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The Horus Heresy Books in Order
This page lists the complete The Horus Heresy reading order by James Swallow, with book numbers, publication years, and a publication-order view for readers who want to start at the beginning.
Updated 2026-06-22 / 216 books / 2004-2025
The Horus Heresy Reading Order
48
Shadows of Treachery(By: Dan Abnett,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,John French)
2012
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70
Censure(By: Se’n Barrett,David Timson,Gareth Armstrong,Simon Slater,Nick Kyme,Chris Fairbank,Samuel Gunn,Martyn Ellis)
2013
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78
Echoes of Ruin:(By: David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Guy Haley,Anthony Reynolds,Chris Wraight,John French)
2014
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109
Blades of the Traitor(By: Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight)
2015
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132
Eye of Terra(By: David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight,Andy Smillie)
2016
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152
Shattered Legions(By: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight,L.J. Goulding)
2017
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186
The Burden of Loyalty(By: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Rob Sanders,John French,Chris Wraight,L.J. Goulding)
2018
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The Horus Heresy Books by Publication Order
2004
Visions of War(By: Alan Merrett)
#1
2005
Visions of Darkness(By: Alan Merrett)
#2
2005
Visions of Treachery(By: Alan Merrett)
#3
2006
False Gods(By: Graham McNeill)
#4
2006
Horus Rising(By: Dan Abnett)
#5
2006
Galaxy in Flames(By: Ben Counter)
#6
2006
Visions of Death: Iconic images of the Imperium, betrayal and war(By: Alan Merrett)
#7
2007
The Flight of the Eisenstein
#8
2007
Collected Visions(By: Alan Merrett)
#9
2007
Fulgrim(By: Graham McNeill)
#10
2007
Descent of Angels(By: Mitchel Scanlon)
#11
2008
Battle for the Abyss(By: Ben Counter)
#12
2008
Legion(By: Dan Abnett)
#13
2008
Mechanicum(By: Graham McNeill)
#14
2009
Fallen Angels(By: Mike Lee)
#15
2009
Tales of Heresy
#16
2009
Brennende Galaxis(By: Ben Counter)
#17
2010
Nemesis
#18
2010
A Thousand Sons(By: Graham McNeill)
#19
2010
The First Heretic(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#20
2010
Prospero Burns(By: Dan Abnett)
#21
2010
Oath of Moment
#22
2011
Am Abgrund(By: Ben Counter,Ralph Sander)
#23
2011
Legion of One
#24
2011
Age of Darkness
#25
2011
Savage Weapons(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#26
2011
Promethean Sun(By: Nick Kyme)
#27
2011
The Iron Within(By: Rob Sanders)
#28
2011
The Last Remembrancer(By: John French)
#29
2011
Little Horus(By: Dan Abnett)
#30
2011
The Face of Treachery(By: Gav Thorpe)
#31
2011
Liar's Due
#32
2011
Forgotten Sons(By: Nick Kyme)
#33
2011
Rebirth(By: Dan Abnett)
#34
2011
Engel der Tiefe(By: Mike Lee,Ralph Sander)
#35
2011
The Outcast Dead(By: Graham McNeill)
#36
2011
Deliverance Lost(By: Gav Thorpe)
#37
2012
Know No Fear(By: Dan Abnett)
#38
2012
The Reflection Crack'd(By: Graham McNeill)
#39
2012
Feat of Iron(By: Nick Kyme)
#40
2012
The Serpent Beneath(By: Rob Sanders)
#41
2012
The Lion(By: Gav Thorpe)
#42
2012
The Primarchs(By: Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders)
#43
2012
Butcher's Nails(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#44
2012
Kryptos(By: Graham McNeill)
#45
2012
Fear to Tread
#46
2012
Grey Angel(By: John French)
#47
2012
Shadows of Treachery(By: Dan Abnett,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Christian Z. Dunn,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,John French)
#48
2012
Angel Exterminatus(By: Graham McNeill)
#49
2012
Brotherhood of the Storm(By: Chris Wraight)
#50
2012
Lost Sons
#51
2012
Sword of Truth
#52
2012
Betrayer(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#53
2012
Warmaster(By: John French)
