Warhammer 40,000 Books in Order
217
Books
1980
First Book
2025
Latest Book
46
Years
Below you'll find the complete list of Warhammer 40,000 books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
1
Deathwing
Buy on Amazon1980
2
Draco (By: Ian Watson)
Buy on Amazon1990
3
Inquisitor (By: Ian Watson)
Buy on Amazon1990
4
Harlequin (By: Ian Watson)
Buy on Amazon1994
5
Chaos Child (By: Ian Watson)
Buy on Amazon1994
6
Eye of Terror (By: Barrington J. Bayley)
Buy on Amazon1999
7
The Wine Of Dreams (By: Brian Craig)
Buy on Amazon2000
8
Dark Imperium (By: Gav Thorpe,William King,Simon Jowett,Matthew Farrer,Ben Counter,Barrington J. Bayley,Marc Gascoigne,Andy Chambers,Robert Earl,Neil Rutledge)
Buy on Amazon2001
9
Pawns of Chaos (By: Brian Craig)
Buy on Amazon2001
10
Storm of Iron (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2002
11
Words of Blood (By: Christian Z. Dunn,Marc Gascoigne)
Buy on Amazon2002
12
Farseer (By: William King)
Buy on Amazon2002
13
Crucible of War
Buy on Amazon2003
14
Lone Wolves
Buy on Amazon2003
15
What Price Victory (By: Marc Gascoigne)
Buy on Amazon2004
16
The Inquisition War (By: Ian Watson)
Buy on Amazon2004
17
Iron Hands (By: Jonathan Green)
Buy on Amazon2004
18
Let the Galaxy Burn
Buy on Amazon2006
19
Tales from the Dark Millennium
Buy on Amazon2006
20
Eldar Prophecy (By: C.S. Goto)
Buy on Amazon2007
21
The Inquisition (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2007
22
Blood & Thunder
Buy on Amazon2008
23
Relentless (By: Richard Williams)
Buy on Amazon2008
24
Planetkill (By: Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Steve Parker,Lindsey Priestley,Richard Williams,Henry Zou,Simon Dyton,Robey Jenkins)
Buy on Amazon2008
25
Assault on Black Reach (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2009
26
Thunder from Fenris (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2009
27
Dawn of War II (By: Chris Roberson)
Buy on Amazon2009
28
Fear the Alien (By: Christian Z. Dunn)
Buy on Amazon2010
29
Atlas Infernal (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2011
30
Sabbat Worlds: A Good Man (By: Sandy Mitchell)
Buy on Amazon2011
31
The Alien Beast Within (By: Ian Watson)
Buy on Amazon2012
32
Beneath the Flesh (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2012
33
Iron Warrior (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2012
34
The Iron Without (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2012
35
The Beast of Calth (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2012
36
Flesh (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2012
37
Reparation (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2012
38
Sons of Russ (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2012
39
Treacheries of the Space Marines (By: Christian Z. Dunn)
Buy on Amazon2012
40
Perfection (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2012
41
Mephiston: Lord of Death (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2013
42
Down Amongst the Dead Men (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2013
43
Crucible (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2013
44
Spirit War (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2013
45
The Path Forsaken (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2013
46
We Are One (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2013
47
Iron Harvest (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2013
48
Know Thyself (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2013
49
Engine of Mork (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2013
50
Cold Blood (By: David Guymer)
Buy on Amazon2013
51
Cold Steel (By: David Guymer)
Buy on Amazon2013
52
Machine Spirit (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2013
53
Nurgle's Gift & The Tallyman (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2014
54
Wolves of Fenris (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2014
55
Knights of the Imperium (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2014
56
The Tribute of Flesh (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2014
57
Crimson Dawn (By: Christian Z. Dunn)
Buy on Amazon2014
58
The Kauyon (By: Christian Z. Dunn)
Buy on Amazon2014
59
Atrophy (By: Christian Z. Dunn)
Buy on Amazon2014
60
Valedor (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2014
61
The Last Days of Ector (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2014
62
Devil’s Trappings (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2014
63
Trial by Blood (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2014
64
The Lords of Borsis (By: L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2015
65
The Carnac Campaign (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2015
66
The Cost of Command (By: Sandy Mitchell)
Buy on Amazon2015
67
Whiteout (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2015
68
Necessary Evil (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2015
69
Grey Knights: Sons of Titan (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2015
70
Eye of the Dragon (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2015
71
Dark City (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2015
72
Curse of the Wulfen (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2016
73
Total War: Lord of Chaos (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2016
74
Deathwatch: Swordwind (By: Ian St. Martin)
Buy on Amazon2016
75
Death's Shepherd (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2016
76
The Burden of Angels (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2016
77
