Arthas: Rise of the Lich King is my favourite WoW Book, just because of the Relation of Arthas and Jaina and the beginning of a romantik thriller

Warcrimes is another really good book to start off with if your not super into lore or havent read any of the other books, as it does a lot of flashbacks to important lore events that dont happen in game. Or the Illidan novel as its just super well told, and some of the warcraft books can be pretty boring to read through unless you just really love the characters in it (ahem Stormrage)

My personal top 5: 1) Tides of Darkness 2) Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects 3) Day/Night of the Dragon (I prefer Night, but IMHO it's not worth reading if you haven't already read Day) 4) War of the ancients Trilogy (I have a hard time separating where each book ends in my head -- I had the large copy with all 3 in it) 5) The Last Guardian

I read everyday. I have no friends. Not because i read. But because they don't.

One of my favorite books is Shadows of the Horde, the Vol'jin and Tyrathan relationship is just amazing

OMG a Nixxiom countdown vid! Love watching these types of vids.

Thank you Nixxiom! I finally got myself into books because of this video! I'm currently reading Arthas. :)

My top 5: 1. Rise of the Horde 2. Tides of War 3. War Crimes 4. Arthas: Rise of the Lich King 5. Illidan

What about Jaina Tides of War :( thats my absolute favorite WoW book

"Tides of War" was probably my favorite. "Day of the Dragon" wasn't too shabby, either. Fuckin' Rhonin, man. I miss him.

Absolutely love your list! I've read each of these, and I've got to agree that they're some of the best! Stormrage was probably my favourite personally, and I also really love the last guardian.

Awesome list Nixxiom! I've been trying to read them from start to finish. It's a daunting task for sure. I've got through Rise of the Horde, Last Guardian, Tides of Darkeness, Beyond the Dark Portal, Arthas, and currently reading Day of the Dragon.I agree though! After reading those books at least. I said that it was a tie between Rise of the Horde and Arthas. Those two books were the best!

Ace video again bro! May have to give them a read.. Been playing WoW on and off for years, but used to struggle to stick at it.. Thanks man 👍

My top 5 favorite WoW books: 5. The Last Guardian- A young Khadgar taking an apprenticeship with Medivh and soon learning he unleashed Orcs on Azeroth. It's a good read, with some really incredible moment. Medivh is kind of scary in a few moments. 4. Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War- Jaina is a really cool character and I wish Blizzard would just get on with whatever they have planned for her already. Also, Garrosh hits total douchebag and Jaina loses her shit. It's scary how many lines Jaina crosses in this story. 3. Lord of the Clans- The same reasons Nixxiom likes the story, because it's a look into Thrall as he's raised by humans and learns what it means to be an orc. 2. The Shattering- The events prior to Cataclysm. Basically, shit hits the fan. It's awesome. 1. If Blood and Honor- I like Tirion Fordring. I like how he learns that orcs are more than just mindless, murderous brutes he had previously believed them to be. I like how he's willing to put his life on the line to save Eitrigg from execution, even after he's excommunicated from the church. It's such a damn good story.

No Tides of War? No War Crimes? :(

Anything by Christie Golden is worth reading.

I love and appreciate every time you bang on Thrall and support Garrosh. Personally I like War Crimes, and I liked Illidan just because it cleared up a lot of questions I had about demon hunters (which I've wanted to play since I played W3 back during Wrath), Maeiv, and gave more insight between Illidan and his companions/forces in Outland, beyond W3, which intrigued me quite a bit.

Let me guess, Illidan isn't one of them.

Illidan or Tides of War. Not all of Tides of War, but one of the last scenes where Jaina is looking at Theramore and just goes into anger was a very well written and emotional scene

The Lat Guardian novel is one of the best out there....

Recently read Rise of the Horde and it's very VERY good, so glad to see it's your top Warcraft book (as of this video)

My favorite lore moment in Rise of the lich king, was when Uther and Arthas had their fight. Such a powerful,, emotional and cool moment/fight.

Tides of War is probably my favorite novel.

Rise of the Horde is my favourite WoW novel as well. It was the very first WoW book I read and it got me into the lore of the game, as well as one of the reasons I chose to play Horde.

