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Old 04-21-2009, 01:40 PM   #1
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Honor Harrington read order?

I just finished book three of the Honorverse, "The Short, Victorious War." I am really getting into this universe. Is there a recommended read order for this? I see that there are three or four intertwined series and would like to have a fairly coherent read. Thanks!
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:43 PM   #2
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Old 04-21-2009, 01:48 PM   #4
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There's the main line, following Honor. There are some Anthologies, and there are two sub-lines.

But you've a while to go until you hit these. There's a straight order of

On Basilisk Station (1993) ISBN 0-671-57793-X
The Honor of the Queen (1993) ISBN 0-671-57864-2
The Short Victorious War (1994) ISBN 0-671-87596-5
Field of Dishonor (1994) ISBN 0-671-57820-0
Flag in Exile (1995) ISBN 0-671-31980-9
Honor Among Enemies (1996) ISBN 0-671-87723-2
In Enemy Hands (1997) ISBN 0-671-57770-0
Echoes of Honor (1998) ISBN 0-671-57833-2
Ashes of Victory (2000) ISBN 0-671-57854-5

Then I'd put in the four anthologies, that have back-story, but also some lead-in to the other books.
More Than Honor (1998) ISBN 0-671-87857-3
Worlds of Honor (1999) ISBN 0-671-57855-3
Changer of Worlds (2001) ISBN 0-671-31975-2
The Service of the Sword (2003) ISBN 0-7434-3599-0

And then
Crown of Slaves (2003) ISBN 0-7434-7148-2 with Eric Flint

After that, back to mainline Honor for
War of Honor (October 2002) ISBN 0-7434-3545-1
At All Costs (November 2005) ISBN 1-4165-0911-9

and finally
The Shadow of Saganami (2004) ISBN 0-7434-8852-0
Storm from the Shadows (2009) ISBN 978-1416591474

Hopefully, by the time you've got through that lot, we'll have Torch for Freedom and Mission of Honor.

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Is there a recommended read order for this? I see that there are three or four intertwined series and would like to have a fairly coherent read. Thanks!

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Old 04-21-2009, 01:54 PM   #6
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Yeah. Tried that and got the Weber page that Gibbo pointed to. But, re-applying my original question, is there a reading order list that people find to be satisfactory? Having a list of the books is not the same.
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Old 04-21-2009, 02:01 PM   #7
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You can find the publishing and chronological order. I would go for the publication order (which is almost what pdurrant also sugested).
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Old 04-21-2009, 02:42 PM   #8
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I mostly agree with what pdurrant suggested, except that I would put the four anthologies last.
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Old 04-21-2009, 02:44 PM   #9
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I mostly agree with what pdurrant suggested, except that I would put the four anthologies last.
Only problem with that is there's some good back story/character intros in the anthologies that work better if you follow his recommendation.
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You can skip most of the stories in the anthologies without a problem, but I would recommend reading at the very least "From the Highlands" from the Changer of Worlds anthology and "Fanatic" from "The Service of the Sword" before reading Crown of Slaves.

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It's just a link to a rather amusing site "Let me Google that for you"

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Honor+Harrington+read+order%3F+

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of course the top result is this thread, so linking to google isn't the best idea around

Mobile read is up there in googles page rank, so its always good to give coherent answers for questions here, because when someone else is looking for the answer, more than likely we are the first result
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I'm a bit late to the thread but I was rereading the series recently and here's how I sorted it for myself:

[obvious beginning skipped]
Honorverse 06: Honor Among Enemies
Honorverse 07: In Enemy Hands
Honorverse 07a: More Than Honor
Honorverse 08: Echoes of Honor
Honorverse 08a: Worlds of Honor
Honorverse 09: Ashes of Victory
Honorverse 09a: Changer of Worlds
Honorverse 10: War of Honor
Honorverse 10a: The Service of the Sword
Wages of Sin 01: Crown of Slaves
Saganami 01: Shadow of Saganami
Honorverse 11: At All Costs
Saganami 02: Storm from the Shadows
[upcoming]
Wages of Sin 02: Torch for Freedom
Honorverse 12: Mission of Honor

BTW, I do NOT recommend reading Storm from the Shadows right now if you don't wan't to risk losing your reader. I almost threw mine on the floor in disgust over the damn cliffhanger. The wait to the next book is not going to be easy...
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I'm a bit late to the thread but I was rereading the series recently and here's how I sorted it for myself:

[obvious beginning skipped]
Honorverse 06: Honor Among Enemies
Honorverse 07: In Enemy Hands
Honorverse 07a: More Than Honor
Honorverse 08: Echoes of Honor
Honorverse 08a: Worlds of Honor
Honorverse 09: Ashes of Victory
Honorverse 09a: Changer of Worlds
Honorverse 10: War of Honor
Honorverse 10a: The Service of the Sword
Wages of Sin 01: Crown of Slaves
Saganami 01: Shadow of Saganami
Honorverse 11: At All Costs
Saganami 02: Storm from the Shadows
[upcoming]
Wages of Sin 02: Torch for Freedom
Honorverse 12: Mission of Honor

BTW, I do NOT recommend reading Storm from the Shadows right now if you don't wan't to risk losing your reader. I almost threw mine on the floor in disgust over the damn cliffhanger. The wait to the next book is not going to be easy...
Thanks! That was what I was looking for!

So, wait for the next one, check!
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