The Dark Hollows of Memory (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2016
78
The Prisoner (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2016
79
The Heraclitus Effect (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2016
80
Way of the Dead: Three Knights (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2016
81
Prometheus Requiem (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2016
82
Death and Dishonour (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2016
83
The Everliving Legion (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2016
84
Warped Stars (By: Ian Watson)
Buy on Amazon2016
85
Becoming (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2016
86
A Trick of the Light (By: Joshua Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2017
87
The Vorago Fastness (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2017
88
Kingsblade (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2017
89
Heloth (By: L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2017
90
Dante (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2017
91
Warlord: Fury of the God-Machine (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2017
92
Terminal Velocity (By: L.J. Goulding)
Buy on Amazon2017
93
Legacy of the Wulfen (By: David Annandale,Robbie MacNiven)
Buy on Amazon2017
94
Left for Dead (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2017
95
Fearful Symmetries (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2017
96
Shroud of Night (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2017
97
Soulfuel (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2017
98
The Path Unclear (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2017
99
Exodus (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2017
100
Champions of the Eternal War (By: Joshua Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2017
101
Endurance (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2017
102
Sons of the Hydra (By: Rob Sanders)
Buy on Amazon2017
103
Knightsblade (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2018
104
Lukas the Trickster (By: Joshua Reynolds)
Buy on Amazon2018
105
The Tau'va (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2018
106
Defiant (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2018
107
Hunger (By: Andy Smillie)
Buy on Amazon2018
108
Crusade (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2018
109
Choke Point (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2018
110
The Lords of Silence (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2018
111
The Armour of Fate (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2018
112
Lightning Run (By: Peter McLean)
Buy on Amazon2018
113
Judge of the Wastes (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2018
114
Masters of Stone and Steel (By: Gav Thorpe,Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2018
115
Prophets of Waaagh! (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2018
116
The Enemy of My Enemy (By: Nate Crowley)
Buy on Amazon2018
117
Spear of the Emperor (By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
Buy on Amazon2018
118
Celestine: The Living Saint (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2019
119
Celestine: Revelation (By: Andy Clark)
Buy on Amazon2019
120
Sabbat Crusade: The Deeper Wounds (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2019
121
Knights of Caliban (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2019
122
Redemption Through Sacrifice (By: Justin Woolley)
Buy on Amazon2019
123
Agents of the Imperium (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2019
124
Servants of the Imperium (By: Nick Kyme,Danie Ware,Ian St. Martin)
Buy on Amazon2019
125
Born of the Storm (By: Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2019
126
To Speak as One (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2019
127
Last Flight (By: Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2019
128
Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2019
129
The Strong Among Us (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2019
130
Inferno! Volume 4 (By: Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2019
131
The Colonel's Monograph (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2019
132
Ghosts of Iron (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2019
133
Mark of Faith (By: Rachel Harrison)
Buy on Amazon2019
134
Assassinorum: Divine Sanction (By: Robert Rath)
Buy on Amazon2019
135
Journey of the Magi (By: Jonathan Green)
Buy on Amazon2020
136
Lord of the Dark Millennium
Buy on Amazon2020
137
Knights of Macragge (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2020
138
The Adeptus Astartes (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2020
139
War in the Museum (By: Robert Rath)
Buy on Amazon2020
140
Where Dere’s da Warp Dere’s a Way (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2020
141
Night Shriekers (By: Justin Woolley)
Buy on Amazon2020
142
Warriors and Warlords (By: Gav Thorpe,Steve Lyons,Graham McNeill,Joshua Reynolds,Peter McLean,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight,Robbie MacNiven,Rachel Harrison,Phil Kelly,MattSmith)
Buy on Amazon2020
143
Savage (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2020
144
The Oath in Darkness (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2020
145
Unification (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2020
146
Empra (By: Nate Crowley)
Buy on Amazon2020
147
Indomitus (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2020
148
