Now, that is way too many for most people to have read realistically. Why? because it’s a complex series, and you’ll really get lost if you don’t read the books in the proper order.So, I mentioned in my review for Flight of the Eisenstein (link here) that there are a lot of Horus Heresy books – 54 in fact.

If you like the tabletop miniatures wargame it’s a must-read.Īlso, it is important that follow the Horus Heresy reading order shown above. The Horus Heresy books will provide you an overall understanding of why the future Warhammer is the way it is since this series takes place 10k years before, that is, Warhammer 30k. This is a great series if you are a fan of Warhammer40k, the futuristic miniature wargame created by the Brith company Games Workshop. However, some readers have complained about the length of this series (as you can see, so far The Horus Heresy series is composed of 56 novels) since it narrates the story of different characters. The general tone of the reviews of those who have read this series has been positive. These books are published by the Black Library, and the Horus Heresy books are penned by several authors.

The Horus Heresy series takes place 10,000 years prior to the events of Warhammer 40,000, during the galaxy-spanning civil war. We will be update this list as soon as the Black Library releases news titles of this series.

As you can see in this Horus Heresy reading order list the last book in this series is The Lost and the Damned.

Horus heresy chronological order