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Whats yours? I'm a massive fan of Brothers of the Snake by Dan abnett myself.

Draco, by Ian Watson, screenwriter of Stephen Speailmens A.I.

Jokes aside, for me it has to be the first Gaunt's Ghosts book, First and Only.

I just finished the first three Heresy novels, and I must admit, they were pretty great. I was going to get Flight of the Eisenstein next, but I decided I'd give the Heresy a bit of break, and look at 40k instead. I was looking into Gaunt's Ghosts before I realized there were over 15 of them! Now I'm thinking of going with the first Eisenhorn trilogy instead, before going back to Eisenstein - I'll likely hate the word Eisen after that - What do you guys recommend.

Xenos and Ravenor by Dan Abnett, though both trilogies as a whole are most excellent.

Titanicus, or Double Eagle

So far I've only read Horus Heresy novels, but I can recommend Legion

I'm a big fan of the Daniverse in general, but I have to give the gold medal to Angel Exterminatus. It stands out as far and away the best Horus Heresy novel I have read to date.

I just started an Alpha Legion army for 40K, and REALLY need to get around to reading Legion.

Faith and Fire by James Swallow. Gotta love Jim for writing a good SoB novel.

Titanicus is good. Kinda disappointed with the direction GW went with Titans and skitarii after this.

Dead men walking - Steve Lyons

Death korps of krieg vs old necrons, by the end you're wondering which side are the soulless machine people.

Gaunt's Ghosts - Sabbat Martyr

Also Double Eagle and Honourbound are fantastic.

Storm of Iron always been my favourite.

Eisenhorn I guess.

Also have a soft spot for the Cain books, but I feel they have declined somewhat with time.

Necropolis by Dan Abnett.

I did really like Plague War by Guy Haley as well.

Path of the Dark Eldar by Andy Chambers.

Night Lords trilogy by A.D.B.

Kharn: The Red Path is amazing. I really hope more Kharn stuff is coming down the way. The Ahriman stories in the omnibus are also beautifully written, but they're so lush and complex that sometimes I have to take a break from them.

Traitor General! Which is my favourite Gaunt's Ghosts book. And the entire Eisenhorn trilogy for me!

 GeckoDragon wrote:
Dead men walking - Steve Lyons

Death korps of krieg vs old necrons, by the end you're wondering which side are the soulless machine people.

Definitely one of my favs that really captured the 40k universe well.

To add to this, Inquisition War is great old school classic 40k stuff that kinda hits all the big fluff points without getting too ridiculous. It even has Squats!

Any of the NL books by ADB are great, Storm of Iron and Dead Sky Black Sun are pretty solid, as were most of the Word Bearers omnibus books. Most of the Cain books are solid as well.

 bullyboy wrote:
Storm of Iron always been my favourite.

I'll second this. absolutely fantastic,

Space Marine by Ian Watson.

Man that's a hard choice.

Gun to my head I'd say Blood Reaver, (Aaron Dembski-Bowden) but Ravenor was also AMAZING...

Three-way tie between the Istvaan arc, The First Heretic, and Eisenhorn.

Dead Men Walking by Steve Lyons

The First Heretic by ADB

The Path of the Eldar books by Gav Thorpe (Maybe not brilliant but did the job in satisfying my Eldar cravings)

I thought Dean Men Walking was great. I thought Vaults of Terra: Carrion Throne was great. And, perhaps more controversially, I thought Fist of Demetrius by William King was great!

Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. first 40k book i read and still imo one of/if not the best ones.

HH: Mechanicum by Graham McNeill. HH: A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill is my another favourite.

 G00fySmiley wrote:
Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. first 40k book i read and still imo one of/if not the best ones.

Ditto. Does a brilliant job of drawing both the Marine and civilian characters, I thought it struck a rare balance too between all the thrilling battles etc and an ambivalence - not just grimdark, something much more complex - about war and warriors and propaganda. Also did a cracking job of presenting figures like Horus as both sympathetic and understandable in new ways, and brutal and alien in others.

I don't know how much I'd have enjoyed it without being "in" on the fact that there are baaaaad things on the way for most of these people, but as it was it remains my very favourite to date.

I've enjoyed Eisenhorn, the Space Wolves books about Ragnar Blackman's, and the Word Bearers trilogy.

I think the ork novel deff skwadron is really good/entertaining