The Karsharat Abomination (By: George Mann)
Buy on Amazon2020
149
Imperium at War (By: Steve Lyons,Nate Crowley,Danie Ware,Thomas Parrott,Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2020
150
Assassinorum: Iron Sight (By: Robert Rath)
Buy on Amazon2020
151
The Hammer and the Eagle: Icons of Warhammer
Buy on Amazon2020
152
Green and Grey (By: Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2020
153
Brutal Kunnin' (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2020
154
The Infinite and The Divine (By: Robert Rath)
Buy on Amazon2020
155
Nexus & Other Stories
Buy on Amazon2020
156
Darkness in the Blood: Blood Angels (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2020
157
The Shapers of Scars (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2020
158
Ephrael Stern: The Heretic Saint (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2020
159
Assassinorum: Live Wire (By: Robert Rath)
Buy on Amazon2020
160
Recongregator (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2021
161
The Tear of Selevia (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2021
162
The Labyrinth of Lost Souls (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2021
163
Warsphere (By: Darius Hinks)
Buy on Amazon2021
164
Silent Hunters (By: Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2021
165
The Book Of Martyrs (By: Danie Ware)
Buy on Amazon2021
166
Sabbat War
Buy on Amazon2021
167
The Twice-Dead King: Ruin (By: Nate Crowley)
Buy on Amazon2021
168
Da Gobbo's Revenge (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2021
169
The Emperor's Sword (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2021
170
Volpone Glory (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2021
171
Mad Dok (By: Nate Crowley)
Buy on Amazon2021
172
A Small Cog (By: Mitchel Scanlon)
Buy on Amazon2022
173
Krieg (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2022
174
Fool's Ruin (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2022
175
Astorath: Angel of Mercy (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2022
176
Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! (By: Nate Crowley)
Buy on Amazon2022
177
Assassinorum Kingmaker (By: Robert Rath)
Buy on Amazon2022
178
Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2022
179
The Triumph Of Saint Katherine (By: Danie Ware)
Buy on Amazon2022
180
Sacred Hate (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2022
181
The Brightest And Best (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2022
182
It Bleeds (By: David Guymer)
Buy on Amazon2022
183
Awakenings (By: George Mann)
Buy on Amazon2022
184
Helbrecht Knight Of The Throne (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2022
185
Kasrkin (By: Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2022
186
Void King (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2022
187
The Twice-Dead King: Reign (By: Nate Crowley)
Buy on Amazon2022
188
Renegades: Harrowmaster (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2022
189
Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium (By: Edoardo Albert)
Buy on Amazon2022
190
The Skull Forge (By: Danie Ware)
Buy on Amazon2022
191
Packin' Heat (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2022
192
Less Than Human (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2023
193
The Bleeding Stars (By: Robert Rath)
Buy on Amazon2023
194
The Iron Kingdom (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2023
195
Warboss (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2023
196
The Lion: Son of the Forest (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2023
197
Cypher: Lord of the Fallen (By: John French)
Buy on Amazon2023
198
The Devouring Void (By: Danie Ware)
Buy on Amazon2023
199
Forges of Mars (By: Graham McNeill)
Buy on Amazon2023
200
Once A Killer (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2023
201
Galaxy of Horrors (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2023
202
The Long Promise (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2023
203
The Price of Morkai (By: Marc Collins)
Buy on Amazon2023
204
God-Machines (By: David Annandale)
Buy on Amazon2023
205
One Million Years (By: Nate Crowley)
Buy on Amazon2023
206
Sea of Souls (By: Chris Wraight)
Buy on Amazon2024
207
Da Big Dakka (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2024
208
Lelith Hesperax: Queen of Knives (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2024
209
Saints and Martyrs (By: Danie Ware)
Buy on Amazon2024
210
Lords Of Nocturne (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2024
211
The High Kâhl's Oath (By: Gav Thorpe)
Buy on Amazon2024
212
Solemnity (By: Nick Kyme)
Buy on Amazon2024
213
Soldiers of the Imperium (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2025
214
Interceptor City
Buy on Amazon2025
215
Voidscarred (By: Mike Brooks)
Buy on Amazon2025
216
The Relentless Dead (By: Steve Lyons)
Buy on Amazon2025
217
Archmagos (By: Guy Haley)
Buy on Amazon2025
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Warhammer 40,000 series is publication order: 1. Deathwing (1980), 2. Draco (By: Ian Watson) (1990), 3. Inquisitor (By: Ian Watson) (1990), 4. Harlequin (By: Ian Watson) (1994), 5. Chaos Child (By: Ian Watson) (1994), and 212 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Warhammer 40,000 series by Dan Abnett contains 217 books. The series began in 1980 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Warhammer 40,000 series is written by Dan Abnett. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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