X-men reading order

>>88553299
Also he mentioned some Avengers, it might've been an annual or a giant size, it introduced Rogue apperently.

You were right the first time, get the Omnis or similar large collections. He probably said to read major stories because he himself doesn't like Claremont's writing but YOU just might.
All depends on how fast you want to catch up with current day I guess.

Here's some good newer (post 2000) runs if you want to save these for later, they kind of function as a trilogy with Wolverine and Phoenix being bonuses featuring some of the same characters and concepts.
>New X-Men by Grant Morrison
>Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon
>Phoenix: Warsong and Endsong by Greg Pak
>Wolverine by Jason Aaron (not Wolverine and the X-Men)
>Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender

>>88553299
In terms of issue numbers it's all pretty simple: Giant Size X-Men and the X-Men #94 and then keep reading for the next few hundred issues.
So really you should just look for omnibusses and collections that cover this.
The Avengers annual that introduces Rogue isn't really important right away since she doesn't join until a while later.

>>88553567
>X-men #94
Sorry, Uncanny X-Men. Not Adjectiveless X-Men.

The Phoenix and Dark Phoenix Saga
Days of Future Past
Brood Saga
New Mutants (Start at the Demon Bear saga at issue 18 if you don't have time to start from the beginning)
Good Loves Man Kills
Wolverine miniseries by Frank Miller/Claremont
Secret Wars/Secret Wars II, not really that big on these but some important things happen to the X-Men in them like the first time Magneto fights alongside them instead of a villain.
X-Factor vol 1
Mutant Massacre
Fall of the Mutants
Wolverine solo series starts
Inferno
Days of Future Present
Xtinction Agenda
Muir Island Saga
X-Cutioner’s Song

This is the most important stuff that will get you through the 80's which is the best era.

>>88553299
>>Proteus Saga
lmao, it's just 3 issues

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>>88553299
In this order
>Giant Size X-Men #1
>X-Men Vol 1 #94-#166
>New Mutants graphic novel
>New Mutants Vol 1 #1-#3
>Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #167
And carry on both series' from there.
I'm at UXM 176 and NM 9 myself.

I haven't read X-men comics since the early 90s. I recently picked up and finished Bendis's Uncanny X-men run. I enjoyed it considering I don't really like capeshit, but my favorite character is Gambit and he wasn't in it. Any recent comics with Gambit in it?

>>88553299
ignore any list which doesn't include xfactor vol1

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>>88556320
I wasn't big on X-Factor, most because I hate Jean and all her drama with Scott. Archangel was cool though but I liked the supporting characters more then the main 5. The X-Terminators mini during Inferno was pretty fun.