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The Horus Heresy Books in Order
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: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the The Horus Heresy series? Start with "Visions of War (By: Alan Merrett)" (2004) and follow publication order through all 211 books.
The complete The Horus Heresy reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Visions of War (By: Alan Merrett)
2004

Visions of Darkness (By: Alan Merrett)
2005

Visions of Treachery (By: Alan Merrett)
2005

False Gods (By: Graham McNeill)
2006

Horus Rising (By: Dan Abnett)
2006

Galaxy in Flames (By: Ben Counter)
2006

Visions of Death: Iconic images of the Imperium, betrayal and war (By: Alan Merrett)
2006

The Flight of the Eisenstein (By: James Swallow)
2007

Collected Visions (By: Alan Merrett)
2007

Fulgrim (By: Graham McNeill)
2007

Descent of Angels (By: Mitchel Scanlon)
2007

Battle for the Abyss (By: Ben Counter)
2008

Legion (By: Dan Abnett)
2008

Mechanicum (By: Graham McNeill)
2008

Fallen Angels (By: Mike Lee)
2009

Tales of Heresy (With: Dan Abnett,James Swallow,Mike Lee,Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Nick Kyme,Anthony Reynolds,Lindsey Priestley)
2009

Nemesis (By: James Swallow)
2010

A Thousand Sons (By: Graham McNeill)
2010

The First Heretic (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2010

Prospero Burns (By: Dan Abnett)
2010

Oath of Moment (By: James Swallow)
2010

Legion of One (By: James Swallow)
2011

Age of Darkness (With: Dan Abnett,James Swallow,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,John French,Chris Wraight)
2011

Promethean Sun (By: Nick Kyme)
2011

The Last Remembrancer (By: John French)
2011

Savage Weapons (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2011

The Iron Within (By: Rob Sanders)
2011

Little Horus (By: Dan Abnett)
2011

The Face of Treachery
2011

Liar's Due (By: James Swallow)
2011

Forgotten Sons (By: Nick Kyme)
2011

Rebirth (By: Dan Abnett)
2011

The Outcast Dead (By: Graham McNeill)
2011

Deliverance Lost
2011

Know No Fear (By: Dan Abnett)
2012

The Reflection Crack'd (By: Graham McNeill)
2012

Feat of Iron (By: Nick Kyme)
2012

The Serpent Beneath (By: Rob Sanders)
2012

The Lion
2012

The Primarchs (With: Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders)
2012

Butcher's Nails (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2012

Kryptos (By: Graham McNeill)
2012

Fear to Tread (By: James Swallow)
2012

Grey Angel (By: John French)
2012

Shadows of Treachery (With: Dan Abnett,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,John French)
2012

Angel Exterminatus (By: Graham McNeill)
2012

Brotherhood of the Storm (By: Chris Wraight)
2012

Lost Sons (By: James Swallow)
2012

Sword of Truth (By: James Swallow)
2012

Betrayer (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2012

Warmaster (By: John French)
2012

Strike and Fade (By: Guy Haley)
2012

Veritas Ferrum (By: David Annandale)
2012

The Imperial Truth (With: James Swallow,Graham McNeill,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,L.J. Goulding)
2013

Dark Heart (By: Anthony Reynolds)
2013

The Gates of Terra (By: Nick Kyme)
2013

The Sigillite (By: Chris Wraight)
2013

Burden of Duty & Grey Angel (By: James Swallow)
2013

Wolf Hunt (By: Graham McNeill)
2013

Mark of Calth (By: L.J. Goulding)
2013

Death of a Silversmith (By: Graham McNeill)
2013

Distant Echoes of Old Night (By: Rob Sanders)
2013

The Divine Word
2013

Honour to the Dead
2013

Scorched Earth (By: Nick Kyme)
2013

The Unremembered Empire (By: Dan Abnett)
2013

Censure (By: Seán Barrett,David Timson,Gareth Armstrong,Simon Slater,Nick Kyme,Chris Fairbank,Samuel Gunn,Martyn Ellis)
2013

