A Book in Order

Series · 35 books

Warhammer 40k Books in Order

The complete Warhammer 40k reading order — 35 books from 1941–2022.

  1. 01 Codex 1941 Amazon — buy Codex Bookshop — buy Codex ThriftBooks — buy Codex eBooks.com — buy Codex
  2. 02 First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts) 2000 Amazon — buy First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts) Bookshop — buy First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts) ThriftBooks — buy First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts) eBooks.com — buy First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts)
  3. 03 Space Wolf 2000 Amazon — buy Space Wolf Bookshop — buy Space Wolf ThriftBooks — buy Space Wolf eBooks.com — buy Space Wolf
  4. 04 Nightbringer (Ultramarines) 2002 Amazon — buy Nightbringer (Ultramarines) Bookshop — buy Nightbringer (Ultramarines) ThriftBooks — buy Nightbringer (Ultramarines) eBooks.com — buy Nightbringer (Ultramarines)
  5. 05 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marines Codex Heretic Astartes 2003 Amazon — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marines Codex Heretic Astartes Bookshop — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marines Codex Heretic Astartes ThriftBooks — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marines Codex Heretic Astartes eBooks.com — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marines Codex Heretic Astartes
  6. 06 Warhammer 40,000 Quiz Book 2006 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40,000 Quiz Book Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40,000 Quiz Book ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40,000 Quiz Book eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40,000 Quiz Book
  7. 07 Warhammer 40,000 Codex 2008 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40,000 Codex Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40,000 Codex ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40,000 Codex eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40,000 Codex
  8. 08 Dead Men Walking 2010 Amazon — buy Dead Men Walking Bookshop — buy Dead Men Walking ThriftBooks — buy Dead Men Walking eBooks.com — buy Dead Men Walking
  9. 09 Imperial Glory A Warhammer 40000 Novel 2011 Amazon — buy Imperial Glory A Warhammer 40000 Novel Bookshop — buy Imperial Glory A Warhammer 40000 Novel ThriftBooks — buy Imperial Glory A Warhammer 40000 Novel eBooks.com — buy Imperial Glory A Warhammer 40000 Novel
  10. 10 Path of the Seer Warhammer 40000 Novels Path of the Eldar 2011 Amazon — buy Path of the Seer Warhammer 40000 Novels Path of the Eldar Bookshop — buy Path of the Seer Warhammer 40000 Novels Path of the Eldar ThriftBooks — buy Path of the Seer Warhammer 40000 Novels Path of the Eldar eBooks.com — buy Path of the Seer Warhammer 40000 Novels Path of the Eldar
  11. 11 Warhammer 40,000 2012 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40,000 Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40,000 ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40,000 eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40,000
  12. 12 The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination Warhammer 40k 2013 Amazon — buy The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination Warhammer 40k Bookshop — buy The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination Warhammer 40k ThriftBooks — buy The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination Warhammer 40k eBooks.com — buy The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination Warhammer 40k
  13. 13 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k 2013 Amazon — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Bookshop — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k ThriftBooks — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k eBooks.com — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k
  14. 14 Catechism of Hate: A Space Marine Battles Hardcover Novella (Warhammer 40K 30K Games Workshop Forgeworld) OOP 2014 Amazon — buy Catechism of Hate: A Space Marine Battles Hardcover Novella (Warhammer 40K 30K Games Workshop Forgeworld) OOP Bookshop — buy Catechism of Hate: A Space Marine Battles Hardcover Novella (Warhammer 40K 30K Games Workshop Forgeworld) OOP ThriftBooks — buy Catechism of Hate: A Space Marine Battles Hardcover Novella (Warhammer 40K 30K Games Workshop Forgeworld) OOP eBooks.com — buy Catechism of Hate: A Space Marine Battles Hardcover Novella (Warhammer 40K 30K Games Workshop Forgeworld) OOP
  15. 15 Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Second Edition Warhammer 40k 2014 Amazon — buy Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Second Edition Warhammer 40k Bookshop — buy Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Second Edition Warhammer 40k ThriftBooks — buy Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Second Edition Warhammer 40k eBooks.com — buy Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Second Edition Warhammer 40k
  16. 16 Prince of Crows: In Midnight Clad - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) 2014 Amazon — buy Prince of Crows: In Midnight Clad - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) Bookshop — buy Prince of Crows: In Midnight Clad - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) ThriftBooks — buy Prince of Crows: In Midnight Clad - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) eBooks.com — buy Prince of Crows: In Midnight Clad - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K)
