Quote Originally Posted by Iscah View Post
...with the important warning to not read them until you have played the games they are related to! All kinds of spoilers in them.

The Side Stories page is here.

"Tales from the Calamity" can probably be read straight away, but is better appreciated once you've finished ARR and know that group of characters.

"Tales from the Dragonsong War" should only be read after completing Heavensward and its post-credits storyline.

And "Tales from the Storm" should be read post-Stormblood.
I have to kind of disagree to a point as you don't get much spoilers on the GC leaders in their stories. I also feel like Alisaie's HW story should be read before (spoilers) she's brought back into the MSQ as I've known some who have found her personality change odd as they either A only had seen her leave in ARR's story line and when we meet her again is their 1st time seeing her again, or B last time they saw her was the end of Coils and neither group read her side story of what she had been doing in the meantime. There's other HW side sotries that happen before HW events even happen. So read at your own risk I guess.