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Fabius Bile is a 3-book reading order in Warhammer 40,000, spanning Chaos. Below is every entry in suggested reading sequence — series order first, then in-universe chronology — so you can follow the story from start to finish and see where each book sits in the wider 40k timeline.
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Josh Reynolds
A Chaos-focused character novel following Fabius Bile as old Legion ambition turns into a long, unsettling project of reinvention.
764.M34 - 764.M34
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First published 2016
Josh Reynolds
The second novel in Josh Reynolds' series about Fabius Bile, the renegade Apothecary and master geneticist of the Emperor's Children, as his obsessive experiments and creations draw the attention of rivals and former allies. Set in the late 41st Millennium, it blends grim body-horror with dark wit while exploring one of Chaos's most singular characters.
900.M41 - 999.M41
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First published 2018
Josh Reynolds
The third novel in Josh Reynolds' Fabius Bile series, following the renegade geneticist deeper into his monstrous ambitions as old rivalries and his own creations threaten to consume him. Closing out a key arc of the trilogy in the late 41st Millennium, it leans into the dark humour and grotesque invention that define the character.
900.M41 - 999.M41
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First published 2020
This reading order matches publication order — release sequence and suggested reading sequence are the same here. Browse every book by release year on the publication-order page.