My favorite is Tides of War. I really like Jaina as a character, and this book is just such an important piece of the puzzle to her current attitude. I swear, if you actually read it, you'll understand everything about her.

I really loved the shattering. I really enjoyed the story after Wrath and right before cata and how garrosh became so powerful and already a threat to both the alliance and the horde

One of my favorites is the Shattering, Dwarves might be my favorite race. Runners up being Stormrage and Wolfheart

Good list. I wholeheartedly agree with #1. By far my favorite, and the one I suggest to anyone getting in to the lore.

I greatly enjoy reading, and these are great books! Personally I'd like to see more Sin'dorei lore (including most importantly Sylvanas Windrunner).

Completely agree. Rise of the Horde is also my favorite WoW book and also the first i had the pleasure of reading.

If Rise of the lich king is not the first... Edit: MOTHERF..... I honestly enjoyed Arthas: RoTLK a lot more than Rise of the Horde...But that's just my opinion :/

I am reading Illidan and enjoying it 😃 I really like the book and the guy!!!

day of the dragon for me.... simple book but I read it when I was 12... probably was my favorite because it was my first and I stumbled across it in the library, didn't even know they made wow books but I played wc3 so was hyped

THANKS NIXXIOM!!! I WORK IN A COMIC BOOK STORE AND WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE WARCRAFT BOOK BUT I NEVER GIVE THEM A CHANCE....UNTIL NOW!

I love the book but have only been able to read 3 (shadows of the Horde, Warcrimes and Dawn of the aspects) I have enjoyed all 3 but haven't been able to afford any other books and honestly am a little confused on the order they should be read in. Great video though Nixxiom, you are awesome!

I love all the World of Warcraft books but my favorite is actually the Shattering as it was the first of the books I read from Warcraft. I dunno I just liked the routes it took with the book and it still effects the lore to this day.

Personally, I've got two favorite books. Tides of War and War Crimes Tides of War really bring out the complexities of Jaina Proudmoore's character, something that can't be gleamed from in game. It also goes into a good amount of detail regarding tactics of war within Azeroth. War Crimes is a great book that goes into detail about the atrocities Garrosh had commited in a Court of Law style setting, stylized of course, by the magic and violence of the World of Warcraft. Also touches significantly on other characters likr Varian, Valeera, Sylvannas, Jaina, and Anduin

I completly forgot! Rise of the Horde was recently ( this year ) released here in Poland! I can't wait to get my sweaty nerdy hands on it!

Hey Nixxiom, what did you think about the Illidan book, did you read it? Since you hate Illidan xD

The books are amazing; I love how much more in depth you can get into the lore. My favorite so far is Arthas: Rise of the Lich King

personally my favorite is warcrimes. It goes through the thoughts and stories of a loootttttt of characters and is really fun if you're just starting out with the books like I was at the time. (second favorite is arthas, lich king ftw)

I have read the Tides book...the way how the fall of theramore happened was like wow...I started reading bout Arthes

Certainly Day and Twilight of the Dragons. Theu were the first books I read, and I loved them !

War crimes! was the only book I read so far. I really loved Mists so it deff made me want to read that book since it took place in MoP~

Day of the dragon was my favorite. It really painted the world completely. Honestly any of the Knaak books are great.

I like world of warcraft books 📚

My favorite is Wolfheart.

I absolutely love the chronicles. I don't know why but i enjoy much more the style of the book as a history book more than a novel, and it just rounds off the whole lore quite nicely, although it doesn't go deep on the characters (that is, untill chronicles 3, where the focus WILL be important characters)

The Last Guardian is a really good one too. Just recently finished it and was amazed by it! :)

I like war crimes because it was the first book I read in WoW. It gave some good perspectives into the world and the multitude of people in it. As well as beutifully creating heart shattering story arcs. I also like dawn of the aspects because it gives more insight to how dragons came to be and the 'father of all Dragons'.

