I’m still very much a normie with 40k but I want to get into the lore before the show comes out. Unfortunately it’s not like LOTR, Wheel of Time, Ice and Fire, etc where I can buy a series of books and start on book one. I’ll see what books are a good starting point and I’m sure there are some YouTubers that can give lore insight that I can listen to on my walks. I have like 40 books to read in my immediate stack so I’ll hold off on any of the books until I can knock those out.
With the show coming I’m wondering if the usual suspects have tried to latch onto the IP or have the fans gate kept it pretty well?
Warhammer lore, especially 40K, is a little difficult to introduce non-players since the rule books and army codexes are, or used to be, chock full of lore sections that form the foundation of the setting and are then often presumed knowledge in a lot of other works.
TBH if you want to speed run the lore with minimal flavor the quickest way might be just to be get lost on the 40K wiki. Just start by reading the origins of the Emperor of Mankind and click on whatever takes your fancy from there.