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:

Publication Order of Halo Books

The Fall of Reach (By:Greg Bear)	(2001)
The Flood (By: William C. Dietz)	(2003)
First Strike (By: Eric S. Nylund)	(2003)
Ghosts of Onyx (By: Eric S. Nylund)	(2006)
Contact Harvest (By: Joseph Staten)	(2007)
The Cole Protocol (By: Tobias S. Buckell)	(2008)
Broken Circle (By: John Shirley)	(2014)
New Blood (By: Matt Forbeck)	(2015)
Hunters in the Dark (By: Peter David)	(2015)
Saint's Testimony (By: Frank O'Connor)	(2015)
Last Light (By: Troy Denning)	(2015)
Shadow of Intent (By: Joseph Staten)	(2015)
Smoke and Shadow (By: Kelly Gay)	(2016)
Envoy (By: Tobias S. Buckell)	(2017)
Retribution (By: Troy Denning)	(2017)
Legacy of Onyx (By: Matt Forbeck)	(2017)
Bad Blood (By: Matt Forbeck)	(2018)
Renegades (By: Kelly Gay)	(2019)
Oblivion (By: Troy Denning)	(2019)
Point of Light (By: Kelly Gay)	(2021)

Publication Order of Halo: The Forerunner Saga Books

Cryptum	(2011)
Primordium	(2011)
Silentium	(2013)

Publication Order of Halo: Kilo-Five Trilogy Books

Glasslands	(2011)
The Thursday War	(2012)
Mortal Dictata	(2014)

Publication Order of Halo: A Master Chief Story Books

Silent Storm	(2018)
Oblivion	(2019)
Shadows of the Reach	(2020)

Publication Order of Battle Born Books

Battle Born	(2019)
Meridian Divide	(2019)

Publication Order of Halo Collections

HALO: Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe	(2009)
Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon	(2016)

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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.

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