Reddit reviews WarCraft Archive (WORLD OF WARCRAFT)

Warcraft Archive includes:
Day of the Dragon (post-Warcraft 2, alliance perspective)
Lord of the Clans (pre-Warcraft 3, horde perspective)
The Last Guardian (non-combat Warcraft 1 perspective)
Of Blood and Honor (pre-Warcraft 3, alliance perspective)

War of the Ancients archive
Well of Eternity, The Demon Soul, The Sundering
Background on the conflict surrounding the Burning Legion that led into their motivation in Warcraft 3.

Rise of the Horde for pre-all Warcraft games, Horde perspective.

The Warcraft Archive has it, along with "Day of the Dragon", "Lord of the Clans", and "The Last Guardian".

Edit: The Archives (the above, the War of the Ancients one, and the Chronicles of War one) all combine 3-4 of the early paperbacks into one book, and certainly help with finding some of the (now likely out-of-print) earlier paperbacks.

Amazon is where I bought Warcraft Archive actually. I paid $17 USD for it Link to Amazon.

It's not the best to start with because two of the characters come from a previous book.

I recommend starting with the [WarCraft Archive] (http://www.amazon.com/WarCraft-Archive-WORLD-OF-WARCRAFT/dp/1416525823). It has four books in it:

• Day of the Dragon (This book introduces two of the main characters from the War of the Ancients)
  
• Lord of the Clans (The story of Thrall)
  
• The Last Guardian (which is the story of Medivh and Khadgar, a great backstory to WoD)
  
• Of Blood and Honor (a story involving Tirion before he was the badass paladin he is today, and Eitrigg, one of the most honorable orcs to live)
  
  You can get all 4 of those books individually, but if you're going to read War of the Ancients, read at least Day of the Dragon first.
  
  From there, read War of the Ancients (it's a trilogy, but they have a "single print" edition).
  
  And as a stand alone, read Rise of the Horde! It tells the story of the original Horde and how the developed on Draenor. Makes a lot of the events in WoD make more sense.
  
  From there, there are tons of books, I can't say they are all good, but I've not been disappointed in any of them. But those are what I started with, in that order, and it gave me a MUCH better sense of the lore pre-Warcraft III.

"Of Blood and Honor" is available in the WarCraft Archive.

https://www.amazon.com/WarCraft-Archive-WARCRAFT-Blizzard-Entertainment/dp/1416525823/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=warcraft+archive&qid=1554300081&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I would ask for their the Warcraft archive or War of the Ancients Trilogy.

That ends up being 7 books for around $10-15 total, so it wouldn't eat up the whole budget, and all of them are great.

Hey man,

If you're truly interested in Warcraft lore, I HIGHLY recommend that you look into reading the Warcraft books. It really is the greatest story I've ever had the pleasure to hear. These books are absolutely incredible man, thinking of it now gives me goosebumps. I'll give you a link to two books to start out with.

https://www.amazon.com/World-Warcraft-Chronicles-Christie-Golden/dp/1439172722/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496848271&sr=8-1&keywords=chronicles+of+war+warcraft I have no fucking clue why this is so expensive, I suggest looking around to get a better price. I got mine for like 20 USD a few years ago. This book is SO AMAZING, BY THE LIGHT! If your going to get any book, get this. This is the first one you want to read because they all go in order which helps you gain a deep understanding for the chain of events.

https://www.amazon.com/WarCraft-Archive-WARCRAFT-Blizzard-Entertainment/dp/1416525823/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1416525823&pd_rd_r=AZECSF70JK8PY7RWJ99N&pd_rd_w=MuXiq&pd_rd_wg=nqJsx&psc=1&refRID=AZECSF70JK8PY7RWJ99N


After Chronicles of War, this is the book you want to read. Super, super interesting stuff in this one. Please man, do yourself a favor and get these two books. I promise you, you will be so hooked into WoW after you read these haha.

You can find a physical copy within the World of Warcraft: Archive book, it does also contain Day of the Dragon, Lord of the Clans and The Last Guardian.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Warcraft-Archive-World/dp/1416525823/ref=pd_cp_b_3

Alternatively you can get the kindle version which you can probably convert to PDF if you really need it in that form.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Warcraft-Blood-Honor-Chris-Metzen-ebook/dp/B003ZDOVGI/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404458575&sr=1-2&keywords=of+blood+and+honor

It is the very same Knaak and he has written other warcraft novels. There are a couple of compliations out there if you are interested.

Chronicles of War

The War of the Ancients Archive

The Warcraft Archive

You can find them all on Amazon and there's more coming out every couple of months. I think Golden has one coming out this month and Knaak in the very near future.

If you plan on reading them chronologically then /u/Cereon-EU 's link is 100% accurate, I can personally recommend reading them this way as it is nice to read chronologically.

If you plan on buying them online, buy whichever ones you think might enjoy. If you are going to buy them in store, try to get the Warcraft Archive Amazon Link
and the Chronicles of War Amazon Link
These are good because you get a total of 7 books(Last Guardian repeats) for the price of 4, AND they are all chronological to each other (no books missing in between)

Whatever order you choose to do, I definitely recommend picking up The WarCraft Archive as it contains 4 books: Day of the Dragon, Lord of the Clans, The Last Guardian, and Of Blood and Honor. Saves you a little bit of money as opposed to buying them individually.

Edit: It looks like there's a second WarCraft Archive for the War of the Ancients Trilogy as well.

Or buy it second hand? Tried ebay?

http://www.amazon.com/WarCraft-Archive-WORLD-OF-WARCRAFT/dp/1416525823

this is where i'd start. They're more dated than some things (predating WoW), but they're very good stories that capture of a lot of the events that built up to the world we have today. Of blood and honor and The Last guardian are particularly good.

I started with the warcraft archives and was happy. Its 4 books in one and each is pretty solid. Not really linear but each book is good in its own right. Richard knaack and christie golden are both in it. I like knaacks writing style.

https://www.amazon.com/WarCraft-Archive-WARCRAFT-Blizzard-Entertainment/dp/1416525823

Reading the war of the ancients trilogy now.

You're gonna want to start with reading this book followed by "the war of the ancients" trilogy. Afterward, play Warcraft 3! Not only does it provide some amazing lore, it's a great game.

Afterward, just read books. Any of the books. And if you're still invested, pick up the chronicle books and read those. They are the most up to date, comprehensive overview of WoW's lore to date, but they read like a history book, so they're a bit dull to people who haven't been previously invested.

Have fun!