Where Does Each Monster Hunter Legion Novel Fall In The Series Order?

Finishing Monster Hunter Memoirs and want to confirm the official timeline before jumping into the Legion books. Does the release order match the internal chronology?
2026-08-03 12:03:25
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CatoShaw
CatoShaw
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I appreciate when a series has this much content—it means the world is alive and there’s always more to explore. Figuring out the order is part of the fun of being a fan. My advice? Don’t stress. Start with the first MHI book. If you love it, you’ll naturally want to read everything, and the order will matter to you. You’ll seek out forums like this and dive into the lore. If you don’t love the first one, the order of the Legion novels won’t matter anyway. So it all starts with 'Monster Hunter International'.
2026-08-07 01:45:21
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WesLane
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Don’t you just hate it when a series splinters into multiple sub-series? Makes collecting a headache. For just the books with 'Legion' in the title or directly about that team, the reading order is: 1. 'Monster Hunter Legion', 2. 'Monster Hunter Guardian', 3. 'Monster Hunter Bloodlines'. The 'Memoirs' books have 'Monster Hunter' in the title but are a separate sub-series called 'Memoirs'. They are related, but not the core Legion narrative. Think of them as spin-off origin stories. So if your goal is to follow the Legion team’s specific modern saga, stick to that three-book sequence. Ignore the noise.
2026-08-07 04:13:34
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LilyAsh
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If you’re an audiobook listener like me, this order stuff matters for your credits! The narration is consistently great across the board. For the Legion-centric experience, I’d go with: 'Monster Hunter Legion' (narrated by Oliver Wyman, as always), then the two 'Memoirs' books (also Oliver Wyman, doing an amazing job with different eras), then 'Guardian' and 'Bloodlines'. Listening in that order lets you appreciate the vocal consistency and how the narrator adjusts for different time periods and character focuses. It’s a solid 50+ hours of entertainment right there.
2026-08-07 07:32:04
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OneBee
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I think the confusion stems from the name 'Legion' being used for both a specific book and the overall team/concept. The book 'Monster Hunter Legion' is the fourth novel. The 'Legion series' as fans call it includes later books about that team. So, when someone asks "where does each Legion novel fall," you have to separate the book title from the sub-genre. The titular book is #4. The subsequent team-focused books ('Guardian', 'Bloodlines') fall after #6 ('Siege') in the overall chronology. The 'Memoirs' prequels fall decades before book #1.
2026-08-07 14:53:55
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