  17. 17 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Codex Adeptus Mechanicus 2015 Amazon — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Codex Adeptus Mechanicus Bookshop — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Codex Adeptus Mechanicus ThriftBooks — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Codex Adeptus Mechanicus eBooks.com — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Codex Adeptus Mechanicus
  18. 18 Warhammer 40k Age Of Sigmar The Realmgate Wars Quest For Ghal Maraz 2015 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40k Age Of Sigmar The Realmgate Wars Quest For Ghal Maraz Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40k Age Of Sigmar The Realmgate Wars Quest For Ghal Maraz ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40k Age Of Sigmar The Realmgate Wars Quest For Ghal Maraz eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40k Age Of Sigmar The Realmgate Wars Quest For Ghal Maraz
  19. 19 Cybernetica: Mars Must Be Purged - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) 2015 Amazon — buy Cybernetica: Mars Must Be Purged - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) Bookshop — buy Cybernetica: Mars Must Be Purged - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) ThriftBooks — buy Cybernetica: Mars Must Be Purged - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) eBooks.com — buy Cybernetica: Mars Must Be Purged - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K)
  20. 20 Faces 2015 Amazon — buy Faces Bookshop — buy Faces ThriftBooks — buy Faces eBooks.com — buy Faces
  21. 21 The Memory of Flesh 2016 Amazon — buy The Memory of Flesh Bookshop — buy The Memory of Flesh ThriftBooks — buy The Memory of Flesh eBooks.com — buy The Memory of Flesh
  22. 22 Whispers 2017 Amazon — buy Whispers Bookshop — buy Whispers ThriftBooks — buy Whispers eBooks.com — buy Whispers
  23. 23 Lightning Run 2018 Amazon — buy Lightning Run Bookshop — buy Lightning Run ThriftBooks — buy Lightning Run eBooks.com — buy Lightning Run
  24. 24 Warhammer 40K 2019 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40K Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40K ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40K eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40K
  25. 25 Warhammer 40K Codex Supplement 2019 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40K Codex Supplement Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40K Codex Supplement ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40K Codex Supplement eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40K Codex Supplement
  26. 26 Maledictions 2019 Amazon — buy Maledictions Bookshop — buy Maledictions ThriftBooks — buy Maledictions eBooks.com — buy Maledictions
  27. 27 Warhammer 40K - Livre de base - V9 2020 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40K - Livre de base - V9 Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40K - Livre de base - V9 ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40K - Livre de base - V9 eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40K - Livre de base - V9
  28. 28 The Infinite and the Divine 2020 Amazon — buy The Infinite and the Divine Bookshop — buy The Infinite and the Divine ThriftBooks — buy The Infinite and the Divine eBooks.com — buy The Infinite and the Divine
  29. 29 Day of Ascension 2021 Amazon — buy Day of Ascension Bookshop — buy Day of Ascension ThriftBooks — buy Day of Ascension eBooks.com — buy Day of Ascension
  30. 30 Warhammer 40k Tyranids Codex 2022 Amazon — buy Warhammer 40k Tyranids Codex Bookshop — buy Warhammer 40k Tyranids Codex ThriftBooks — buy Warhammer 40k Tyranids Codex eBooks.com — buy Warhammer 40k Tyranids Codex
  31. 31 Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Warhammer, 40k Warhammer 40,000, Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Tabletop Gaming, Wargaming 2022 Amazon — buy Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Warhammer, 40k Warhammer 40,000, Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Tabletop Gaming, Wargaming ThriftBooks — buy Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Warhammer, 40k Warhammer 40,000, Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Tabletop Gaming, Wargaming eBooks.com — buy Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Warhammer, 40k Warhammer 40,000, Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Tabletop Gaming, Wargaming
  32. 32 Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Warhammer, 40k, Warhammer 40,000, Table Top Wargaming 2022 Amazon — buy Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Warhammer, 40k, Warhammer 40,000, Table Top Wargaming ThriftBooks — buy Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Warhammer, 40k, Warhammer 40,000, Table Top Wargaming eBooks.com — buy Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Warhammer, 40k, Warhammer 40,000, Table Top Wargaming
  33. 33 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Astra Militarum Codex 2017 Hardcover 2022 Amazon — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Astra Militarum Codex 2017 Hardcover Bookshop — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Astra Militarum Codex 2017 Hardcover ThriftBooks — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Astra Militarum Codex 2017 Hardcover eBooks.com — buy Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Astra Militarum Codex 2017 Hardcover
  34. 34 The Successors 2022 Amazon — buy The Successors Bookshop — buy The Successors ThriftBooks — buy The Successors eBooks.com — buy The Successors
  35. 35 Ghazghkull Thraka - Prophète de la Waaagh 2022 Amazon — buy Ghazghkull Thraka - Prophète de la Waaagh Bookshop — buy Ghazghkull Thraka - Prophète de la Waaagh ThriftBooks — buy Ghazghkull Thraka - Prophète de la Waaagh eBooks.com — buy Ghazghkull Thraka - Prophète de la Waaagh

