Blackest Night trade reading order

Presenting the definitive chronology guide for what order to read all the issues of Blackest Night via hardcover and trade paperback, including crossover TPBs, as suggested by Collected Editions reader Paul Hicks (that's "Hix" in the comments section):

Titans #15 BN: Prelude	(not collected)
Green Lantern #43 Prologue	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Blackest Night #0	Blackest Night
Blackest Night #1	Blackest Night
Green Lantern Corps #39	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern #44	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Blackest Night #2	Blackest Night
Starman #81	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
The Power of Shazam #48	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Blackest Night: Batman #1	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Blackest Night: Superman #1	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Blackest Night: Titans #1	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Green Lantern #45	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps #40	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
Blackest Night: Batman #2	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
The Question #37	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Blackest Night #3	Blackest Night
Adventure Comics #4	Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps
Adventure Comics #5	Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps
Justice League of America #38	Justice League of America: Team History
Blackest Night: Superman #2	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Suicide Squad #67	Secret Six: Danse Macabre
Blackest Night: Titans #2	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Green Lantern #46	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Blackest Night: Batman #3	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
The Phantom Stranger #42	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Solomon Grundy #7	Solomon Grundy
Superman/Batman #66	Superman/Batman: Night and Day
Superman/Batman #67	Superman/Batman: Night and Day
Catwoman #83	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Green Lantern Corps #41	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
Blackest Night: Superman #3	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Blackest Night: Titans #3	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Outsiders #23	Outsiders: The Hunt
Outsiders #24	Outsiders: The Hunt
Outsiders #25	Outsiders: The Hunt
Justice League of America #39	Justice League of America: Team History
Justice League of America #40	Justice League of America: Team History
Teen Titans #77	Teen Titans: Child's Play
Teen Titans #78	Teen Titans: Child's Play
Weird Western Tales #71	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Green Lantern #47	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Blackest Night #4	Blackest Night
Blackest Night: Flash #1	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Secret Six #17	Secret Six: Danse Macabre
Secret Six #18	Secret Six: Danse Macabre
Doom Patrol #4	Doom Patrol: We Who Are About to Die
Doom Patrol #5	Doom Patrol: We Who Are About to Die
Booster Gold #26	Booster Gold: The Tomorrow Memory
Booster Gold #27	Booster Gold: The Tomorrow Memory
R.E.B.E.L.S. #10	REBELS: The Son and The Stars
R.E.B.E.L.S. #11	REBELS: The Son and The Stars
Blackest Night: JSA #1	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Blackest Night: JSA #2	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Green Lantern Corps #42	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Green Lantern #48	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Blackest Night #5	Blackest Night
Green Lantern Corps #43	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
Green Lantern #49	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Blackest Night #6	Blackest Night
Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #2	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #3	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Blackest Night: Flash #2	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Green Lantern Corps #44	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
Blackest Night: Flash #3	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Green Lantern #50	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
The Atom and Hawkman #46	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Adventure Comics #7	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Green Lantern #51	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps #45	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
R.E.B.E.L.S. #12	REBELS: The Son and The Stars
Blackest Night #7	Blackest Night
Green Arrow #30	Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Blackest Night: JSA #3	Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Green Lantern #52	Blackest Night: Green Lantern
Green Lantern Corps #46	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
Blackest Night #8	Blackest Night
Green Lantern Corps #47	Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps

Now, that said, this is not how I'll be reading Blackest Night. I've always tried to emulate the experience of a reader picking these books off the shelf at a bookstore -- someone might buy Blackest Night and not Green Lantern Corps, for instance, and I'm curious to know how the books read as individual entities. But, maybe the second time around, I'll follow Paul's list.

For more DC Comics trade paperback reading orders, visit the Collected Editions DC Trade Paperback Timeline.

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