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Humble Bundle has a great deal for anyone interested in the story behind Blizzard's Warcraft franchise - The Humble Book Bundle: World of Warcraft Legends Library! Although this doesn't include all the Warcraft books, only a select few with additional graphic novels, this is a great chunk of them to get started on your lore adventure!
- The books are DRM free in a PDF format so you can use them on your devices however you please.
- There is an art book available in the second tier - the Cinematic Art of Warcraft Vol. 1.
- The charity being supported in this bundle is the Call of Duty Endowment run by Activison Blizzard.
As with all bundles on Humble Bundle, there are different tiers. You'll want to go all the way to the third tier to get the most out of your reading and to complete the War of the Ancients trilogy since one book is available under each tier. Here are all the different tiers of books available. We've marked the novels separately from the "comics". Prices are not included in the tiers as they vary regionally.
The bundle is available until October 28.
Tier 1
- [NOVEL] War of the Ancients - The Well of Eternity
- Sunwell Trilogy - Dragon Hunt (Book 1)
- World of Warcraft Vol. 1
- Warcraft Legends Vol. 1
- Warcraft Legends Vol. 2
- World of Warcraft Pop-up Book (You can upgrade to a physical version as well)
Interested? Pick up the bundle here.
Tier 2
- [NOVEL] War of the Ancients - The Demon Soul
- [NOVEL] World of Warcraft: Day of the Dragon
- Sunwell Trilogy - Shadows of Ice (Book 2)
- World of Warcraft Vol. 2
- World of Warcraft: Curse of the Worgen
- Warcraft Legends Vol. 3
- Cinematic Art of Warcraft Vol.1
Interested? Pick up the bundle here.
Personal note: The cinematic art book is amazing in person, arguably even better in digital on a great display! Blizzard art is fantastic as usual.
Tier 3
- [NOVEL] War of the Ancients - The Sundering
- [NOVEL] ARTHAS: Rise of the Lich King
- Sunwell Trilogy - Ghostlands (Book 3)
- World of Warcraft Vol. 3
- World of Warcraft Vol. 4
- World of Warcraft: Mage
- World of Warcraft: Death Knight
- World of Warcraft: Ashbringer
- Warcraft Legends Vol. 4
- Warcraft Legends Vol. 5
Interested? Pick up the bundle here.
Recommended Novel Reading Order
This is a widely-accepted reading order of all Warcraft books. Books in this bundle have been highlighted. The chronicle books are listed first as they are the most up to date on Blizzard's lore. If anything inside of a novel or comic is different than that of chronicle, the chronicle is considered to be Warcraft canon.
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- World of Warcraft Chronicle Vol. 1 (Amazon)
- World of Warcraft Chronicle Vol. 2 (Amazon)
- World of Warcraft Chronicle Vol. 3 (Amazon)
- War of the Ancients - The Well of Eternity
- War of the Ancients - The Demon Soul
- War of the Ancients - The Sundering
- Rise of the Horde (Amazon) (Being released in a new book on October 20, link to the left)
- The Last Guardian (Amazon)
- Tides of Darkness (Amazon)
- Beyond the Dark Portal (Amazon)
- Day of the Dragon (Amazon)
- Lord of the Clans (Amazon) (Being released in a new book on October 20, link to the left)
- Of Blood and Honor
- ARTHAS: Rise of the Lich King (Amazon)
- Cycle of Hatred (Amazon)
- Illidan (Amazon)
- Night of the Dragon (Amazon)
- Stormrage (Amazon)
- The Shattering (Amazon)
- Wolfheart (Amazon)
- Thrall Twilight of the Aspects (Amazon)
- Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War (Amazon)
- Dawn of the Aspects (There are five books, tough to find in paper, Kindle via Amazon)
- Vol'jin (Amazon)
- War Crimes (Amazon)
- Before the Storm (Amazon)
There's also a combo-pack of 5 books (Amazon)
- The Shattering
- Thrall Twilight of the Aspects
- Arthas Rise of the Lich King
- Stormrage
- Voljin
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Comments
Thanks for the chronology.
Thanks for the read order! Im long time preparing myself to start reading up on the lore but could never figure out where to start 🤔
I will definitely comeback to this in the future ♥️
Took a glance at it and prob will take the chance to snag that bundle up. I always did enjoy the lore and it will kill time at work.
For those that didn't want to click the link, $1 to unlock that first tier, $10 for the second and $18 for the rest of it.