The Battlefleet Gothic series in Warhammer 40,000 runs to 2 books. Below is the full reading order in series sequence, so you know exactly where to start Battlefleet Gothic and what to read next.
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Gordon Rennie
The first novel of the Gothic War, this is a fleet-action story chronicling the opening of a massive void war as an Imperial Navy battlefleet confronts a Chaos incursion in the Gothic sector. It is one of the few 40k novels centered on capital-ship naval combat, drawing on the Battlefleet Gothic wargame setting.
000.M41 - 999.M41
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First published 2001
Gordon Rennie
The second Gothic War novel picks up the void-war campaign as the Imperial Navy presses its struggle against Chaos forces across the embattled Gothic sector. It continues the large-scale fleet engagements and naval tactics of its predecessor, tied to the Battlefleet Gothic game.
000.M41 - 999.M41
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First published 2003