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Perhaps a thread on books we wish we would read
Not sure how I got a couple doubles in there. Oh well. Here's some I would have put instead.I'm a big Warhammer fan. Sadly most physical books have short runs and I prefer physical books. Most of these can probably find in audio form but I prefer physical books personally so it's a bit tricky but there are definitely some I would love to get actual copies of.
Blood Angels books since I don't have any books for them yet. Books on the Devestation of Baal especially since that is a pivotal moment as well as other heroes like Dante and Mepbiston.
Sisters of Battle are another favorite faction I still need some books for so that is something I'd like especially for the named characters like Saint Celestine and Morvenn Vahl.
I would love to read the Horus Heresy but there is like 50 something books plus the Siege of Terra and some stand alone books so I'd probably have to settle for reading mostly audiobooks and finding favorite books and characters for a personal collection or get really lucky and find someone selling a whole collection some day. Some I know I'd love to get is anything regarding Blood Angels and Sanguinious and Raldoran especially, Vulkan and his Salamanders, and The Lion and his Dark Angels stuff.
Speaking of I'd love to get some physicals of Dark Angel books. I have 2 being Son of the Forest about The Lion's returnbto the 40k setting, and the Lazarus related book Enmity's Edge, which I'm currently reading. More is always good though. Would especially love books on Azrael possibly the Arks of Omen which are kinda books. (More like small short story excerpts I think.)
I have one Salamander book but what love more, especially one on Vulkan Hes'tan
I have a few Ultramarine books but wouldn't mind more tho I know they were basically Mary Sues for a while with a specific writer so, I might avoid those.
Aside from that some misc. books are some Black Templar stuff (especially Helsreach and Armageddon related stuff), Space Shark stuff, Lamenters, Iron Snakes, anything about the Ghoul Stars.
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