 | X-23: Innocence Lost (X-Force) by Craig Kyle
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $10.50 A prequel telling the origin of X-23, one of the stars of New X-Men: Childhoood's end.
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 | X-23: Target X: 0 by Craig Kyle
Buy used from: $25.99 A sequel to Innocence Lost, with a bit more relevance to the Childhood's End series. Read before Mercury Falling.
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 | New X-Men Omnibus by Grant Morrison
Buy used from: $225.00 This is the series that made X-Men comics worth reading again.
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 | Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted by Joss Whedon
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $1.95 Astonishing X-Men is the follow up to New X-Men, written by the incredible Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Angel.
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 | X-Factor: Madrox - Multiple Choice by Peter David
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $11.95 Something of a pilot episode for Peter David's excellent revitalization of X-Factor.
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 | Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 2: Dangerous (v. 2) by Joss Whedon
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.57 The second arc of Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men.
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 | House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $15.49 An Astonishing X-Men/New Avengers crossover that sets up the X-Men universe all the way up until today.
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 | New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 1 (v. 1) by Craig Kyle
Buy new: $9.34 / Used from: $3.00 Under the reigns of new writers Craig Kyle and Chris Yost, this title becomes and exciting look at the students at Xavier's school.
This volume picks up on M-Day, immediately following the events of House of M.
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 | New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 2 (Vol 2) by Craig Kyle
Buy used from: $62.10 Continuing the story of the previous volume.
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 | X-Men: Deadly Genesis by Ed Brubaker
Buy used from: $5.62 This story isn't amazing, but it does set up Ed Brubaker's Uncanny X-Men run and has some ramifications for at least one member of X-Factor.
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 | X-Factor Vol. 1: The Longest Night (X-Men) by Peter David
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.99 Jamie Madrox and X-Factor investigations try to solve the mystery of M-Day. An excellent series for X-Men fans and none fans alike.
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 | New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 3 (v. 3) by Craig Kyle
Buy used from: $3.24 More New X-Men goodness, featuring Nimrod.
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 | X-Factor Vol. 2: Life and Death Matters (X-Men) by Peter David
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $6.69 X-Factor continues. This volume includes the Civil War tie-in issues featuring an exciting showdown between Madrox's X-Factor and Cyclops' X-Men.
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 | X-Men: Supernovas by Mike Carey
Buy new: $21.89 / Used from: $9.44 The two core X-Men books finally start to matter again as they both get new creative teams. Mike Carey's X-Men has a nineties feel to it.
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 | Uncanny X-Men: Rise & Fall of the Shi'ar Empire (v. 1) by Ed Brubaker
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $6.98 Ed Brubaker's first arc on Uncanny follows up on Deadly Genesis as Xavier leads a team to chase Vulcan into space. It has some pacing issues, but its pretty good.
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 | X-Factor Vol. 3: Many Lives of Madrox (X-Men) by Peter David
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $6.92 More great X-Factor
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 | New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 4 (v. 4) by Craig Kyle
Buy new: $9.34 / Used from: $5.95 More New X-Men, with the first hints of what's to come in Messiah Complex.
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 | X-Men: Emperor Vulcan
Buy used from: $74.42 The miniseries follow-up to Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire.
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 | X-Men Endangered Species One Shot by Mike Carey
The path to Messiah Complex begins here.
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 | New X-Men: Childhood's End, Vol. 5 (v. 5) by Craig Kyle
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $9.89 The New X-Men arc has really no relevance, but is very good and the closest thing to a proper fairwell the series gets (it was quietly cancelled during Messiah CompleX).
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 | X-Factor, Vol. 4: Heart of Ice (X-Men) (v. 4) by Peter David
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $10.00 The X-Factor arc is only slightly more relevant than New X-Men's, simply because it uses the turn "Endangered Species." Good, nonetheless.
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 | The Extremists (Uncanny X-Men) by Ed Brubaker
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $3.75 This arc is kind of dull, but it does hint at things to come for Magneto.
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 | X-Men: Blinded by the Light by Mike Carey
Buy used from: $26.25 This arc leads directly to Messiah CompleX's front door, and is almost necessary reading in order to understand everything that's going on in MC.
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 | Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 3: Torn (v. 3) by Joss Whedon
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.84 The second half of Astonishing X-Men seems to occur just before Messiah CompleX and is just as amazing as the first.
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 | Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable by Joss Whedon
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $8.66 The absolutely amazing finale to Whedon and Cassaday's run.
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 | X-Men: Messiah Complex by Mike Carey
Buy used from: $97.18 The first X-over in a decade, its worth the wait. Lots of action, double-crossing, and great storytelling make this one a big winner, featuring characters from all four of the major x-books.
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 | Wolverine: Get Mystique by Jason Aaron
Buy new: $8.79 / Used from: $3.60 The verdict is still out on a lot of the "Divided We Stand" post-MC titles, so I'm going to list them all and give my opinion.
Wolverine picks up no more than hours after MC, with Cyclops sending Wolverine on a hunt for Mystique. One of the best Wolverine stories in years. Too bad Aaron left the book for Mark Millar right after.
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 | X-Men Legacy Vol. 1: Divided He Stands (v. 1) by Mike Carey
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $4.47 X-Men becomes X-Men: Legacy, a Professor X solo book of sorts. After an amazing first issue, the series slows a lot. Its still pretty decent though, and definitely great for old X-fans.
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 | Cable, Vol. 1: Messiah War (v. 1) by Duane Swierczynski
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.85 Cable's new solo series has a lot of potential, but so far has been ridiculously slow. Its got atmosphere, but so far that's about it.
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 | X-Factor, Vol. 5: The Only Game in Town by Peter David
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $10.03 No one felt the effects of Messiah Complex as much as X-Factor did, losing two members in the process, and it shows as Madrox is at wits end. Another great arc, featuring Arcade.
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 | X-Men: Divided We Stand by Mike Carey
Buy new: $11.04 / Used from: $5.22 This collects X-Men: Divided We Stand #1 and 2 and the X-Men Free Comic Book Day 2008. Basically, a bunch of good short stories about characters trying to figure out what to do in a world without X-Men.
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 | Uncanny X-Men: Divided We Stand by Ed Brubaker
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $6.94 Don't let the covers fool you, this is not the same as the book above. Definitely the most improved book coming out of MC, Brubaker seems to be having a lot of fun having classic adventures with Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Colossus in Russia while Cyclops and Emma relax in the Savage Land. Good stuff.
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 | Young X-Men # 1 by Marc Guggenheim
Buy used from: $2.00 The trade isn't listed, but the last Divided We Stand series is Young X-Men. It replaces New X-Men, but is honestly pretty awful, nowhere near as good as New X-Men, and is probably best left alone.
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