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Preacher: where to start reading

Adapts Preacher by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.

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You watched through
After Season 1, in the books you are
at Volume 1: Gone to Texas.
the season is mostly an original story that never happens in the books; the first volume is still where to begin reading.
Show and books diverge here

The first season is a largely original prequel set in the town of Annville, using the comic's characters and premise but telling a story that isn't in the books.

Start reading at Volume 1: Gone to Texas (the natural starting point, though the show's first season is its own invention)
Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.
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Volume 1: Gone to Texas
Volume 4: Ancient History
Volume 3: Proud Americans + Volume 6: War in the Sun + Volume 8: All Hell's A-Coming + Volume 9: Alamo
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The books, in order
  1. 1Volume 1: Gone to Texas1996
  2. 2Volume 2: Until the End of the World1997
  3. 3Volume 3: Proud Americans1997
  4. 4Volume 4: Ancient History1998
  5. 5Volume 5: Dixie Fried1998
  6. 6Volume 6: War in the Sun1999
  7. 7Volume 7: Salvation1999
  8. 8Volume 8: All Hell's A-Coming2000
  9. 9Volume 9: Alamo2001

The show departs heavily from the comic. Its first season is a largely original prequel set in Annville that never happens in the books, and only from the second season on does it start pulling from the comic's cross-country road-trip arcs, reordered and reinvented as it goes.

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