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**TheAngrySquig**

What are some of the best 40k books apart from the HH and Night Lords series, I've read both?

**The Mad Tanker**

If you are looking for a slightly more comical take on the 40k universe, read the Ciaphas Cain series by Sandy Mitchell. It tells the tale of the wacky adventures of a Blackadder/Flashman-esq commissar and his loyal heroic minion. Great stories with lots of laughs and pretty good action scenes. Influenced how i view the 40k universe, a little less grim-dark and a little more tongue-in-cheek-grim-dark.
http://www.blacklibrary.com/Warhammer-40000/Ciaphas-Cain

The Dark Heresy series by the same author is also a good read.
http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Scourge-the-Heretic.html

**Mr Nobody**

Titanicus and Helsreich are both very good books.

**TheAngrySquig**

It seems like I would like the CC novels, I could stand to see a little less grimdarkness in 40k. The other one that looked good was Gaunt's Ghosts, how are those?

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Mr Nobody wrote:Titanicus and Helsreich are both very good books.

What are those about, BT?

**Coolyo294**

Titanicus is about Titans and Helsreach is about BT.

**forruner_mercy**

The Salamanders series has also gotten good reviews. I plan on getting the trilogy sometime soon.

**Castiel**

TITANicus is a good read. (clues in the name!)
Helsreach is brilliant, its about BT badassery.
Gaunts Ghosts are excellent too.

Edit: Ninja'd by Coolyo!

**TheAngrySquig**

So Titanicus is a full book about epic titan fights?

**Castiel**

TheAngrySquig wrote:So Titanicus is a full book about epic titan fights?

Yeahuh!

**TheAngrySquig**

So freakin awesome

**Castiel**

It is, it really is!

**forruner_mercy**

Titan fights? Like from all the races that have them?

**Brother SRM**

Just finished Helsreach, and while it was probably my least favorite book by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, it's still head and shoulders better than most Black Library stuff I've read. It was a little frustrating that it only centered on the Black Templars fighting on Armageddon, but I suppose Yarrick and the Steel Legion's stories are well known enough at this point. Great read.

**Mr Nobody**

forruner_mercy wrote:Titan fights? Like from all the races that have them?

No, it's just imperium versus heretics.

**TheAngrySquig**

Are there any good DE books?

**forruner_mercy**

Mr Nobody wrote:
forruner_mercy wrote:Titan fights? Like from all the races that have them?

No, it's just imperium versus heretics.

Aw, thats too bad.
Still sounds cool though.

**TheAngrySquig**

forruner_mercy wrote:
Mr Nobody wrote:
forruner_mercy wrote:Titan fights? Like from all the races that have them?

No, it's just imperium versus heretics.

Aw, thats too bad.
Still sounds cool though.

Its still a bunch of Titans going blam al over the place, whats not to like

**Huffy**

Try the Bastion Wars series....it's fairly good
The Dark Apostle Series is good as well, the second one(Dark Disciple) has some significant DE action in it

**CthuluIsSpy**

C.S Goto.

His works are inspiring

**Castiel**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:C.S Goto.

His works are inspiring

*flamers Cthulu out if existence*

Heresy purged.

**TheAngrySquig**

Rofl

**CthuluIsSpy**

Problem?

**Castiel**

No, fire purges heresy wonderfully!

But speak not of Goto, lest you summon him to us...

*backflips out*

**TheAngrySquig**

Blast! He's gone again

**Harriticus**

I found Storm of Iron Great. Actual character development for CSM?! Very few 40k books pull that off.

**Castiel**

Good call, but beware, you will want to start an Iron Warriors or Imperial Fists army (or both)!

**TheAngrySquig**

I have been toying with the idea of an Iron Warriors army once I get 2000 points of DE

**Steelmage99**

Storm of Iron or the Bastion Wars serie.

Storm of Iron as a definite first.

**TheAngrySquig**

I'll be sure to check them out. Are they similar to 'Iron Within' from Age of Darkness because thats what gave me the idea?

**Ronin**

How come noones mentioned the Eisenhorn trilogy?
Absolutely most favourite 40k series, ever.
It's about the Inquisitor Eisenhorn, blamming stuff for the Emperor. Gives great perspective on 40k life that isnt all big battles between space marines/IG vs. heretics/xenos.