (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2014
96
Garro: Shield of Lies
Buy on Amazon2015
97
Imperfect (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2015
98
Sins of the Father (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2015
99
Howl of the Hearthworld (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2015
100
A Safe and Shadowed Place (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2015
101
Gunsight
Buy on Amazon2015
102
Black Oculus (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2015
103
The Eagle's Talon (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2015
104
Wolf Mother (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2015
105
Twisted (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2015
106
Blades of the Traitor (By: Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2015
107
Chirurgeon (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2015
108
Tallarn: Witness (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2015
109
Iron Corpses (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2015
110
Tallarn: Ironclad (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2015
111
Raptor (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2015
112
Hands of the Emperor (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2015
113
By the Lion's Command (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2015
114
Lord of the Red Sands (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2015
115
All That Remains
Buy on Amazon2015
116
The Phoenician (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2015
117
Ironfire (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2015
118
Meduson (By: Dan Abnett,Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2015
119
Artefacts (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2015
120
Cybernetica (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2015
121
Wolf King (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2015
122
Deathfire (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2015
123
The Last Church (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2015
124
The Honoured (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2015
125
Pharos (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2015
126
Vow of Faith
Buy on Amazon2015
127
The Either (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2016
128
The Heart of the Pharos (By: L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2016
129
Tallarn: Siren (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2016
130
The Path of Heaven (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2016
131
The Silent War (By: Christian Z. Dunn)
Buy on Amazon2016
132
Angels of Caliban (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2016
133
War Without End (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2016
134
Blackshield (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2016
135
Myriad (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2016
136
The Harrowing (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2016
137
The Unburdened (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2016
138
Praetorian of Dorn (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2016
139
Master of the First (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2016
140
Sons of the Forge (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2016
141
The Soul, Severed (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2016
142
The Last Son of Prospero (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2016
143
Virtues of the Sons (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2017
144
Ordo Sinister (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2017
145
The Ember Wolves (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2017
146
Shattered Legions (By: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight,L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2017
147
The Master of Mankind (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2017
148
Allegiance (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2017
149
Perturabo: Hammer of Olympia (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2017
150
Dark Compliance (By: Gareth Armstrong,John French)
Buy on Amazon2017
151
Tallarn (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2017
152
Prince of Crows (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2017
153
Blackshields: The False War (By: Joshua Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2017
154
Ruinstorm (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2017
155
The Laurel of Defiance (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2017
156
The Crimson Fist (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2017
157
Aurelian (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2017
158
Serpent (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2017
159
Immortal Duty (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2017
160
Garro: Burden of Duty
Buy on Amazon2017
161
Hunter's Moon (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2017
162
Old Earth (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2017
163
Garro: Ashes of Fealty
Buy on Amazon2017
164
The Shadowmasters (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2017
165
Garro: Oath of Moment
Buy on Amazon2017
166
Garro: Sword of Truth
Buy on Amazon2017
167
Raven's Flight (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2017
168
Garro: Legion of One
Buy on Amazon2017
169
Echoes of Revelation (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2017
170
Duty Waits (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2017
171
The Crimson King (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2017
172
Magisterium (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2017
173
Now Peals Midnight (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2017
174
Dreams of Unity (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2017
175
The Board is Set (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2017
176
Blood Games (By: Dan Abnett)
Buy on Amazon2018
177
Corax (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2018
178
Wolfsbane (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2018
179
Born of Flame (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2018
180
Slaves to Darkness (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2018
181
Blackshields: The Red Fief (By: Joshua Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2018
182
Two Metaphysical Blades (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2018
183
Prologue to Nikaea (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2018
184
Garro: Weapon of Fate
Buy on Amazon2018
185
Heralds of the Siege (With: Gav Thorpe,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,John French,Anthony Reynolds,Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2018
186
The Lords of Terra (By: L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2018
187
Titandeath (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2018
188
Abyssal (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2018
189
Visions of Heresy (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2018
190
Hubris of Monarchia (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2018
191
A Rose Watered with Blood (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2018
192
Nightfane (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2019
193
The Buried Dagger
Buy on Amazon2019
194
Mercy of the Dragon (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2019
195
Blackshields: The Broken Chain (By: Joshua Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2019
196
Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2020
197
The Serpent's Dance (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2020
198
The Lightning Hall (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2020
199
Luther: First of the Fallen (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2021
200
Errant Knights
Buy on Amazon2021
201
Eater of Dreams (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2021
202
Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2022
203
Lupercal's War (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2022
204
The Fields Of Abundance (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2022
205
Garro: Knight of Grey
Buy on Amazon2023
206
Primacy (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2023
207
The Last Loyalist (By: David Guymer)
Buy on Amazon2023
208
Eidolon: The Auric Hammer (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2024
209
Ashes of the Imperium (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2025
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the The Horus Heresy series is publication order: 1. Visions of War (By: Alan Merrett) (2004), 2. Visions of Darkness (By: Alan Merrett) (2005), 3. Visions of Treachery (By: Alan Merrett) (2005), 4. False Gods (By: Graham McNeill) (2006), 5. Horus Rising (By: Dan Abnett) (2006), and 204 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The The Horus Heresy series by James Swallow contains 209 books. The series began in 2004 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
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