I really liked The Shattering and Wolfheart

I have read almost all of the warcraft books and I love them. Some writers more than others really draw me in but Thrall's background story was fantastic, and I do love the ancients' series! SO much good reading. c: Making me want to go read them all again haha XD

I'd have to say the Illidan novel and the Dawn of the Aspects. I've been meaning to read the other ones but haven't gotten to yet. Could you do a vid perhaps about one of Turalyon and Aleria's journeys after the dark portal collapsed in Warcraft II or one about Kul'tiras after Jainas father died? It would be interesting to see if the next expansion would utilise Kul'tiras and I'd like to know what the story might play out in a what if story vid you like to do?

My favorite book is Rise of the Lich King, since I am a huge fan of Arthas' story. His corruption and descend into madness really fascinates me. I am trying to read The Shattering, but it's not the same flow, mainly because of the different authors. The Sunwell Triology was pretty enjoyable, I must say.

One thing I would love to see in a book about Warcraft lore is the past of Pandaria, the time where the Thunder King was ruling over Pandaria, his fall, how Pandaria was impacted by the thundering, ...

My all time favorite Warcraft book has got to be Chronicles of War. It contains several books. It's about the Orc vs Human wars.

Have you done a Top 10 list of your favorite WC characters yet? I'm pretty sure I can guess your favorite, but I wanna know the other 9

Day of the Dragon was the first WoW book I ever read and I still consider that one to be my favorite

The entire War of the Ancients trilogy, my absolute favorite Warcraft books. Shadows of the Horde comes as a close second (counting the trilogy as a single book because it can be read as one book).

My favourite book is Legends. It's not because how good it is, it's because I love that you have all those small stories which make some of the ingame characters so much more likeable. I didn't really like Varian (Rest in peace High King) before reading his story

Can we count the WotA trilogy as one story? I have a compilation book that has all the books together, and always considered them one huge tale. Anyway, Arthas is easily my favorite, with Illidan being a close second. Coincidentally, Arthas was also the first lore book I read.

The most memorable book for me was the "Of blood and honor", where Tirion saves Eitrigg at the cost of his reputation. That one moment when an excommunicated Tirion is desperately trying to save an orc, who by all means should be his mortal enemy, and regains the Light's grace, hits me just right.

I love WoW lore too and bought 8 books overall. I did buy Rise Of The Horde and apparently bought a big sized book, lol whatever. and btw my favorite one so far is War Crimes its sooo good. its about garrosh being on triel right before draenorand all, super awesome.

Nixxiom. Can u tell the best order to read all the books ? So which book to start for the lore and so on

Try watching nixxiom with a cup of *TEA*

My fav one is the arhas one. One thing alot of people miss is that the kid you deal with in icecrown, is also in the book. In the book there are alot of mental images where arthas struggles with ner'zhul in him, where is at a table with him, nerzhul, and a child.the child, we find in Wrath is actually his humanity. In the book he loses touch with that child more and more.

i love reading, ive read so many books over the years, nearly all of the harry potters, the lord of the rings and the hobbit, the Warcraft movie novelization and it's book only prequel Durotan and various others.

What about the Druids of the Scales? When you do the quests in Wailing Caverns you save the Archdruid of the Scales and there are a few of his uncorrupted students. Is there a way to revive that druidic group? Did their Archdruid went back to teaching? Why don't we have Crocodile glyph form for swimming, Wind Serpent glyph for flying or snake form for swift running?

Nixxiom most of the WoW books are made as Custom Campaigns for Warcraft 3. Books like Lord of the Clans and Rise of the Horde.

I hvae only read Tides of War it was amazing to see Jaina changing so much.

Great list, though I would definitely have "Illidan" on my own. For people who commute like myself, there are several narrated Warcraft novels available on the Audible app.

My favorite WOW books were Rise of the Lich king and all of them that had Vol'jin in it. Haven't read them in a while though.

I would like to see a book about the life of Kel'Thuzad, more than what was told in Rise of the Lich King. I've always found KT to be a very interesting character.

Hey Nixxiom, if I read Rise of the Horde first, where would I progress after that? I'd really like to get into the lore more and while I'm not much of a reader, I feel like the books are a good place to get a lot of information.

