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    Best Black Libary Books?

    I thought since we have a worst black libary books thread we may as well have a best book thread. Now i havnt read many and i cant say i have a favourite so what can you recommend?

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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    My all time favourites are the Blood on the Reik trilogy, Death's Messenger, Death's City and Death's Legacy, but here's a list that i really enjoyed:

    Guardians of the Forest,
    Zavant,
    The Laughter of Dark Gods,
    Bloodborn,
    Necromancer,
    Ancient Blood,
    The Corrupted,
    The Enemy Within,
    Witch Hunter.

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    I enjoyed Kim Newman Jack Yeovil's novels, Beasts in Velvet probably most. Eisenhorn was pretty good too.
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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    Well as i've just given my worst opinion in the other thread, my favourite Bl books are Storm of Iron, The Eisenhorn Trilogy, The Last chancers and the Times of Legend books.
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    I enjoyed Kim Newman Jack Yeovil's novels
    Absolutely.

    I have a soft spot for Zaragoz by Brian Craig too.

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    For 40k, Soul Hunter (barely beating Path of the Warrior). Mostly due to characters and setting up action right, just what I want from a BL book.

    For Fantasy, Drachenfels (barely beating Skavenslayer). Not really sure how to explain why, but the mood was the biggest factor perhaps.
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    The only black library book I have read multiple times is Beasts in Velvet. Great fun.

    I will probably re-read Horus Rising again at some point so that would be my second choice.
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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    I loved Storm of Iron, Honsou is one of my fav characters and i love it when he pops into the uriel ventris smurf books, and guardians of the forest was really cool, fav WHF book

    also i loved Emperor's Mercy. it was brutal and 40k-ish, it was awesome, probably my fav 40k book

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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    The Genevieve novels by Kim Newman/Jack Yeovil
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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    Gaunts Ghost series, Space Marine, Cain Series but the best to me are the old collections - Wolf Riders, Deathwing and Ignorant Armies. I am really enjoying Mr D-Bs recent novels though.

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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

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    The Genevieve novels by Kim Newman/Jack Yeovil
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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    One of the first Warhammer novels I read was Drachenfels. I was actually inspired to read it after reading a WHFRPG write up of Genevieve in an old White Dwarf. Ahh, those were the days...

    I also really enjoyed Storm Warriors when that came out, way back when. I was a kid back then.

    More recently, I really enjoyed Lord of Night by Spurrier. I haven't read much WH fantasy stuff, but I might pick up the WE book now...

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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    The Orpheo trilogy was pretty good, along with Laughter of the Dark Gods, Guardians of the Forest and various short stories I can't remember the names of. Oh, and Blood for the Blood God was pretty solid too. I have a soft spot for Darkblade, but that has more to do with the fact that the Druchii are my favourite faction... Warpsword was terrible.

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    I think Runefang was really good. It's nice when you have a novel that includes a lot of battles but not just because they have to, but because it's about a fully-fledged WAR for once!

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    i like the gotrek and felix series, the blackhearts series, and gaunts ghosts series. and guardians of the forest was pretty good, as was double eagle.
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    I like the first 3 Gotrek & Felix books.

    The series does go rather downhill after them and there is a lot of whining from Felix.
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    The Cain series and just finished "Scourge The Heretic" with was pretty good.
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    Re: Best Black Libary Books?

    Most of the books seems to be human/empire based, anyone know if there are any Wood Elf books other than Guardians of the Forest?

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