ldwechsler wrote:Once I read it, I tried getting my hands on the earlier books and they were not read in order. Which was good since the next book was Honor of the Queen, which was probably the best of the early ones.
After that point, I've been reading them in order because I started buying them on Amazon.
It's not absolutely necessary to do them chronologically. Yes, it is nice to do that, but hardly necessary. Some books are fantastic, others merely good.
The Talbott Quadrant books have little direct relation to Honor. The Zilwicki/Cachat books often as well.
The important thing is to read them. Oh, and really enjoy them.
Honor of the Queen is the best book in the series.