How do the Warhammer 40,000 Heresy Horus books rank?
I've asked myself this question several times, especially since I've read about fifteen of HH's books, and well, quite a few of them may have been a waste of time, it's true that some were really uninteresting or downright badly written (translated). Anyway, after a little research on the web, here are the answers I found:
What are the best books in the Horus Heresy series?
- The Loken trilogy by Dan Abnett/Graham Mcneill/Ben Counter
- Legion by Dan Abnett
- A Thousand Sons by Graham McNeill, followed by Prospero Burns by Dan Abnett
- The First Heretic by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- The Battle of Calth by Dan Abnett
- Felon by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- The Prince of Ravens by Aaron Dembski-Bowden in the collection Shadows of Treachery.
- Imperium Secundus by Dan Abnett
The best
- The Rise of Horus
- False gods
- Fulgrim
- Legion
- A thousand threads
- The first heretic
- Prospero burns
- The Forgotten Dead
- The Battle of Calth
- Felon
- Imperium Secondus
- The master of humanity
The means
- The galaxy in flames
- The Flight of Eisenstein
- Mechanicum
- Lost deliverance
- Signus Demonicus
- Chronicle of Heresy
- The Dark Ages
- Shadows of Treachery
- The Angel of Extermination
- The Calth Mark
- White scars
- The Sons of Lupercal
- The Battle of Molech
- The Legacy of Betrayal
- Deathfire
- The Eternal War
- Pharos
- The Eye of Terra
- The Heavenly Path
- The Shadow War
- Praetorian of Dorn
- Caliban's Angels
- Corax
The worst:
- The Return of the Angels
- The Battle of the Abyss
- The Fallen Angels
- Nemesis
- The Primarchs
- Vulkan is alive
- The Damnation of Pythos
List of Novels about the Primarchs of the Horus Heresy
Beginning in 2016, the Black Library launched a series of novels where each volume focuses on one of the eighteen Primarchs before the start of the Horus Heresy.
| Volume | French Title | Author(s) |
| I | Roboute Guilliman The Lord of Ultramar |
David Annandale |
| II | Leman Russ The Supreme Wolf |
Chris Wraight |
| III | Magnus the Red Prospero's Master |
Graham McNeill |
| IV | Perturabo The Hammer of Olympia |
Guy Haley |
| V | Lorgar Bearer of the Word |
Gav Thorpe |
| VI | Fulgrim The Palatine Phoenix |
Josh Reynolds |
| VII | Ferrus Manus The Gorgon of Medusa |
David Guymer |
| VIII | Jaghatai Khan The Falcon of Chogoris |
Chris Wraight |
| IX | Vulkan Lord of the Dragons |
David Annandale |
| X | Corax Lord of Shadows |
Guy Haley |
| XI | Angron Slave of Nuceria |
Ian St. Martin |
| XII | Konrad Kurze Haunt-the-Night |
Guy Haley |
| XIII | Lion El'Jonson The Lord of the First |
David Guymer |
| XIV | Alpharius The Head of the Hydra |
Mike Brooks |
