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[opusculus]

For everyone who I've told to read the Vorkosigan series who hasn't read it (and if you're reading this and haven't yet read it, consider yourself told): The entire series is now available online. For free. Legitimately. Go read it.

(Except, for some reason, Memory. Goddamnit, that's the one I've been wanting to reread and can't find. It's also a really key book in the structure of the series, so I can't advise starting Komarr until you've read that.)

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[cofax7]

Well, THAT IS NEAT.

And now I finally have a copy of Brothers in Arms, which is the one I keep forgetting to buy. Oh, and "Winterfair Gifts", which I hadn't read.

Coolness, thanks for the link!

[opusculus]

Happy to have helped! I adore Baen's free CD program, even if I don't actually like most the series they have in there.

[mommy]

I'm a bit late to comment, but is there a particular order I should read those in?

[opusculus]

Good question, actually! The way they organized it on the site is a complete mess, and the fact that each book contains two or three books that sometimes have no relation makes it even worse. The two books that start off the series are also the first books she ever wrote and show it, so I don't really recommend starting with them, unless you really strongly prefer to read chronologically.

I'd say to start off with Cetaganda in Miles, Mystery & Mayhem (and the other ones in there too are fine, since they're not particularly chronologically dependent on anything). It's a standalone action/adventure type that's not her best, but pretty good. Her best ones almost always come after one of her weaker ones that set up the situation, so I can't really recommend any of them to start off with.

The chronological order for after that, or if that's what you prefer, is:
Cordelia's Honor
Young Miles
Miles Errant
Miles, Mystery & Mayhem
Memory (not available free, unfortunately)
Miles in Love
Miles, Mutants & Microbes
Cryoburn

...Miles doesn't even look like a word any more.

[mommy]

Thank you. I've never been sure just which books I should start with, so this really helps.