William C. Dietz Reading Order

3 books (2016–2018)

Start with Into the Guns and read in order.

#	Title
1	Into the Guns 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Seek and Destroy 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Battle Hymn 2018Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1990–2017)

Start with The Far Stars War, the first of 10 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Far Stars War 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Siege of Arsita 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Horrors Beyond 2 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Five by Five 2: No Surrender 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	No Surrender 2013Buy 🇺🇸
7	Shadows of the New Sun 2013Buy 🇺🇸
8	Hath No Fury 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	Infinite Stars 2017Buy 🇺🇸
10	Mech 2017Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2023)

Start with Crickets and read in order.

4 books (1988–2012)

Start with An Honorable Defense(By: David Drake), the first of 4 books in the Crisis of Empire series.

#	Title
1	An Honorable Defense(By: David Drake) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cluster Command 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	The War Machine(By: David Drake,Roger MacBride Allen) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	Crown of Empire(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,David Drake) 2012Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1991–1992)

Start with Drifter and read in order.

#	Title
1	Drifter 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Drifter's Run 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Drifter's War 1992Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2001–2006)

Start with The Fall of Reach(By: Eric Nylund), the first of 4 books in the Halo: The Original series.

#	Title
1	The Fall of Reach(By: Eric Nylund) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	First Strike(By: Eric Nylund) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Flood 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ghosts of Onyx(By: Eric Nylund) 2006Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2012)

Start with Enemy Within and read in order.

#	Title
1	Enemy Within 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Damnation(By: Raymond Benson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1993–2023)

Start with Legion of the Damned, the first of 10 books in the Legion series.

#	Title
1	Legion of the Damned 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Final Battle 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	By Blood Alone 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	By Force of Arms 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	For More Than Glory 2003Buy 🇺🇸
6	For Those Who Fell 2004Buy 🇺🇸
7	When All Seems Lost 2007Buy 🇺🇸
8	When Duty Calls 2008Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Fighting Chance 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	From the Ashes 2023Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2007–2012)

Start with Revelation(By: Drew Karpyshyn), the first of 4 books in the Mass Effect series.

3 books (2015–2016)

Start with Deadeye and read in order.

#	Title
1	Deadeye 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Redzone 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Graveyard 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2009–2011)

Start with The Gathering Storm and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Gathering Storm 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Hole in the Sky 2011Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1990–1992)

Start with Matrix Man and read in order.

#	Title
1	Matrix Man 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mars Prime 1992Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2005–2006)

Start with Runner and read in order.

#	Title
1	Runner 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Logos Run 2006Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1986–2004)

Start with Galactic Bounty / War World, the first of 5 books in the Sam McCade series.

#	Title
1	Galactic Bounty / War World 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Imperial Bounty 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Alien Bounty 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	McCade's Bounty 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	McCade for Hire 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2001–2002)

Start with DeathDay and read in order.

#	Title
1	DeathDay 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	EarthRise 2002Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2013–2013)

8 books (1987–2013)

Start with Freehold, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Freehold 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Prison Planet 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bodyguard 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Where the Ships Die 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Steelheart 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Snake Eye 2008Buy 🇺🇸
7	Ejecta 2010Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Seeds of Man 2013Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1997–1998)

Start with Soldier for the Empire and read in order.

#	Title
1	Soldier for the Empire 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Jedi Knight 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Rebel Agent 1998Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2009–2012)

Start with Heaven's Devils and read in order.

#	Title
1	Heaven's Devils 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Devils' Due(By: Christie Golden) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Flashpoint(By: Christie Golden) 2012Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2014)

Start with Andromeda's Fall and read in order.

#	Title
1	Andromeda's Fall 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Andromeda's Choice 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Andromeda's War 2014Buy 🇺🇸

11 books (2018–2025)

Start with Red Ice, the first of 11 books in the Winds of War series.

2 books (2009–2010)

Start with At Empire's Edge and read in order.