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What are your top 5 Black Library books?

I'm going to go with top 5, otherwise I'll end up tearing apart my book case for the exact titles and authors. Can we include short stories as well?

i/ Titanicus by Dan Abnett
ii/ Fulgrim by Graham McNeill
iii/ Double Eagle by Dan Abnett
iv/ Horus Rising by Dan Abnett (starting to see a pattern? Haha)
v/ Blood Games by Dan Abnett, part of the compilation Tales of Heresy.

1) Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski Bowden
2) Helsreach by Aaron Dembski Bowden
3) Courage and Honor by Graham McNeill
4) The Chapter's Due by Graham McNeill
5) Storm of Iron by Graham McNeill

coolyo294 wrote:1) Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski Bowden
2) Helsreach by Aaron Dembski Bowden
3) Courage and Honor by Graham McNeill
4) The Chapter's Due by Graham McNeill
5) Storm of Iron by Graham McNeill

Great choices. Bowden, McNeill, and Abnett make up my favorite trio of 40k writers.

PS: I really wish McNeill was still with GW to be a candidate for the new BT codex.

Soul hunter - Aaron Dembski Bowden
First heretic - Aaron Dembski Bowden
Dark disciple - Anthony Reynolds
Dark apostle - Anthony Reynolds
Dark creed - Anthony Reynolds


I havent read the newest night lords novel yet, and the Ciaphas Cain novels would be up there too...
I liked the Eisenhorn and Ravenor books too.

Eisenhorn
Lord of the Night
Soul Hunter
Dark Creed ( w00t, competent Chaosmarines, and that without letting the loyalist side look like a bunch of incompetent fools )
Helsreach ( nice depiction of the Black templars ) / Angels of Darkness; Can't decide which one.

Individual books:

1. Brothers of the Snake
2. Titanicus
3. Ravenor
4. Salamander
5. Blood pact

Omnibuses:

1. Eisenhorn
2. The Founding
3. Hero of the Imperium
4. The Ultramarines 1
5. Soul drinkers 1


Currently reading Enforcer and, although it's slow, I'm enjoying it!

(not in any particular order)
Storm of Iron
Lord of the Night
Soul Hunter (haven't read Blood Reaver yet though)
Dead Men Walking
The Inquisition War

In no particular order:
Crossfire and Legacy by Matthew Farrer
Fulgrim by Graham McNeill
Execution Hour by Gordon Rennie
Traitor's Hand by Sandy Mitchell

1. Soul Hunter - Aaron Dembski Bowden
2. The First Heretic - Aaron Dembski Bowden
3. Blood Reaver-Aaron Dembski Bowden
4. A Thousand Sons-Graham Mcneil
5. Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium-Sandy Mitchell.
Honourary mentions-Storm of Iron, Legion, Mechanicum, Ciaphas Cain Defender of the Imperium.

anythign with Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski Bowden or Graham Mcneil.

Seriously, I never regret forking over cash for those pieces of work

1. Necropolis - Abnett

Love this book, i have re read it 4 times and just think the epic scale of the battle is fantastic, i actually feel the tension and panic of the citizens of Verunhive before the enemy attack. Just a great great book, defo my fave.

2. Eisenhorn novels - Abnett

I bought the Omnibus so i dont view them all as seperate but, what a trilogy! i adored this series and also the sequels with the ravenor series.

3. Colonel Schaffers last chances books - Gav Thorpe

Not a popular choice id imagine but for some reason i really loved these books, especially the one when the tau are first introduced into the world of 40K! The image of that Deathwatch marine bursting through walls smashing up fire warriors is one that will stay with me.

4. Guns of Tanith - Abnett

Awesome book, i find it hard to rank all the Ghosts novels as they are simply fantastic each and every single one of them but this book stands out to me, i love when they come across the enemy stronghold and the Chaos space marine appears!

5. Bloodquest - not sure

Awesome graphic novel and one i loved when i was a young scamp when it first came out, CHOOM CHOOM - the epic description of boltgun shots!!! so good.

1. Execution Hour, love spaceships blasting each other and semper is a cool character.
2. Rynn's World, brilliant action and i thought a lot better written and smarter than some BL books.
3. Eisenhorn, really cool trilogy.
4. The Ragnar series.
5. The Gothic and the Eldritch, i know its not a fiction book but those sketches are just amazing.

Hmm tough one but here are my top 5 :

1) Fulgrim - Graham Mcneil

2) Fear the alien - Especially, Iron Inferno and Mistress baeadas Gift

3) The first heretic - Arron Dembski-Bowden

4) Blood gorgons - Henry Zou

5) A thousand sons - Graham Mcneil

I would like to add a special mention to: Soul hunter, Sabbat worlds, Horus rising, Storm of iron and Dark creed- sorry but you guys didn't make the final cut.

In no order....

Blood Gorgons
Soul Hunter
Blood Reaver
Traitor General
Prospero Burns

Chaos Lord Gir wrote:anythign with Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski Bowden or Graham Mcneil.

Seriously, I never regret forking over cash for those pieces of work

This... Love the early Gaunts Ghosts stuff, all things SM and HH these guys have done!!!!

Anything by Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski Bowden or Sandy Mitchell. I utterly love Gaunt's Ghosts, Ciaphas Cain and The First Heretic.