Halo Books have been around ever since the first game. In fact, the first novel in the series, Halo: The Fall of Reach, was published even before Halo: Combat Evolved came out. Since then, more than thirty Halo novels have been published. With so many books, focusing on different characters and with intertwining story arcs, it might be hard to discern where to start and what your next Halo book should be. To help you out, we’ve compiled the definitive list of all Halo books,

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1. Halo: The Fall of Reach
2. Halo: The Flood
3. Halo: First Strike
4. Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
5. Halo: Contact Harvest
6. Halo: The Cole Protocol
7. Halo: Evolutions
8. Halo: Cryptum
9. Halo: Glasslands
10. Halo: Primordium (2012, sequel to Halo: Cryptum)
11. Halo: The Thursday War (2012, sequel to Halo: Glasslands)
12. Halo: Silentium (2013, sequel to Halo: Primordium)
13. Halo: Rebirth (2013, epilogue to Halo: Silentium)
14. Halo: Mortal Dictata (2014, sequel to Halo: The Thursday War)
15. Halo: Broken Circle
16. Halo: New Blood
17. Halo: Hunters in the Dark
18. Halo: Saint’s Testimony
19. Halo: Last Light
20. Halo: Shadow of Intent
21. Halo: Fractures
22. Halo: Smoke and Shadow
23. Halo: Envoy (2017, sequel to Halo: The Cole Protocol)
24. Halo: Retribution (2017, sequel to Halo: Last Light)
25. Halo: Legacy of Onyx
26. Halo: Bad Blood (2018, sequel to Halo: New Blood)
27. Halo: Silent Storm
28. Halo: Battle Born
29. Halo: Renegades (2019, sequel to Halo: Smoke and Shadow)
30. Halo: Oblivion (2019, sequel to Halo: Silent Storm)
31. Halo: Meridian Divide (2019, sequel to Halo: Battle Born)
32. Halo: Shadows of Reach
33. Halo: Sacrifice
34. Halo: Point of Light (2021, sequel to Halo: Renegades)
35. Halo: Divine Wind (2021, sequel to Halo: Retribution)
36. Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
37. Halo: Outcasts
38. Halo: Epitaph

1. Halo: Cryptum
2. Halo: Primordium
3. Halo: Silentium
4. Halo: Rebirth
5. Halo: Broken Circle
6. Halo: Contact Harvest
7. Halo: The Cole Protocol
8. Halo: Battle Born
9. Halo: Battle Born – Meridian Divide
10. Halo: The Fall of Reach
11. Halo: Silent Storm
12. Halo: Oblivion
13. Halo: The Flood
14. Halo: First Strike
15. Halo: Broken circle
16. Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
17. Halo: Glasslands
18. Halo: The Thursday War
19. Halo: Mortal Dictata
20. Halo: Last Light
21. Halo: Retribution
22. Halo: Shadow of Intent
23. Halo: New Blood
24. Halo: Hunters in the Dark
25. Halo: Smoke and Shadow
26. Halo: Renegades
27. Halo: Saint’s Testimony
28. Halo: Point of Light
29. Halo: Envoy
30. Halo: Legacy of Onyx
31. Halo: Bad Blood
32. Halo: Sacrifice
33. Halo: Shadows of Reach
34. Halo: Divine Wind
35. Halo: Outcasts
36. Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
37. Halo: Epitaph

The books Halo: Evolutions (or Halo: Evolutions Volume I and Halo: Evolutions Volume II) and Halo: Fractures include different stories taking place throughout the Halo Timeline.

For a complete overview of all Halo media in chronological order, please check out our Halo Timeline. It also includes every game, movie, and comic, so you can get a good understanding of how all the media relate to each other.