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Subject: Which Halo book should I read first?

I haven't read any of the Halo books yet. They sound very interesting evn though I don't like to read.

Can anyone recommend which ones I should read or which order I should read them?

  • 05.02.2011 7:48 AM PDT

If you want to read them chronologically, read Contact Harvest first, then the Cole Protocol, the Fall of Reach, the Flood, First Strike and finally Ghosts of Onyx. I doesn't really matter if you don't read them in that order but it seems the best way.

  • 05.02.2011 8:03 AM PDT

one should likely read Halo: Cryptum first, since it takes place in the distant past, well before the events of any of the other books.

  • 05.02.2011 9:25 AM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

- Fall of Reach
- The Flood
- First Strike
- Ghosts of Onyx

These are all linked because it follows the same characters over the course of the tilogy. Then move on to the stand-alone stoies:

- Contact Harvest
- The Cole Protocol

Then move on to the next trilogy:

- Cryptum

  • 05.02.2011 9:38 AM PDT
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  • 05.02.2011 11:04 AM PDT

I would save Cryptum for last because I think the series is more enjoyable with their big mystery instead of knowing everything already about them.

  • 05.02.2011 2:33 PM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

I don't think it matters much. I read them in no particular order. My favorites, however, were: Fall of Reach, First Strike, Cole Protocol, Ghosts of Onyx, and Evoltuions.

  • 05.02.2011 3:41 PM PDT

Kool thanks.

  • 05.02.2011 3:59 PM PDT

I started up the heated debate on whether the SPARTAN-II in the cryo tube near the end of Reach is really Linda.
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When you finally get to Halo: Cryptum, read the terminals from Halo 3 on Halopedia. If you have questions about them please visit this thread.

  • 05.02.2011 4:51 PM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Read them in release order.

-Fall of Reach
-The Flood(can be skipped, details Halo CE plotline.)
-Fall of Reach
-Ghosts of Onyx
-Contact Harvest
-Cole Protocol
-Evolutions
-Cryptum

Other material to read:

-Halo Graphic Novel
-Halo Uprising
-Halo Helljumper
-Halo Bloodlines
-Halo Bootcamp

  • 05.02.2011 4:58 PM PDT


Posted by: privet caboose
Read them in release order.

-Fall of Reach
-The Flood(can be skipped, details Halo CE plotline.)
-Fall of Reach (-First Strike is what he meant to say)
-Ghosts of Onyx
-Contact Harvest
-Cole Protocol
-Evolutions
-Cryptum

Other material to read:

-Halo Graphic Novel
-Halo Uprising
-Halo Helljumper
-Halo Bloodlines
-Halo Bootcamp


[Edited on 05.02.2011 10:18 PM PDT]

  • 05.02.2011 10:18 PM PDT