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Subject: Books important to Halo

I'm trying to find the books that I need to understand some of the things that happened in the Halo universe. So far I have:

The Fall of Reach
First Strike
The Flood
Ghosts of Onyx
The Cole Protocol
Contact Harvest

Any other titles that are important to understand the universe of Halo will help me out a lot.

Thanks!

  • 04.12.2012 2:40 PM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

Cryptum (1st novel of the Forerunner Sage) and Primordium (2nd novel of the Forerunner Saga) are the two most important books as of right now. They tie into Halo 4, but do not need to be read to understand the campaign.

  • 04.12.2012 2:51 PM PDT

To truly get Halo 4, read Cryptum, Primordium, Evolutions and Glasslands.

  • 04.12.2012 3:06 PM PDT

Thanks for the replies!

  • 04.12.2012 3:17 PM PDT

Hmmm... if you happen to read all the other books that were suggested, and still want to know a little bit more try Halo Evolutions.

It's not too important in terms of lore, but it does provide some insight on how things are. For example, there is one story where Brutes eat humans, depicting how truly vicious they can get.

  • 04.12.2012 4:39 PM PDT

There is also one called Pariah, where a spartan candidate gets seriously messed up. It depicts how brutal the augmentations could be as well as how sneaky, sleazy, and striking the rebels can be.

Not a book, a story in the book called Halo Evolutions Volume I.

[Edited on 04.12.2012 4:52 PM PDT]

  • 04.12.2012 4:52 PM PDT

Ghosts of Onyx is an excellent book. Hopefully you find that one to be very interesting, and rather peculiar at certain occasions.

  • 04.12.2012 5:24 PM PDT