jingus Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Hi, I have purchased several zillion KT boxes and even painted some of them, played one game at a LGS and ehh, maybe I'll try again. I however really enjoy assembling and painting (albeit poorly) the models, and am considering getting stuff needed for an actual big army, but it's hard to decide on a faction. What I really love is the lore, and have read nothing but 40/30k books the entirety of 2025 - probably already over like 40 books. Some are good, some aren't so great, but I'm showing no signs of stopping much to my wife's chagrin. If anyone has any recommendations for books that are a little bit lighter on the battles and heavier on slice of life stuff, I'd be extremely interested. With millions of inhabited worlds, certainly some of them are relatively untouched by xenos or Ruinous Powers and I'd like to learn more about that. (I did read one of the Warhammer Crime books, which did kinda scratch that itch.) I also firmly believe the Imperium are 100% the good guys. Extremism in the pursuit of liberty is no vice! Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf, WBRBloom, W.A.Rorie and 3 others 3 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Welcome to the B&C Recommend Gav Thorpe's Last Chancers Omnibus. Sneaky infiltration vs. big open battles. jingus 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/#findComment-6125336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.A.Rorie Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Welcome to the B&C, @jingus Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/#findComment-6125351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Hi there! Welcome,frater! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/#findComment-6125365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBRBloom Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Welcome @jingus! Death to the False Emperor! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/#findComment-6125383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolmeus Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 Welcome @jingus On 7/31/2025 at 12:19 AM, jingus said: If anyone has any recommendations for books that are a little bit lighter on the battles and heavier on slice of life stuff, I'd be extremely interested. With millions of inhabited worlds, certainly some of them are relatively untouched by xenos or Ruinous Powers and I'd like to learn more about that. (I did read one of the Warhammer Crime books, which did kinda scratch that itch.) Feel free to share your thoughts on the Black Library (BL) section. There, you are very welcome to ask questions and look for insights/ review of our fellow fraters. https://bolterandchainsword.com/forum/76-the-black-library/ To give you some recommendations about the slice of life stuff: There isn't a book that comes instantely to my mind, since the Warhammer40k universe is rather more about war and less about slice of life. Nevertheless, I do think that some books share some insights that may encompass that: "Dawn of Fire - The Avenging Son" by Guy Haley "Vaults of Terra" series by Chris Wraight Dr_Ruminahui 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/#findComment-6137115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Ruminahui Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 (edited) The Eisenhorn and Ravenor series(es) by Dan Abnett have a little bit of the "slice of life" bit in the background, as they are (mostly) visiting planets that aren't battlefields (at least when they get there). Not literature, but the Rogue Trader video game, while noting that its based on GW IP rather than GW produced, is also pretty good for giving you a glimpse of that. Edited October 17 by Dr_Ruminahui Tolmeus 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/#findComment-6137191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alby the Slayer Posted October 18 Share Posted October 18 Welcome aboard! The suggestions by the other Fraters for the book are eccellent, and as you already saw, all the warhammer Crime books are good. I would also reccomend you the horror series. They can show something different and interesting in the 40K, with a spooky vibe Tolmeus 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/386395-hello/#findComment-6137260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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