Warhammer 40k Books reviews from Reddit

"I honestly can't recommend Gaunt's Ghosts highly enough. It runs to 16 books, so is a big investment. But Dan Abnett crafts an amazing series, filled with exceptional combat and battles. Best of all though are his cast of characters, who you'll grow to love."

"Gaunts Ghosts series is fantastic"

"Dan Abnett is my favorite of the Black Library authors and I very much enjoy the prose of the Eisenhorn and Ravenor Omnibuses."

"The Eisenhorn Omnibus followed by the Ravenor Omnibus for a fast paced mystery detective like series. Gaunts Ghosts series for stories about a group of soldiers and their many adventures. For epic clash of heroes of old there is the Horus Heresy novel series."

"Lion: son of the forest is the best space marine novel and I’ll fight you about it. Votann have one novel so that one for them. The night lords trilogy for chaos marines (black legion series is good too). Any of the ork novels by Mike brooks for them. They’re all equally great."

"I second the Gaunt’s Ghosts novels, my favorite out of all the 40k books I’ve read."

"Also, every 40k fan needs to read the Broken Sword short story from the Damocles anthology. Probably my favorite 40k read. A fascinating humanizing story in the 40k world with nuance and great writing."

"Eisenhorn series"

"Caiphus Cain series"

"Gaunt's Ghosts series"

"The Eisenhorn books are great overall, you get a fantastic feel for many things 40K."

"But the #1 GOAT is the Gaunt's Ghosts series. Imperial guard perspective, it is absolutely brilliant, Band of Brothers-esque."

"I second Eisenhorn. I love Dan Abnett."

"I would start with the Eisenhorn trilogy, they are very beginner friendly"

"The Infinite and The Divine is an excellent book about the multi millennia rivalry between two Necrons."

"Gaunt's Ghosts series"

"I started with the Eisenhorn omnibus by Dan Abnett... Here's what I recommend by Dan Abnett: Eisenhorn omnibus > Ravenor omnibus > The Magos > Pariah > Penitent (Imperial inquisitors)"

"The Eisenhorn trilogy is very good, and doesn't require any real prior knowledge."

"All of the Eisenhorn works. Xenos through Penitent have been amazing."

"After that series, I'd say the Night Lords Omnibus followed by the Gaunt Series."

"Gotrek and Felix are hands down my favorite warhammer novels."

"In old fantasy as you said the Felix and Gotrek stuff"

"But also all Malus Darkblade."

"Everyone will say Gaunts Ghosts or Eisenhorn. I will say this, if you want great literature first, that happens to be written in 40k, the Peter Fehrvari Dark Coil series is absolutely incredibly well written. Gripping stories that aren't just fantastic 40k stories, but stand out as fantastic novels in their own right that I would give to a reader with minimal 40k exposure."

"Dark Coil series by Peter Fehervari"

"Try Requiem Infernal by Peter Fehervari. Remembering these are books about space marines so won't be winning the booker."

"AoS has some nice Gotrek books and audiobooks"

"The AOS book Blood of the Everchosen was really good."

"I'd recommend Nate Crowley's work. Ghazghkhull is a fun read, keeping in line with the gung ho nature of the orks, and his 2 part series on the Necrons is a Shakespearean tragedy hiding under the cover of a sci-fi romp."

"If you want to jump on the most current lore the first Dawn of Fire book, Avenging Son is a good read."