Originally Posted by
kalai
Jeff Lemire's run was alright, wasn't groudbreaking or anything.
Thanos Wins by Donny Cates was pretty cool, and you should read that.
Jim Starlin stuff really comes down to how much you like his work.
For me, the essentials are
Captain Marvel-Avengers (Cosmic Cube saga)
Warlock (Magus saga)
Final Threat/Death of Captain Marvel(Soul Gem stuff)
then you get to Rebirth of Thanos
Silver Surfer
Thanos Quest
Infinity Gauntlet
Infinity War
Infinity Crusade
After that,
Infinity Abyss
The End
Thanos (the solo series, first half by Starlin, second half by Keith Giffen, this is pretty solid stuff)
Annihilation (In which Thanos dies)
Guardians of Galaxy(in which Thanos returns)
Thanos Imperative( in which Thanos was trapped in Cancer-verse)
After that, Jim Starlin work was really set in his own OGN universe,
Infinity Revelation
(There is a Thanos annual here in between, later mentioned in Finale)
Infinity Relativity
(There is also Thanos vs Hulk and Infinity Entities here in between)
Infinity Finale
After that, Jim Starlin and Alan Davis had another trilogy
Infinity Siblings
Infinity Conflict
Infinity Ending (which was Starlin's final work at Marvel)
For the main universe,
after Thanos Imperative,
Thanos Rising(controversial take by Jason Aaron)
Infinity
He also plays a part in Hickman's Avenger saga and Secret Wars but wasn't exactly essential.
After Secret Wars
Thanos run by Lemire and Cates,
and Thanos died again in Infinity Wars,
returned in Guardians of the Galaxy,
that's pretty much all the Thanos stuff.
There's also
Captain Marvel team up by Peter David,
the Thanos vs Odin during Stalin's Thor run, Blood and Thunder,
Al Ewing's take during Ultimates might be worth mentioning,
which are all pretty cool.