Trying to get into Green Lantern

[kevinism]

Where do I start?

Is there a reading order for the last... say ten years? THANK YOU

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Start with Green Lantern: Secret Origin. It's by Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis, who, along with Ethan Van Sciver, were both the primary creative forces behind the GL franchise for the past decade. It explains everything you need to know about the mythos.

Then, you can move on to Rebirth, GLCorps Recharged, No Fear, and so on.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

I think the chronological order of the trades is:

Secret Origins, which is a primer for new readers on Hal Jordan, Sinestro and the GLCorps
Rebirth, which cleans up the mess created by the mid-1990s $#!+canning of the GL mythos
Recharged, which restores the GLCorps with Guy Gardner & Kyle Rayner as co-leads with Kilowog
No Fear, which re-establishes Hal's new status quo on Earth
Revenge of the Green Lanterns, which sets up the Manhunters
Wanted: Hal Jordan, deals with the fallout of the One Year Later status quo following Infinite Crisis
Sins of the Star Sapphires, re-establishes Zamarons as the keepers of the Violent Light of Love
Rage of the Red Lanterns, introduces Atrocitus and his hate-fueled ringbearers.
Sinestro Corps War, big throwdown with Sinestro's army of yellow fear-mongers
Agent Orange, introduces Larfleeze, and the light of greed
Blackest Night, the culmination of all the War of Light storyline
Brightest Day, the epilogue to Blackest Night
War of the Green Lanterns, the title says it all.

Then, the New 52 reboot happened, but the GL books continued without any change with:

Sinestro, is a good palate cleanser after all the craziness of the previous storylines
The Revenge of Black Hand, which introduces Simon Baz
The End (aka Wrath of the First Lantern)

After that, I would recommend reading Johns's Forever Evil & Darkseid War, which introduces Jessica Cruz, the newest GL.

[geoffpayne1992]

I'd follow up on the above with Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner Vol 1 for the Emerald Twilight arc and the introduction of Kyle

[krazijoe]

Which Green Lantern?

[jb681131]

Where do I start?

Is there a reading order for the last... say ten years? THANK YOU

Yes there is a reading order.

First you have to know that there are 2 main series: Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corp

The reading order has mutiple phases:

1.Parallax Arc
2.Geoff Johns huge run
3.the end of the New52
4.Dc Rebirth - not to confuse with Geoff John first story also called Rebirth

During Geoff John's run he only wrote GL, so most GLC stories are not collected in his Omnibuses and are optional

here is the full reading order - Must reads are in bold - during Geoff Johns run it is better to also read non-bold stories of GL:

optional / prequel : paralax arc

1.GL: Emerald Dawn
2.GL: Emerald Twilight / New Dawn
3.GL: Baptism of Fire
4.Zero Hour: Crisis in Time - a DC Event
5.The Final Night - a DC / Green Lantern Event

Green Lantern omnibus by Geoff Johns - book 1 / Sinestro Corp War

1.GL: Rebirth
2.GL: No Fear
3.GLC: Recharge (not optional)
4.Indenity Crisis - a DC crossover, prequel to Infinit Crisis
4b.Infinite Crisis - a DC crossover
5.GL: Branded
6.GL: Revenge of the Green Lanterns
7.GLC: To be a Lantern
8.GL: Wanted - Hal Jordan
9.GL: Mystery of the Star Sapphire
10.GLC: The Dark Side of Green
11.GL: The Sinestro Corps War
12.GL: Tales of the Sinestro Corps

Green Lantern omnibus by Geoff Johns - book 2 / Blackest Night

1.GLC: Ring Quest
2.GL: The Alpha-Lantern
3.GL: Secret Origin - Can be read any time, it is independant
4.GLC: Eye of the Beholder
5.Final Crisis - a DC crossover
6.Ion: The Torchbeared - spin-off mini-serie
7.Ion: The Dying Flame - spin-off mini-serie
8.GL: Rage of the Red Lanterns
9.GLC: Sins of the Start Sapphire
10GL: Agent Orange
11.GLC: Emeral Eclipse
12.Blackest Night - A DC / Green Latern Event by Geoff Johns and a must read
13.GL: Blackest Night - War of Light
14 GLC: Blackest Night - War of Light

Green Lantern omnibus by Geoff Johns - book 3 / Brightest day / New52

1.Brightest Day - a DC Event and direct follow up to Blackest Night
2.GL: Brightest Day - The New Gardians
3.GL: Emerald Warior - Brightest day
4.GLC: Revolt of the Alpha Lanterns
5.GLC: The Weaponer
6.GL: War of the Green Lanterns
7.War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath
8.Flashpoint - a DC Event - start of the New52
9.Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint Featuring Green Lantern
10.GL: Sinestro - New 52
11.GLC: Freasome - New 52
12.Red Lanterns: Blood and Rage - New 52
13.GL, New Guardians: Ring Bearer - New 52
14.GL: Revenge of the Black Hand - New 52
15.GL Crossover: Rise of the Third Army - New52
16.GL Crossover: Wrath of the First Lantern - New52
17.GL Crossover: Lights out - New52
-- end of Geoff Johns run --
18.Red Lanerns: Atrocities - New52
19.GL: Test of Will - New52
20.Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead - New52

DC Rebirth / current run

1.DC Univers Rebirth - a DC Event (also written by Geoff Johns)
2.Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Sinestro's Law
3.Green Lanterns: Rage Planet
4.Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Bottled Light
5.Green Lanterns: The Phantom Lantern
6.Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Quest for the Blue Lanterns
7.Green Lanterns: Polarity
8.Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Fracture
9.Green Lanterns: The First Ring

Other Must Read

1.Green Lantern / Green Arrrow
2.Earth 2: The Gathering

I hope this is clear