Macragge's Honour (By: Dan Abnett)
2013

Tallarn: Executioner (By: John French)
2013

Thief of Revelations (By: Graham McNeill)
2013

Vulkan Lives (By: Nick Kyme)
2013

Khârn: The Eightfold Path (By: Anthony Reynolds)
2013

Cypher: Guardian of Order
2013

The Wolf of Ash and Fire (By: Graham McNeill)
2014

Echoes of Ruin: (With: David Annandale,Graham McNeill,Guy Haley,Anthony Reynolds,Chris Wraight,John French)
2014

Wolf's Claw (By: Chris Wraight)
2014

Templar (By: John French)
2014

Ravenlord
2014

Vengeful Spirit (By: Graham McNeill)
2014

The Devine Adoratrice (By: Graham McNeill)
2014

Scars (By: Chris Wraight)
2014

Heart of the Conquerer (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2014

Sedition's Gate (By: David Annandale,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight)
2014

The Damnation of Pythos (By: David Annandale)
2014

The Purge (By: Anthony Reynolds)
2014

The Long Night (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2014

Legacies of Betrayal (By: Graham McNeill,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Chris Wraight)
2014

Child of Night (By: John French)
2014

Daemonology (By: Chris Wraight)
2014

The Final Compliance of Sixty-Three Fourteen (By: Guy Haley)
2014

The Seventh Serpent (By: Graham McNeill)
2014

Stratagem (By: Nick Kyme)
2014

Vorax (By: Matthew Farrer)
2014

The Value of Fear
2014
Brotherhood of the Moon (By: Chris Wraight)
2014

Garro: Shield of Lies (By: James Swallow)
2015

Imperfect (By: Nick Kyme)
2015

Sins of the Father (By: Andy Smillie)
2015

Howl of the Hearthworld (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2015

A Safe and Shadowed Place (By: Guy Haley)
2015

Gunsight (By: James Swallow)
2015

Black Oculus (By: John French)
2015

The Eagle's Talon (By: John French)
2015

Wolf Mother (By: Graham McNeill)
2015

Twisted (By: Guy Haley)
2015

Blades of the Traitor (By: Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight)
2015

Chirurgeon (By: Nick Kyme)
2015

Tallarn: Witness (By: John French)
2015

Iron Corpses (By: David Annandale)
2015

Tallarn: Ironclad (By: John French)
2015

Raptor
2015

Hands of the Emperor (By: Rob Sanders)
2015

By the Lion's Command
2015

Lord of the Red Sands (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2015

All That Remains (By: James Swallow)
2015

The Phoenician (By: Nick Kyme)
2015

Ironfire (By: Rob Sanders)
2015

Meduson (By: Dan Abnett,Graham McNeill)
2015

Artefacts (By: Nick Kyme)
2015

Cybernetica (By: Rob Sanders)
2015

Wolf King (By: Chris Wraight)
2015

Deathfire (By: Nick Kyme)
2015

The Last Church (By: Graham McNeill)
2015

The Honoured (By: Rob Sanders)
2015

Pharos (By: Guy Haley)
2015

Vow of Faith (By: James Swallow)
2015

The Either (By: Graham McNeill)
2016
The Heart of the Pharos (By: L.J. Goulding)
2016

Eye of Terra (With: David Annandale,Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight,Andy Smillie)
2016

Tallarn: Siren (By: John French)
2016

The Path of Heaven (By: Chris Wraight)
2016

The Silent War (By: Christian Z. Dunn)
2016

Angels of Caliban
2016

War Without End (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2016

Blackshield (By: Chris Wraight)
2016

Myriad (By: Rob Sanders)
2016

The Harrowing (By: Rob Sanders)
2016

The Unburdened (By: David Annandale)
2016

Praetorian of Dorn (By: John French)
2016

Master of the First
2016

Sons of the Forge (By: Nick Kyme)
2016

The Soul, Severed (By: Chris Wraight)
2016

The Last Son of Prospero (By: Chris Wraight)
2016

Virtues of the Sons (By: Andy Smillie)
2017

Ordo Sinister (By: John French)
2017

The Ember Wolves (By: Rob Sanders)
2017

Shattered Legions (With: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight,L.J. Goulding)
2017