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Track your progress through Warhammer 40k

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Read# TitleYear Date finished
1 Codex 1941
2 First and Only (Gaunt's Ghosts) 2000
3 Space Wolf 2000
4 Nightbringer (Ultramarines) 2002
5 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Chaos Space Marines Codex Heretic Astartes 2003
6 Warhammer 40,000 Quiz Book 2006
7 Warhammer 40,000 Codex 2008
8 Dead Men Walking 2010
9 Imperial Glory A Warhammer 40000 Novel 2011
10 Path of the Seer Warhammer 40000 Novels Path of the Eldar 2011
11 Warhammer 40,000 2012
12 The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination Warhammer 40k 2013
13 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k 2013
14 Catechism of Hate: A Space Marine Battles Hardcover Novella (Warhammer 40K 30K Games Workshop Forgeworld) OOP 2014
15 Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Second Edition Warhammer 40k 2014
16 Prince of Crows: In Midnight Clad - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) 2014
17 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Codex Adeptus Mechanicus 2015
18 Warhammer 40k Age Of Sigmar The Realmgate Wars Quest For Ghal Maraz 2015
19 Cybernetica: Mars Must Be Purged - The Horus Heresy Novella Hardcover (Warhammer 40,000 40K 30K) 2015
20 Faces 2015
21 The Memory of Flesh 2016
22 Whispers 2017
23 Lightning Run 2018
24 Warhammer 40K 2019
25 Warhammer 40K Codex Supplement 2019
26 Maledictions 2019
27 Warhammer 40K - Livre de base - V9 2020
28 The Infinite and the Divine 2020
29 Day of Ascension 2021
30 Warhammer 40k Tyranids Codex 2022
31 Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Warhammer, 40k Warhammer 40,000, Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Tabletop Gaming, Wargaming 2022
32 Iz Dat What You Call an Army? Army Detachment Sheets, Army Roster, Warhammer, 40k, Warhammer 40,000, Table Top Wargaming 2022
33 Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Astra Militarum Codex 2017 Hardcover 2022
34 The Successors 2022
35 Ghazghkull Thraka - Prophète de la Waaagh 2022

Warhammer 40k reading order — abookinorder.com

Where to start

Begin with Codex (1941). The list above follows publication order, which is how most readers approach Warhammer 40k — later books assume you know what happened in earlier ones.

Frequently asked

How many Warhammer 40k books are there?

35 to date, spanning 1941–2022.

What is the newest Warhammer 40k book?

Ghazghkull Thraka - Prophète de la Waaagh, published in 2022.