Order of Halo Books
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:
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Publication Order of Halo Books
| The Fall of Reach | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First Strike | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Thursday War | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Broken Circle | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hunters in the Dark | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Halo: Saint's Testimony | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadow of Intent | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Halo: Fractures | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Legacy of Onyx | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Contact Harvest | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows of Reach | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rubicon Protocol | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Outcasts | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Epitaph | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Halo: The Gray Team Books
| The Cole Protocol | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Envoy | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Halo: Kilo-Five Trilogy Books
| Glasslands | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Thursday War | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mortal Dictata | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Halo: Alpha-Nine Books
| New Blood | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bad Blood | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Halo: Bad Blood | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Halo: The Ferrets Books
| Last Light | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Retribution | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Divine Wind | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Halo: Rion Forge/Ace Of Spades Books
| Smoke and Shadow | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Renegades | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Point of Light | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Halo: A Master Chief Story Books
| Silent Storm | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Oblivion | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows of the Reach | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Halo Synopsis: Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund is the third novel in the Halo series. Master Chief and Cortana have destroyed the first Halo, but now they must face the Covenant before they can get home safe.