[Done] Missing series - Four Horsemen Universe (Mega-Project)

[Zaltys]

Since I was asked for this...

Missing series: Four Horsemen Universe. Commonly also known as 4HU. Shared universe written by multiple authors, this series currently has over 60 books and new ones are getting published roughly on pace of one book per month.

The series consists of several subseries. What should be included in the main series entry is easy, but ordering them is far from that.

One possibility would be to use the publisher's recommended reading order: https://chriskennedypublishing.com/4h..., though some of that isn't chronological for various reasons (parallel events from different viewpoints, side-stories that cover longer spans of time, etc.)

I'll go over the subseries one by one.
The Revelations Cycle - https://www.goodreads.com/series/1995...
The first published series, 12 books.
This should be the listed first in the combined entry. 1-4 are chronologically the first storyline, but after that the order gets muddy. 5-12 should be read after 1-4 and before the next subseries, but the order is flexible. 6 must be read before 12. A lot of the events happen simultaneously in the different parts of the galaxy, sometimes from opposing sides. And the anthologies 5, 7 and 8 have stories from all across The Revelations Cycle timeline. 9 can be skipped altogether.

The Omega War - https://www.goodreads.com/series/2423...
12 books.
This one's straightforward: one large storyline, must be read in order after the previous series.

Four Horsemen Tales - https://www.goodreads.com/series/2336...
Currently at 14 books.
Standalones and anthologies that take place in this universe. For most part, these occur in the timespan from The Revelation Cycle to shortly after The Omega War and flesh out events, characters, alien races, and factions.

Jim Carthwright at Large - https://www.goodreads.com/series/2424...
Five short stories.
Now we're getting in muddy territory. These stories occur in the timespan between The Revelations Cycle [1] and the beginning of The Omega War, and must be read in order. These were later collected into an omnibus (Jim Cartwright: Raknar Quest - Four Horsemen Tales [14]), which includes additional content and couple of reprinted stories from the anthologies.

Guild Wars - https://www.goodreads.com/series/2827...
14+ books.
The current main storyline series, sequential, begins right after The Omega War [12].

Rise of the Peacemakers - https://www.goodreads.com/series/2754...
8 books so far.
A subseries focusing on the multi-species Peacemakers faction. Should be read in published order, starting with Redacted Affairs, as although these feature different protagonists, this series generally refers to earlier events - so reading them out of order results in getting spoiled. This subseries happens in parallel with Guild Wars, and is direct follow-up from The Revelations Cycle [6 and 12] which introduced the Peacemakers.

Four Horsemen Sagas - https://www.goodreads.com/series/3247...
7 books so far.
Similar to Four Horsemen Tales, but fleshes out events from The Guild Wars and should be read in parallel or after that series.

The Frontiers - https://www.goodreads.com/series/2754...
Currently at 3 books.
Standalone subseries aimed more for young adults, these take place sometime after The Revelations Cycle [1] and do not heavily refer to the main storylines (can be read separately.)

tldr: The only books that are in clear order are:
The Revelations Cycle [1-4, 6, 11, 12]
The Omega War [1-12]
Guild Wars [1-14+]

[Mantvydas]

Done: https://www.goodreads.com/series/3275...

Due to events happening at the same time through different series I don't see how a true chronological order can exist so I created a series with suggested order. The series description should explain it.

Individual series keep their order so people who want to go series by series can do so too.

YA stuff was added as unnumbered since they don't connect to any series directly.

Thank you for taking the time to explain to me how everything fits in. And let me know if I missed something.