I've googled where to start with the X-men comics and each link gives me different recommendations. Their are so many. I just want to get a good history of the X-men without going back to the 60's, then work my way up to the latest stuff. I would rather buy the big omnibus books if possible as it just seems a lot less hassle.

Thanks.

M.A.T.S

If you want to read some classic X-men stories then you should definitely pick up Chris Claremont's run on X-men, it's available in an omnibus book. If you want to start at something more modern then try out the newly released omnibus of Grant Morrison's New X-men; this will lead you in nicely to Joss Whedon's Astonshing X-men (quite possibly the best X-stories ever) also available in a reasonably priced omnibus.

@MrArrogant: Thanks. What's the omnibus titled?

@MrArrogant: For me, you just start with Giant-Sized X-men #1.

you don't need to start from the 60's.

@MilkAndTwoSugars: I'll just leave you the links:

X-men by Chris Claremont (http://www.amazon.com/X-Men-Chris-Claremont-Jim-Omnibus/dp/0785159053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344939115&sr=8-1&keywords=x-men+chris+claremont+omnibus)

New X-men by Grant Morrison (http://www.amazon.com/New-X-Men-Omnibus-Grant-Morrison/dp/0785165053/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344939195&sr=1-1&keywords=new+x-men+grant+morrison)

and Astonishing X-men by Joss Whedon (http://www.amazon.com/Astonishing-X-Men-Omnibus-Joss-Whedon/dp/0785138013/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344939234&sr=1-1&keywords=astonishing+x-men+omnibus)

You should also check out "House of M" which leads into a bunch of recent X-men stories from "Messiah Complex" all the way to "Avengers vs. X-men"

Gen Hope is a fairly good summary of the last five years. And a great read.

That Astonishing X-men omnibus is really expensive, and hopefully you experience the love that everyone else experienced on Whedon's run It went downhill after the first arc. I would recommend Claremont's run, and Grant Morrison great stuff there.