Order of Halo Books

Order of Halo Books

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Halo is a series of military science fiction tie-in novels written by various authors, based on the popular video game series created by Bungie. The series is about a war between humans and an alien race known as the Covenant. The main character of the series is Master Chief, a Spartan. Along with him is an AI companion known as Cortana. Video game sales of the series have topped well over $3 billion.

The Halo series began in 2001 with the novel Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund, a prequel novel to the Halo: Combat Evolved video game. Other authors to work on the series include William C. Dietz, Joseph Staten, Tobias S. Buckell and mini-series by Greg Bear and Karen Traviss. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of the Halo books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Halo Books

The Fall of Reach

(2001)

First Strike

(2003)

The Thursday War

(2012)

Broken Circle

(2014)

Hunters in the Dark

(2015)

Halo: Saint’s Testimony

(2015)

Shadow of Intent

(2015)

Halo: Fractures

(2016)

Legacy of Onyx

(2017)

Contact Harvest

(2019)

Shadows of Reach

(2020)

The Rubicon Protocol

(2022)

Outcasts

(2023)

Epitaph

(2024)

Publication Order of Halo: The Gray Team Books

The Cole Protocol

(2008)

Envoy

(2017)

Publication Order of Halo: Kilo-Five Trilogy Books

Glasslands

(2011)

The Thursday War

(2012)

Mortal Dictata

(2014)

Publication Order of Halo: Alpha-Nine Books

New Blood

(2016)

Bad Blood

(2018)

Halo: Bad Blood

(2018)

Publication Order of Halo: The Ferrets Books

Last Light

(2015)

Retribution

(2017)

Divine Wind

(2021)

Publication Order of Halo: Rion Forge/Ace Of Spades Books

Smoke and Shadow

(2016)

Renegades

(2019)

Point of Light

(2021)

Publication Order of Halo: A Master Chief Story Books

Silent Storm

(2018)

Oblivion

(2019)

Shadows of the Reach

(2020)