- Spartan1995324
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I myself am reading the books out of order, just getting whatever my library has whenever it has it. The books can be seen as the history of humanity in the mid 26th century. You don't HAVE to read them in order, but it helps.
To give you an analogy:
You don't HAVE to know what happened in WWI to know what happened in WWII. They are two different wars with different men, equipment, and statistics.
HOWEVER knowing what happened in WWI helps a lot to understand WHY things happened in WWII.
The only ones you would have to read in order are:
The forerunner trilogy and Glasslands before The Thursday War
Oh and Halo: The Flood is basically Halo CE in book form so don't worry too much about getting that one.
[Edited on 04.25.2012 8:00 PM PDT]