If I am planning on purchasing World of Warcraft Chronicle: Volume 2, do I really need to purchase Volume 1 first? Orcs are definitely my thing, but Old Gods are less so. That question aside, the only Warcraft novels I own are Rise of the Horde, Beyond the Dark Portal (though I haven't read it yet), Illidan, Durotan (Movie prequel), and the Warcraft: The Beginning novelisation. Though I plan on purchasing The Last Guardian, Lord of the Clans, Tides of Darkness, and Arthas: Rise of the Lich King when it eventually gets re-released under the Blizzard Legends line.

It's gotta be Wolfheart. The way you are for the Lich King and the undead, I am for the worgen and Varian. The end, with the worgen attacking the Horde and Garrosh vs full wolf dual wielding Varian makes me want to grab a sword and run around slashing things.

I loved Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, twas fantastic.

last illidan book , i liked it :)

one of my all time favorites its about The Last Guardian talking about Khadgar , Garona and Medivh, ohh and lets not forget dear moroes

Honesly, blood elf loyalist that I am, I'd like a book focased on their world. It could focas on Lorther'mar and his struggles as a warrior turned politician and how he processes things. Or it could be on how the blood elves really see the rest of the Horde nowadays, is it still just an alliance of convenience or has it evolved or devolved from that? Or, really, I'd love just a book on the daily life of a blood elf, or any citizen of Azeroth for that matter

Best druid related wow book is hands down Drizzt Do'urden. Describes night elves perfectly.

My favorites are Arthas:RotLK and Lord of the Clans, but I also really enjoyed The Shattering because it was the first one I read. Christie Golden writes great, when the book isn't set during WoW so she can't have one side be too much of an antagonist for fear of alienating the other side of the fanbase, but mainly because Blizzard can't have any bad Alliance. I feel those constraints hinder her writing, because Tides of War completely contradicts everything we see in-game in Durotar and the Barrens where Theramore was waging war against the Horde for a full year before Garrosh finally retaliated, but Golden has Jaina act like Theramore was completely innocent and never did anything. Except they had also been helping the Alliance forces at large wage war against the Horde ever since Vanilla by allowing the Alliance to use its ports as a fortified position from which they could enter the continent and garrison their troops. That alone made them a legitimate target, even if you ignore them actively invading Durotar with confirmed Theramore troops, giving them the benefit of the doubt and saying maybe all the Alliance fighting in the Barrens were from Stormwind and Ironforge. It's the main reason why I dislike Jaina so much as a character, because they were so lazy with her change and she just comes off as a crazy person when she doesn't have any idea why Garrosh would attack Theramore. And it's increasingly infuriating when Blizzard was so lazy with Garrosh's motives too. He said nothing of Theramore's attacking Durotar and the Barrens for a full year before he retaliated, and nothing of them helping the Alliance for 4 years since Vanilla. It was just more "rawr, me orc, me smash, rawr." No subtlety or nuance to the character. Just a very 2-dimensional interchangeable stock Saturday morning curly-mustached cartoon villain, when he showed promise in The Shattering. And the rest of the Horde leaders' reaction to Garrosh's brilliant plan of destroying a huge number of Alliance troops as well as a very powerful base that had been a thorn in the Horde's side for a long time was absolutely idiotic. "Oh my gosh, Garrosh! What the heck!? Why would you kill the Alliance so easily? We should show restraint and just send our guys at their guys, so if we have 1,500 guys and they have 1,000 guys, we'll likely lose 1,000 of our guys to kill theirs, so the net loss of life is 2,000, rather than 1,000. We were really looking forward to signing all of those copy-pasted condolence letters to grieving widows and orphans saying their fathers 'died with honor!'" Like, if you don't want to kill the enemy, then don't be at war. You're at war. You kill the enemy. And you generally try to kill as much of the enemy while conserving as many of your own lives as possible. You don't forgo a military advantage just because it might make a fight unfair. By that logic, gotta get rid of mages because they can hit a footman from far away. Gotta get rid of catapults and all other projectiles because they can hit from far away when the person they're hitting may not be able to hit back. Gotta get rid of gryphons and wyverns because people on the ground can't hit them. Gotta get rid of armor because without magic, the mages would just be scrawny weaklings who can't damage them. Then of course you gotta get rid of anyone with any kind of muscle, because that would be unfair to those who don't have much muscle. Then of course you gotta get rid of pretty much all women because biology means women have less strength than men most of the time. It's absolutely idiotic.

