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The Beheading is a 1-book reading order in Warhammer 40,000, spanning Space Marines. 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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An original, shareable The Beheading reading-order poster — no Games Workshop art, just the books in order. Pin it, download it, or share the list.
Original summaries and chronology labels generated from the same catalog powering the atlas.
Guy Haley
The closing Beast Arises volume, where the M32 crisis resolves into political shockwaves as important as the military outcome.
546.M32 - 546.M32
exact date, high confidence
First published 2016
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.