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[Skylarr]

• I would start with the Warrior Trilogy

The Warrior Trilogy, by Michael A. Stackpole, is about the events before and during the Fourth Succession War. The main acts are the wedding of Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner, the experiences of Justin Xiang on Solaris VII and as spy on Sian, the vendetta between Morgan Kell and Yorinaga Kurita, the machinations of Michael Hasek-Davion and of subversive elements inside the Steiner nobility, ComStar's secret manipulations and of course the most important battles of the war.

• Warrior: En Garde (August 1988)
  
• Warrior: Riposte (October 1988)
  
• Warrior: Coupé (April 1989)

• Heir to the Dragon, by Robert N. Charrette, follows Theodore Kurita for twenty-two years as he learns to survive and thrive in the subtle and deadly courts of the Draconis Combine. The novel is also the only narrative of the War of 3039.

• The Saga of the Gray Death Legion is a series of books about the famed Gray Death Legion mercenary unit. Most of the novels are by William H. Keith, Jr., with additional writing by Andrew Keith and Thomas S. Gressman. (This is the Mercenary unit that found the Helm Memory core that brought back Star League Tech right as the Clans hit.)

• Decision at Thunder Rift by William H. Keith, Jr. (June 1986)
  
• Mercenary's Star by William H. Keith, Jr. (June 1987)
  
• The Price of Glory by William H. Keith, Jr. (October 1987) (Helm Memory Core was Found in this book
  
• Blood of Heroes by Andrew Keith (July 1993) ( From This book on is about the Unit after the Clan Invasion)
  
• Tactics of Duty by William H. Keith, Jr. (August 1995)
  
• Operation Excalibur by William H. Keith, Jr. (August 1998)
  
• The Dying Time by Thomas S. Gressman (January 2002)

• The Legend of the Jade Phoenix trilogy, by Robert Thurston, is the story of the fall and redemption of Aidan Pryde, hero of Clan Jade Falcon.

• Way of the Clans (August 1991) (This happens in Clan space before the Clan Invasion)
  
• Bloodname (October 1991) (This happens in Clan space before the Clan Invasion)
  
• Falcon Guard (December 1991) (This is about Aiden Pryde during The Invasion including the Battle of Tukayyid)

• Blood of Kerensky is a trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole about the start of the Clan Invasion.

• Lethal Heritage (September 1989)
  
• Blood Legacy (December 1990)
  
• Lost Destiny (April 1991)

You can also look here for a list of BattleTech Novels.

[shuboy]

Igorius, on 09 June 2012 - 08:47 PM, said:

Wolves on the Border by Robert N. Charette, hands down. I've been reading BattleTech novels for a long time, and there are a bunch of great ones out there. Simply put though, this one takes the cake. Jaimie Wolf is the man, and Minobu Tetsuhara is the best character ever written in the BattleTech universe.

Seriously, even if you don't get around to it right away, this is one book not to miss.

This is still my favorite of the novels. Charette wisely kept the spotlight on Minobu and Jaime's friendship which forms the emotional core of the story. And if you happen to read the novel now, there's a great bit of foreshadowing that shows how FASA was already planning ahead.

[Victor Kell]

Stackpole's 3 book series with Phelan Kell

Thurstan's Jade Phoenix 3 book series

The 3 book series on the creation of the Gray Death Legion

All the others of these had books later on that dealt with the same characters that were also good.

[Tomtricity]

Yep, The list Skylarr posted. I re-read those books every 4 or 5 years.

[Max Payne1]

For me the first Battletech book i ever read was the first part of the "twilight of the clans" series...

"Exodus Road"

Absolutely amazing story of a clan jaguar mechwarrior fighting for what he believes is the true path of the jaguars, but realizes how astray there beliefs have taken them.. and defects to the innersphere. read at least a hundred times! lol

** as a side note ive also been trying my hardest to find trent as a mech warrior pilot card in the battletech card game.. really hard find!

[Warriator]

I still havea bunch of the original paperbacks. i remember only one book that was dumb "Far Country". have to dig them back out to read again and 'kindle' the ones i dont have.

Edited by Warriator, 02 September 2012 - 07:57 PM.

[Mad Adam]

Twiight of the Clans in its entirety, and anything written by Micheal A. Stackpole. However, any you can get your hands on you should read, as I haven't read one I didn't like, and they are getting hard to find (in Australia anyway.)

[Lima Zulu]

Warrior trilogy, Blood of Kerensky trilogy, Twilight of Clans, Capellan Solution dilogy. Nice complete storyline for me. And of course Ideal War.

[Mad Mortigan]

Twilight of the Clans series

[Waffles]

Its all been said before, but start at the beginning and read them all! Yes, even Far County (not a great BT novel, but a good read none the less). Lots of different authors and lots of different styles.

[rainwalkers]

Any Book from Battletech that I can get my hands on is good

I loved the Wolves on the Border and Wolfpack. The only books I would not read again are Gray Death trilogy (except for the first book) or that book about being lost from a jump (far country I think)

[KeeperVS]

Wish they'd put some more of these on Kindle. Especially the Warrior series and Gray Death Legion series. I want to start at the beginning but it's hard to.

[pauls691]

If you search on wikipedia you can find a fairly accurate list of every novel realeased, both english and german series. i have no idea if the german novels are just differnet titles or if they are completly different stories because I can't read german. If they are different stories, then I wish I could find english versions.

I think I own just about half of the Classic Battletech novels and all of the Dark Age novels. The classic battletech novels are a much better read in my opinion.

[Lucid Interval]

Great thread, just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[CitizenDick]

KeeperVS, on 01 October 2012 - 11:47 AM, said:

Wish they'd put some more of these on Kindle. Especially the Warrior series and Gray Death Legion series. I want to start at the beginning but it's hard to.

If you can get a hold of them in any format,use a free converter for the kindle. I did that with mine. No pretty covers(with a text conversion),but the books are intact and very readable.
I agree to all the suggestions in this thread as well(loving the grey death legion books),but i just finished FAR COUNTRY and to my surprise it was very good....And IDEAL WAR was great as well...

[Velete]

Aside from the already well recommended main-series books:

Test of Vengeance : My favourite of the 'self contained oneshot' books !

Centered around a Ghost Bear elementals rise through his ranks while tangling with kurita and clan Hells Horses : all told from a mostly infantry(elemtental) battlefield level with tons of vehicle action.

Nice change from the mech jousting

[Operant]

None, go read a real book.

[Thorn Hallis]

Heir to the Dragon and both Capellan Solution-novels are the best in my opinion.

[PlzDie]

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To the spelling and grammar ****'s if there are mistakes in this post hold fire I had a couple of beers before writing this.

Edited by Egomane, 14 June 2013 - 09:08 AM.
CoC violation

[Tethyss]

"Wolves on the Border" was my favorite but the others are very good too.