#54
2012
Strike and Fade(By: Guy Haley)
#55
2012
Veritas Ferrum(By: David Annandale)
#56
2013
The Imperial Truth
#57
2013
Dark Heart(By: Anthony Reynolds)
#58
2013
The Gates of Terra(By: Nick Kyme)
#59
2013
The Sigillite(By: Chris Wraight)
#60
2013
Burden of Duty & Grey Angel
#61
2013
Wolf Hunt(By: Graham McNeill)
#62
2013
Mark of Calth(By: L.J. Goulding)
#63
2013
Death of a Silversmith(By: Graham McNeill)
#64
2013
Distant Echoes of Old Night(By: Rob Sanders)
#65
2013
The Divine Word(By: Gav Thorpe)
#66
2013
Honour to the Dead(By: Gav Thorpe)
#67
2013
Scorched Earth(By: Nick Kyme)
#68
2013
The Unremembered Empire(By: Dan Abnett)
#69
2013
Censure(By: Se’n Barrett,David Timson,Gareth Armstrong,Simon Slater,Nick Kyme,Chris Fairbank,Samuel Gunn,Martyn Ellis)
#70
2013
Macragge's Honour(By: Dan Abnett)
#71
2013
Tallarn: Executioner(By: John French)
#72
2013
Thief of Revelations(By: Graham McNeill)
#73
2013
Vulkan Lives(By: Nick Kyme)
#74
2013
Kh’rn: The Eightfold Path(By: Anthony Reynolds)
#75
2013
Cypher: Guardian of Order(By: Gav Thorpe)
#76
2014
The Wolf of Ash and Fire(By: Graham McNeill)
#77
2014
Echoes of Ruin:(By: David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Guy Haley,Anthony Reynolds,Chris Wraight,John French)
#78
2014
Wolf's Claw(By: Chris Wraight)
#79
2014
Templar(By: John French)
#80
2014
Ravenlord(By: Gav Thorpe)
#81
2014
Vengeful Spirit(By: Graham McNeill)
#82
2014
The Devine Adoratrice(By: Graham McNeill)
#83
2014
Scars(By: Chris Wraight)
#84
2014
Heart of the Conquerer(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#85
2014
Sedition's Gate(By: David Annandale,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight)
#86
2014
The Damnation of Pythos(By: David Annandale)
#87
2014
The Purge(By: Anthony Reynolds)
#88
2014
The Long Night(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#89
2014
Legacies of Betrayal(By: Graham McNeill,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Chris Wraight)
#90
2014
Child of Night(By: John French)
#91
2014
Daemonology(By: Chris Wraight)
#92
2014
The Seventh Serpent(By: Graham McNeill)
#94
2014
Stratagem(By: Nick Kyme)
#95
2014
Vorax(By: Matthew Farrer)
#96
2014
The Value of Fear(By: Gav Thorpe)
#97
2015
Garro: Shield of Lies
#99
2015
Imperfect(By: Nick Kyme)
#100
2015
Sins of the Father(By: Andy Smillie)
#101
2015
Howl of the Hearthworld(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#102
2015
A Safe and Shadowed Place(By: Guy Haley)
#103
2015
Gunsight
#104
2015
Black Oculus(By: John French)
#105
2015
The Eagle's Talon(By: John French)
#106
2015
Wolf Mother(By: Graham McNeill)
#107
2015
Twisted(By: Guy Haley)
#108
2015
Blades of the Traitor(By: Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight)
#109
2015
Chirurgeon(By: Nick Kyme)
#110
2015
Tallarn: Witness(By: John French)
#111
2015
Iron Corpses(By: David Annandale)
#112
2015
Tallarn: Ironclad(By: John French)
#113
2015
Raptor(By: Gav Thorpe)
#114
2015
Hands of the Emperor(By: Rob Sanders)
#115
2015
By the Lion's Command(By: Gav Thorpe)
#116
2015
Lord of the Red Sands(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#117
2015
All That Remains
#118
2015
The Phoenician(By: Nick Kyme)
#119
2015
Ironfire(By: Rob Sanders)
#120
2015
Meduson(By: Dan Abnett,Graham McNeill)
#121
2015
Artefacts(By: Nick Kyme)
#122
2015
Cybernetica(By: Rob Sanders)
#123
2015
Wolf King(By: Chris Wraight)
#124
2015
Deathfire(By: Nick Kyme)
#125
2015
The Last Church(By: Graham McNeill)
#126
2015
The Honoured(By: Rob Sanders)
#127
2015
Pharos(By: Guy Haley)
#128
2015
Vow of Faith
#129
2016
The Either(By: Graham McNeill)
#130
2016
The Heart of the Pharos(By: L.J. Goulding)
#131
2016
Eye of Terra(By: David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Matthew Farrer,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Nick Kyme,Rob Sanders,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight,Andy Smillie)
#132
2016
Tallarn: Siren(By: John French)
#133
2016
The Path of Heaven(By: Chris Wraight)
#134
2016
The Silent War(By: Christian Z. Dunn)