The Master of Mankind (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2017

Allegiance (By: Chris Wraight)
2017

Perturabo: Hammer of Olympia (By: Guy Haley)
2017

Dark Compliance (By: Gareth Armstrong,John French)
2017

Tallarn (By: John French)
2017

Prince of Crows (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2017

Blackshields: The False War (By: Joshua Reynolds)
2017

Ruinstorm (By: David Annandale)
2017

The Laurel of Defiance (By: Guy Haley)
2017

The Crimson Fist (By: John French)
2017

Aurelian (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2017

Serpent (By: John French)
2017

Immortal Duty (By: Nick Kyme)
2017

Garro: Burden of Duty (By: James Swallow)
2017

Hunter's Moon (By: Guy Haley)
2017

Old Earth (By: Nick Kyme)
2017

Garro: Ashes of Fealty (By: James Swallow)
2017

The Shadowmasters
2017

Garro: Oath of Moment (By: James Swallow)
2017

Garro: Sword of Truth (By: James Swallow)
2017

Raven's Flight
2017

Garro: Legion of One (By: James Swallow)
2017

Echoes of Revelation (By: Chris Wraight)
2017

Duty Waits (By: Guy Haley)
2017

The Crimson King (By: Graham McNeill)
2017

Magisterium (By: Chris Wraight)
2017

Now Peals Midnight (By: John French)
2017

Dreams of Unity (By: Nick Kyme)
2017

The Board is Set
2017

Blood Games (By: Dan Abnett)
2018

The Burden of Loyalty (With: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Rob Sanders,John French,Chris Wraight,L.J. Goulding)
2018

Corax
2018

Wolfsbane (By: Guy Haley)
2018

Born of Flame (By: Nick Kyme)
2018

Slaves to Darkness (By: John French)
2018

Blackshields: The Red Fief (By: Joshua Reynolds)
2018

Two Metaphysical Blades (By: Chris Wraight)
2018

Prologue to Nikaea (By: David Annandale)
2018

Garro: Weapon of Fate (By: James Swallow)
2018

Heralds of the Siege (With: James Swallow,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,John French,Anthony Reynolds,Chris Wraight)
2018

The Lords of Terra (By: L.J. Goulding)
2018

Titandeath (By: Guy Haley)
2018

Abyssal (By: David Annandale)
2018

Visions of Heresy (By: Guy Haley)
2018

Hubris of Monarchia (By: Andy Smillie)
2018

A Rose Watered with Blood (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
2018

Nightfane (By: Nick Kyme)
2019

The Buried Dagger (By: James Swallow)
2019

Mercy of the Dragon (By: Nick Kyme)
2019

Blackshields: The Broken Chain (By: Joshua Reynolds)
2019

Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (By: Chris Wraight)
2020

The Serpent's Dance (By: Mike Brooks)
2020

The Lightning Hall (By: Graham McNeill)
2020

Luther: First of the Fallen
2021

Errant Knights (By: James Swallow)
2021

Eater of Dreams (By: Marc Collins)
2021

Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader (By: John French)
2022

Lupercal's War (By: Graham McNeill)
2022

The Fields Of Abundance (By: David Annandale)
2022

Garro: Knight of Grey (By: James Swallow)
2023

Primacy (By: Marc Collins)
2023

The Last Loyalist (By: David Guymer)
2023

Eidolon: The Auric Hammer (By: Marc Collins)
2024

Ashes of the Imperium (By: Chris Wraight)
2025
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