Reddit mentions of Halo: First Strike

As far as I know the chronological order is:

• Halo: Cryptum
  
  
• Halo: Primordium
  
  
• Halo: Silentium
  
  
• Halo: Contact Harvest
  
  
• Halo Wars
  
  
• Halo: The Cole Protocol
  
  
• Halo: Reach
  
  
• Halo: The Fall of Reach
  
  
• Halo: Combat Evolved (Anniversary)
  
  
• Halo: The Flood
  
  
• Halo: First Strike
  
  
• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
  
  
• Halo 2
  
  
• Halo 3: ODST (actually in the middle of Halo 2 if you want to follow it perfectly)
  
  
• Halo 3
  
  
• Halo: Glasslands
  
  
• Halo: The Thursday War
  
  
• Halo 4
  
  But then several books occur over long periods of time, so it makes them hard to place. If you've played Halo: CE recently you might want to skip The Flood, as it's basically the same plot with some extra stuff along the way.
  
  You can read them in that order or in release order, as someone else said. Maybe release order the first time, and chronological on the second read? When I read them a while ago I think I ended up with something of a mix, but either way they are an amazing read.
  

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0765367297/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/191-5804004-8292547

This is Spartan training and the fight to defend reach.

http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Flood-William-C-Dietz/dp/0765367300

This follows Spartan 117 on installation 04 (the Halo:CE story)

http://www.amazon.com/Halo-First-Strike-Eric-Nylund/dp/0765367319

This covers what happens after Halo is destroyed. (How John gets back to earth and stuff. Although it is pretty different from the games)

Tor Books is the publisher for the Halo series. They also have stuff about the Forerunners.