The library
Warhammer reading order
Where to start and what to read next across the Warhammer novels. Each path is curated from the books in this archive — no invented chronology, and every path states how it was ordered. Mark books as you go; your progress is tracked per path.
Warhammer 40,000
- New to Warhammer 40,000First Black Library book, no lore knowledge assumed.5 books · 3 core
- The InquisitionReaders who want the investigators, radicals, and heresies.3 books · 2 core
- Imperial Guard & Gaunt's GhostsBoots-on-the-ground military fiction.4 books · 2 core
- Space MarinesThe Adeptus Astartes, modern era.3 books · 2 core
- Chaos & the Night LordsThe Traitor Legions' own perspective.3 books · 2 core
- The Horus Heresy — essential pathThe civil war, without reading fifty-plus volumes.15 books · 12 core
Age of Sigmar
The Old World
Paths only include books covered by this archive, so some corners of the setting (Necron fiction, for one) have no path yet — we add them when the books do, rather than pointing at pages that don’t exist.