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Orks is a 4-book reading order in Warhammer 40,000, spanning Xenos. 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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Mike Brooks
A fast-paced, comedic Ork war novel in which Warboss Ufthak Blackhawk leads a Waaagh! against a forge world defended by the Adeptus Mechanicus. Told largely from the greenskins' gleefully violent point of view, it is one of the most popular and accessible Ork-focused books in the modern range.
900.M41 - 099.M42
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First published 2020
Nate Crowley
A character study of the galaxy's most infamous Ork warlord, framed through the eyes of a captured human historian forced to chronicle Ghazghkull's rise. It blends brutal Ork warfare with sharp dark humor and offers definitive lore on one of the 41st Millennium's great threats to the Imperium.
900.M41 - 099.M42
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First published 2022
Mike Brooks
Mike Brooks returns to the greenskins with a standalone-feeling Ork tale of ambition and the ever-shifting hierarchy of a Waaagh!, packed with the faction's trademark violence and humor. It continues the author's run of crowd-pleasing Ork fiction in the late M41 setting.
900.M41 - 099.M42
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First published 2022
Mike Brooks
A sequel to Brutal Kunnin that follows Ufthak Blackhawk's continuing rise, pitting his Orks against new rivals as he chases bigger guns and bigger glory. It maintains the series' irreverent greenskin perspective and slapstick brutality while expanding on Brooks's established cast.
900.M41 - 099.M42
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First published 2024
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.