#135
2016
Angels of Caliban(By: Gav Thorpe)
#136
2016
War Without End(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#137
2016
Blackshield(By: Chris Wraight)
#138
2016
Myriad(By: Rob Sanders)
#139
2016
The Harrowing(By: Rob Sanders)
#140
2016
The Unburdened(By: David Annandale)
#141
2016
Praetorian of Dorn(By: John French)
#142
2016
Master of the First(By: Gav Thorpe)
#143
2016
Sons of the Forge(By: Nick Kyme)
#144
2016
The Soul, Severed(By: Chris Wraight)
#145
2016
The Last Son of Prospero(By: Chris Wraight)
#146
2017
Virtues of the Sons(By: Andy Smillie)
#147
2017
Ordo Sinister(By: John French)
#148
2017
The Ember Wolves(By: Rob Sanders)
#149
2017
Galaxis in Flammen(By: Ben Counter)
#150
2017
Dark Angels(By: Mitchel Scanlon)
#151
2017
Shattered Legions(By: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Graham McNeill,Nick Kyme,Guy Haley,John French,Chris Wraight,L.J. Goulding)
#152
2017
The Master of Mankind(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#153
2017
Allegiance(By: Chris Wraight)
#154
2017
Abyssus(By: Ben Counter,Ralph Hummel)
#156
2017
Dark Compliance(By: Gareth Armstrong,John French)
#157
2017
Tallarn(By: John French)
#158
2017
Prince of Crows(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#159
2017
Blackshields: The False War(By: Joshua Reynolds)
#160
2017
Ruinstorm(By: David Annandale)
#161
2017
The Laurel of Defiance(By: Guy Haley)
#162
2017
The Crimson Fist(By: John French)
#163
2017
Aurelian(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#164
2017
Wolf at the Door(By: Mike Lee)
#165
2017
Serpent(By: John French)
#166
2017
Immortal Duty(By: Nick Kyme)
#167
2017
Garro: Burden of Duty
#168
2017
Hunter's Moon(By: Guy Haley)
#169
2017
Old Earth(By: Nick Kyme)
#170
2017
Garro: Ashes of Fealty
#171
2017
The Shadowmasters(By: Gav Thorpe)
#172
2017
Garro: Oath of Moment
#173
2017
Garro: Sword of Truth
#174
2017
Raven's Flight(By: Gav Thorpe)
#175
2017
Garro: Legion of One
#176
2017
Echoes of Revelation(By: Chris Wraight)
#177
2017
Duty Waits(By: Guy Haley)
#178
2017
The Crimson King(By: Graham McNeill)
#179
2017
Magisterium(By: Chris Wraight)
#180
2017
Now Peals Midnight(By: John French)
#181
2017
Dreams of Unity(By: Nick Kyme)
#182
2017
The Board is Set(By: Gav Thorpe)
#183
2017
Gefallene Engel(By: Mike Lee)
#184
2018
Blood Games(By: Dan Abnett)
#185
2018
The Burden of Loyalty(By: Dan Abnett,David Annandale,Gav Thorpe,Aaron Dembski-Bowden,Rob Sanders,John French,Chris Wraight,L.J. Goulding)
#186
2018
Corax(By: Gav Thorpe)
#187
2018
Wolfsbane(By: Guy Haley)
#188
2018
Born of Flame(By: Nick Kyme)
#189
2018
Slaves to Darkness(By: John French)
#190
2018
Blackshields: The Red Fief(By: Joshua Reynolds)
#191
2018
Two Metaphysical Blades(By: Chris Wraight)
#192
2018
Prologue to Nikaea(By: David Annandale)
#193
2018
Garro: Weapon of Fate
#194
2018
Heralds of the Siege
#195
2018
The Lords of Terra(By: L.J. Goulding)
#196
2018
Titandeath(By: Guy Haley)
#197
2018
Abyssal(By: David Annandale)
#198
2018
Visions of Heresy(By: Guy Haley)
#199
2018
Hubris of Monarchia(By: Andy Smillie)
#200
2018
A Rose Watered with Blood(By: Aaron Dembski-Bowden)
#201
2019
Nightfane(By: Nick Kyme)
#202
2019
The Buried Dagger
#203
2019
Mercy of the Dragon(By: Nick Kyme)
#204
2019
Blackshields: The Broken Chain(By: Joshua Reynolds)
#205
2020
Valdor: Birth of the Imperium(By: Chris Wraight)
#206
2020
The Serpent's Dance(By: Mike Brooks)
#207
2020
The Lightning Hall(By: Graham McNeill)
#208
2021
Luther: First of the Fallen(By: Gav Thorpe)
#209
2021
Errant Knights
#210
2021
Eater of Dreams(By: Marc Collins)
#211
2022
Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader(By: John French)
#212
2022
Lupercal's War(By: Graham McNeill)
#213
2022
The Fields Of Abundance(By: David Annandale)
#214
2023
Garro: Knight of Grey
#215
2023
Primacy(By: Marc Collins)
#216
2023
The Last Loyalist(By: David Guymer)
#217
2024
Eidolon: The Auric Hammer(By: Marc Collins)
#218
2025
Ashes of the Imperium(By: Chris Wraight)
#219
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