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A Thousand Sons, Nemesis, Battle for the Fang

titanicus as long as your skip the Cally parts what a waste of space.

Helsreach, I hate the BT's can't stand them until I read Helsreach, Aaron Dembski Bowden is a talented 30k/40k writer.

as for #3 Anything by ADB you can't really go wrong with any of his book. I especially like the Night Lords books, Mercution is my DDO charactors name, I tried for Talos but it was already taken. =o\

Without any shadow of a doubt my favourite is Straight Silver by Dan Abnett and the 5th in the Gaunts Ghost series. If war was ever made real in a 40k book this is the one especially if you have read the previous and become emotionally attached to the characters.

Other than that, I really enjoyed A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill (hate space wolves even more now) and Titanicus is Awesome (Mr Abnett again).

I find it difficult to believe that DOUBLE EAGLE hasn't even been mentioned yet.

1) Helsreach
2) Commisar Cain For The Emperor
3) Gildar Rift

1) Path of the Seer
2) Path of the Warrior
3) Inquistion War

My absolute favorite is Daemonworld, closely followed by Storm of Iron and then Flight of the Eisenstien.

Legion
Storm of Iron
Soul Hunter/Blood Reaver

PS. The fun thing is that Chaos Space Marines is one of two armies that I DON'T play.

1. The Ciaphas Cain series, hands down.

2. The Ragnar Blackmane series.

3. The Night Lords novels.

Know No Fear by Dan Abnett

Not sure if it would make "all-time-top-three", but it stands out as my most recent "this-is-fething-awsome-read" I felt really hard to put down until the last page was turned.

1. Dark Apostle

2. Dark Disciple

3. Dark Creed

The three reasons I switched to Word Bearers. Lol.

porkuslime wrote:I like the Caiphas Cain stuff, by Sandy Mitchell..

Not so grimdark, but still a good read.

Agreed, my favorite series that the Black Library has put out. The Dark Heresy series (Scourge the Heretics and Innocence Proves Nothing) by the same author is also a good read about an inquisitorial acolyte cell, but the series seems to stop abruptly.

1. Helsreach (The only 40K novel I have read twice)
2. Double Eagle
3. Legion

My favourite authors are Aaron Dembski-Bowden & Dan Abnett. Of the former, I have not read too many books yet, but all I read were good, while Dan Abnett writes some excellent novels, but also some I did not like much.

Steve Parker actually writes quite well, too. I have only read two of his novels, though, so I cannot claim to be certain.

I started Gaunts Ghost last night.
You guys are right, this is good stuff.
The imagery is fantastic and the pacing is superb as well.
This should keep me going for awhile.
Thanks!

matphat wrote:I started Gaunts Ghost last night.
You guys are right, this is good stuff.
The imagery is fantastic and the pacing is superb as well.
This should keep me going for awhile.
Thanks!

I've read most of the Gaunts Ghost novels.
My only complaints are Dan's tendency to

and that they seem to be able to kill anything...

The First Heretic
Storm of Iron
Eisenhorn

Caves of Ice
For the Emperor
Space Wolf

Aaron dembrinski
Graham Mcneill
Sandy Michell

The best quality writers of all the 40k writers - they write 40k how it should be

I havn't read enough of the BL to judge properly, but I do love the covert detective style of the Ravenor series.

Most of the usual suspects have already been mentioned (Abnett, ADB, the good HH books, etc) so I'd just like to throw out:

Path of the Renegade

I never though anything Dark Eldar, pansiest of the races, would ever interest me. So this book was a pleasant surprise, best thing about it for me is how there's a good number of focal characters (and not just the space marine sarge and his veteran brother sidekick) and ALL of them are cutthroat badass villains. Like Path of the Warrior and Seer for the Eldar, the book really gives perspective into DE society, and how they view themselves and the other races in the universe. Especially amusing for me is their characterization of the exodites and craftworld eldar as unsophisticated, backward country hicks terrified of their racial legacy so they end up rejecting it.

It may also be of interest to anyone interested in exodites, I've read a ton of BL novels and I think this is the first one (for me) where exodites get more than just a passing mention.

I cant believe more people didn't say Legion btw, that book is all kinds of awesome.

1) Fall of Damnos
2) Double Eagle
3) Titanicus

Fulgrim
Grey Knights
Sons of Dorn

1. "Cadian Blood"
2. Tie between "Crossfire" and "Legacy"
3. "Faith and Fire"

All of this being said, those are really the only 40k books I've read (I don't read a lot of 40k books.

XVII Legionaire wrote:

matphat wrote:I started Gaunts Ghost last night.
You guys are right, this is good stuff.
The imagery is fantastic and the pacing is superb as well.
This should keep me going for awhile.
Thanks!

I've read most of the Gaunts Ghost novels.
My only complaints are Dan's tendency to

Spoiler:

kill off characters I like

and that they seem to be able to kill anything...

Try reading JRRMartin "Fire and ICe" series for fav characters getting the axe....

1-anything by abbnet
2-anything by Mcneil
3-Horus Heresy series

1st Soul drinkers novel (good to see mechanicus get it)
Know no Fear (my favourite sci-fi war novel of the HH) (was also the best HH novel at showing how the only enemy that could beat the Legions was other Legions. SM bolters are very effective against SM power armour!)
Galaxy in Flames (my favourite fantasy war novel of the HH. like a David Gemmell novel)


Actually can i sneak a 4th in, Storm of Iron. Was nice to read a novel where Made a nice change.

What the heck ill sneak a 5th in as well, Battle of the Fang. I enjoyed Prospero Burns, and battle was a great "sequel". The SW showing no fear in the face of Magnus in the climax was fantastic.

Most of the Heresy books are good, the Cain novels are good too.

I have not read too terribly many 40K books. Most of the ones I've read I didn't like very much. My top "three" are:

1: Battle of the Fang. Really fit my view of the Space Wolves.
2: Um...Ravenor was pretty good.
3: double um...yeah, that's it so far.

The Eisenhorn and Ravenor Omnibuses by Dan Abnett are by far my favourite 40k novels. Highly recommend picking up Eisenhorn and seeing where it takes you.

Helsreach
Pawns of Chaos
Prospero Burns

I love all the Gaunt's Ghosts I am sure there are more then 3 there.