Last month, we asked you to
vote for your favourite Black Library books
released in the last year. And vote you did – thousands of answers poured in. As today is World Book Day, it felt like the perfect time to unveil the results.
Here are the Top 10 Black Library Books of the Year, selected by you.
Our countdown begins with two very different characters from the 41st Millennium. The lord of the Red Corsairs struggles to maintain control in Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom by Mike Brooks, while we witness the early days of Ibram Gaunt and his Tanith First in The Vincula Insurgency: Ghost Dossier 1 by Dan Abnett. Next, the irrepressible Gotrek Gurnisson stars in his latest adventure Soulslayer by Darius Hinks.
Then a quartet of character novels from the Horus Heresy pick apart the origins and legacies of four iconic figures. Sanguinius: The Great Angel by Chris Wraight and Mortarion: The Pale King by David Annandale examine these brother Primarchs in exacting detail, while Garro: Knight of Grey by James Swallow and Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader by John French bookend the Horus Heresy, examining the early origins and final fates of two legendary Space Marines.
In third place is a tale of secrecy and sedition from the author of The Infinite and The Divine.
Assassinorum: Kingmaker by Robert Rath
Two Imperial assassins take on their most dangerous mission yet – navigating the complex social landscape of a Knight World to ensure the right successor takes the throne. Acolytes of two very different temples of the Officio Assassinorum, these agents need to work together to succeed, for failure means raising the ire of the colossal Imperial Knights.
Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh! by Nate Crowley
Who could possibly know Ghazghkull better than his loyal banner bearer, Makari? That’s the answer the Inquisition is banking on as they strive to discover the past of the infamous Ork warlord, extracted from the mouth of the very grot whose supernatural luck has finally run out. Makari may not be the most reliable source, but his version of Ghazghkull’s rise is certainly the most entertaining.
Echoes of Eternity by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
The epic Siege of Terra series nears its climactic end, and the time has come for Sanguinius to make his final stand at the Eternity Gate. Many legendary moments from the history of the Horus Heresy play out in this novel, including the Primarch’s back-breaking duel with Ka’bandha and his fateful face-off with the daemonic Angron. The results do not disappoint – and you clearly agree, as Echoes of Eternity clinches the top spot.
Find your copies of these winners in various eBook and audiobook formats on the Black Library webstore now.