Idk if it’s just cause it was the first one I read, but Day of the Dragon will always be one of the best Warcraft books to me.

i love machinema and countdown and lore vids, not so much gameplay though. i can play wow myself hahaha

Do your top 5/10 characters in WOW

My personal top 5: 1: Vol'jin, Shadow of the Horde. 2: The Arthas book. Used to be my favorite. 3: The Last Guardian. The first Warcraft book I've ever read. 4: War of the Ancient trilogy. 5: The Sunwell trilogy (do comics count?) 5 if comics don't count: Twilight of the Aspects just for the alternative timeline scenes.

How are you not a fan of the story? Legion is easily the best xpac they ever did writing wise. It's legendary.

I'm almost done reasing Warcraft Durotan, would it be fun to read rise of the horde afterwards? Because it is in the same time period, but totally something else I guess.

I like rise of the horde lord of the clans,day of the dragon,thrall,arthad the shattering. I have stormrage I'm currently reading and war of the ancients trilogy too I haven't got around to yet probably should have started ancients books first but I love malfurion stormrage and the nightelfs

i enjoyed all these books but Dawn of the Aspects was dope wish they would bring Galakron as a boss.

The only book i've read (since im not big on book) was Illidan, not becasue I'm a diehard illidan fan or anything (because im not) but because i was hyped as hell for the Legion expansion. I loved the way that book put the events of the Burning Crusade into Illidan's eyes, and also I fucking love the gruesome details they go into with the process of becoming a demon hunter. All in all, its one of the only books ive ever read that was able to hold my attention all the way through, and that is impressive if you ask me.

I got a bit worried when you had 2 Knaak books in the list, but then there was 3 Christie Golden books in the top. Golden books are the best

Nixxiom, considering your interest in norse mythology, have you ever considered coming to Scandinavia, and more specifically Denmark?

Stormrage wasn't that retconned was it? I know in Cata Stormrage lore made it into the game (I.E. 1 of the 4 Nightmare dragons being redeemed by Tyrande), I just figured that Ysondre got RE-corrupted and that Xavius was revived by the Old Gods to bring forth the Nightmare again. As, in Stormrage, the Nightmare was contained w/in the Rift of Aln, and as far as Legion is concerned it simply got out of hand again.

I liked war crimes because it brought Vereesa and Sylvanas together for a little while. Although the vast majority of the book was focused on Garrosh's trial we did get to see a different side of the Dark Lady and a little into her past. She has my favorite story arc in wow and perhaps that's why I enjoyed reading it so much. Also, avoiding spoilers, but I just have to say I didn't agree with how she handled her situation but it was very hard for me not to feel sad for her in the end. For anyone that read Arthas- is it all before he was the lich king or does it involve him acting as it as well? I would be very interested in having more insight into his actions as the lich king, well more so than what's supplied to us in the game. Thanks

The Illidan novel is simply amazing...and the only WoW book I've read so far. I have started to read Arthas: Rise of the Lich King, however, and so far it's awesome. I would really like to read the War of the Ancients novel and then continue with the rest. Wolheart is in my list to, isn't it the one where Maiev goes apesjit and murders Highborn?

The opening though, I had to think of something sad to keep myself from suffocating because I was laughing way to hard

Personally my favorite book was Dawn of the Aspects, It was nice to see how Neltharion and Malygos were before corruption, and to read about Nozdormu before he turned into an old fart. And of course Galakrond behemoth ass just cannibalizing his own race. How they worked together with Tyr. And the ingenious way they defeated the massive dragon in the end. And, what became of the aspects with Neltharion and Malygos no longer with them. First World of Warcraft book I read and still most memorable to me.

The Last Guardian & War Crimes are my favorites.

No Illidan? Nixxiom pls : D Pretty new book but yeah, so much DH cheeze there :P I like it.