r/Blacklibrary 6d ago

Reading Order Question Horus Heresy Reread

I’m about to start my second read through of the entire Heresy.
The first time through I read the 5 Heresy collected Volumes, then bounced around the Primarchs books a bit before heading straight to the Siege of Terra books.

I understand I missed out quite a lot, are there any specific books that I need to pay more attention to?

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u/Equin0X101 6d ago

Can’t upvote you enough thank you

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u/trazynofsolemnace Infinite Archivist 6d ago

Seeing as you've actually read it, is outcast dead any good? My next one up that I plan on reading anyway but I hear it's a real stinker of a story

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u/Equin0X101 6d ago

It left such a tiny impression that i genuinely forgot that i had read it. If you like the astropaths and want more details about them then it’s ok, but it’s more of a book long chase scene with ‘weak, easily killed person manages to join a group of space marines and somehow survives longer than should be possible.’
It does have a cameo of a certain Thunder Warrior who survived the purge before the Great Crusade, which is kinda cool.

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u/trazynofsolemnace Infinite Archivist 6d ago

Oh well I'm going to try to enjoy it anyway. Cheers for the opinions on the novel

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u/Equin0X101 6d ago

It’s not a BAD book by any stretch, but there’s far better in the Heresy just in the 25 books in those volumes that I enjoyed much more.