Warhammer 40,000

On the data. Three things. There is no reading order for the setting as a whole. Several hundred novels exist and almost none of them is a sequel to another. They are grouped into series, and the series are mostly independent. Anyone asking where to start is not being unreasonable; the answer is simply to pick a series, and the two named above are the ones people pick. The Horus Heresy is the exception and it is enormous. Sixty four books, published between 2006 and 2022, covering one civil war, written by many different authors of varying quality. It does need to be read broadly in order, and almost nobody reads all of it. Curated lists exist that reduce it to about twenty essential books, and those are worth finding before starting. The screen material is thin for a property this size. Official animation began in 2021 and lives mostly on a subscription service. The best known Warhammer animation, a fan made series called Astartes, was unofficial; its creator was subsequently hired. The Amazon series has been coming since 2022. A deal was agreed, creative guidelines were signed off in 2024, and Henry Cavill is attached. Nothing has been dated, so nothing is listed here beyond that. A note on the setting: it is deliberately a satire of fascism and militarism, written that way from the start, and it is frequently read straight. Both readings are common enough that the publisher has issued statements about it.

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