I’m looking for something new to read, and am curious which books others liked. Personally, I haven’t read many of the “main chronology” books, but I’ve enjoyed a lot of the one-offs.
Personally, my favorites so far would be Brutal Kunnin, and Assassinorum Kingmaker. Both have decent plot, well-written characters, and are fast paced enough for my short attention span.
I also enjoyed the rest of Mike Brooks’s ork books, although none lived up to Brutal Kunnin due to the weaker plots and lack of variety, and I enjoyed Titanicus, but found that it struggled to depict the titan’s scale, and it failed to close out the story after all the build up. Dead Men Walk also wasn’t bad, and illustrated the setting well, but the plot and characters weren’t very compelling.
I also read The Oubliette, but found that it fell very flat, unfortunately. Reading the author’s comments on Reddit, I see what he was trying to achive, but it feels extremely rushed and underbaked after the first half.
I’ve also tried to read Eisenhorn and and Cadian Honour, but so far, have bounced off of both due to the slow start.


OK… I’ll be the one: It’s not 40K, but 30K, but I really enjoyed most of the Horus Heresy books I’ve read so far (just started 15 this week). There are really good ones and some that are quite mediocre, but each has been interesting and they show the conflict from different sides and factions, too.