Hi guys, I was just wondering in what order I should read the Halo novels. I have already read The Fall of Reach, but I plan on reading it again, so yeah.
thanks.
Fall of Reach
First Strike
Ghosts of Onyx
Glasslands
The Thursday War
Those stories are in order, leading up to Halo 4. The two stories below are prequels and fill in some back story.
Contact Harvest - Explains the beginning of the Covenant War
The Cole Protocol - Back story for Thel Vadam (The Arbiter) and Captain Keyes
Cryptum
Primordium
Silentium
The Forerunner Trilogy explaining their War with the Flood which also has plot points leading into Halo 4.
If you wanted to read them in chronological order, then its would be:
Forerunner Saga:
-Halo: Cryptum
-Halo: Primordium
-Halo: Silentium
Beginning of the Human-Covenant War:
-Halo: Contact Harvest
-Halo: The Cole Protocol
Final Month’s of the Human-Covenant War:
-Halo: The Fall of Reach
-Halo: The Flood
-Halo: First Strike
-Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
Kilo-Five(Post-War) Trilogy:
-Halo: Glasslands
-Halo: The Thursday War
They make more sense to read in chronological order in my opinion, that way you understand the next one better. The way I have them segmented i the groups of books that should be read together.