10.10.2026Omnissiah
Necromunda books reading order: what to read first
Gang wars, bounty hunters and the long climb out of the underhive: a guide to the Necromunda fiction in our catalog, grouped by hero and theme, with a suggested way in.
Necromunda is a hive world of the Imperium, and its fiction lives at the bottom of the hive. There are no Space Marine crusades here: the stories follow gangers of the great Houses, bounty hunters, Guilders and the occasional noble who strays down from the Spire. The catalog holds more than thirty Necromunda titles written over three decades. Black Library's numbered line sits on one series page, and the wider collection, including the early pieces and the modern short fiction, on another. Most books stand alone, so you can start almost anywhere; the groups below simply make the choice easier.
Where to start
Kal Jerico, bounty hunter
Kal Jerico is Necromunda's best-known recurring hero: a swashbuckling bounty hunter and the illegitimate son of the planet's ruler. His books are lighter in tone than most of the setting and read best in publication order.
Mad D'onne and the Scrutinator
Black Library's first line, 2005–2007
The Houses up close: the modern line
The early pieces, 1997–2001
Before the numbered line, a handful of Necromunda stories appeared in the late 1990s. They are shorter and rougher, and the catalog's notes on them are thin, but they are the oldest layer of the setting's fiction. Jonathan Green's bounty hunter Nathan Creed is the recurring face here.
What next
Once the underhive feels familiar, the collection page holds the remaining short fiction about individual gangers. If you want to see where a Necromunda childhood can lead, Ian Watson's Space Marine follows underhive gangers recruited into the Imperial Fists. Every book here is set in the 41st Millennium, so the era page is the natural next stop.
