SexyPants Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Hi all Have been reading some of the posts on this forum and I have a real urging to read some Star Wars books. In my younger years I have read a lot of the series some of them stick out in my mind with Mara Jade and Thrawn etc... but looking for some recommendations of some great series or individual books that you enjoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonSM Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Give us more details on what ya lookin for. For now I'll recommend my favorites Single Books- Shatterpoint I, Jedi Series: DB Series, Thrawn Trilogy, X-wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyPants Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thanks for the reply. I greatly enjoyed the Thrawn trilogy so something along those lines would be good! Also people talking about the sith v jedi before the time of the movies those stories sound interesting as well. At the end of the Thrawn trilogy i recall a whole other threat that Thrawn had built the Hand of Thrawn to fight against is there books about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychogobstopper Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Take a look through some of these threads, or a few of the ones in this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Listerman Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I've been reading through the Coruscant Nights trilogy. Pretty good "Dark Times" novels that tries to be film noir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtrema Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Hi all Have been reading some of the posts on this forum and I have a real urging to read some Star Wars books. In my younger years I have read a lot of the series some of them stick out in my mind with Mara Jade and Thrawn etc... but looking for some recommendations of some great series or individual books that you enjoyed. Same boat as you I got my answer several days ago in this thread: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=187185 Short answer, if you've alrdy read the Thrawn books, is to read the following series (in order): New Jedi Order Legacy of the Force Fate of the Jedi There are some books in between these and the Thrawn series if you want to check those out, but if you've already read Thrawn (like me), you're good to start New Jedi Order (NJO). It's 19 books tho haha, I'm already addicted and 3/4 through the first one, forgot how much I love star wars Edited January 20, 2012 by Xtrema Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobaganusch Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The X-Wing series and I, Jedi are two of my favorite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkeos Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I really like SWTOR:Revan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyPants Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Same boat as you I got my answer several days ago in this thread: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=187185 Short answer, if you've alrdy read the Thrawn books, is to read the following series (in order): New Jedi Order Legacy of the Force Fate of the Jedi There are some books in between these and the Thrawn series if you want to check those out, but if you've already read Thrawn (like me), you're good to start New Jedi Order (NJO). It's 19 books tho haha, I'm already addicted and 3/4 through the first one, forgot how much I love star wars Awesome thanks i will check them out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychogobstopper Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Short answer, if you've alrdy read the Thrawn books, is to read the following series (in order): <snip> In fact, this long list, which I've also posted in other threads, was written in large part from a perspective on what to read to get the deepest possible understanding leading into the NJO and post-NJO series (based only on books that I've personally read): Old Republic Era * The Old Republic: Revan * The Old Republic: Deceived Rise of the Empire Era * Rogue Planet (if you plan to read The New Jedi Order; I don't recall liking this book all that much back when it was released) * Republic Commando series (you better like Mandalorians, though - also, Imperial Commando 501st is the last novel featuring these characters) * Shatterpoint * Labyrinth of Evil * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader * The Han Solo Trilogy * The Adventures of Lando Calrissian * The Han Solo Adventures (Brian Daley's works, which I recall as being fun as hell, though I haven't read them since my early teens - there's also, if I recall correctly, a point in A.C. Crispin's Han Solo Trilogy where its story takes a sort of "break" where one could then easily read these books) Rebellion Era * Splinter of the Mind's Eye (the first non-novelization SW novel; originally intended as the basis for a low-budget Star Wars) * Shadows of the Empire (takes place between The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi) New Republic Era * X-Wing series (keeping in mind that the last two books - Isard's Revenge and Starfighters of Adumar - take place following books outside this series) * The Courtship of Princess Leia (I don't recall much about the quality of this one, but it is pretty important as far as the future of the EU goes from this point on) * The Thrawn Trilogy (pretty much a must - the first post-ROTJ novels published, though some time has passed since ROTJ) * The Jedi Academy Trilogy (not great stuff, but pretty important for the establishment of Luke's new Jedi Order) * I, Jedi (just fantastic, and a great companion piece to both the X-Wing series and the Jedi Academy Trilogy) * Darksaber (again, no recollection on quality, but some important characterizations here for later works - at one point, I had a copy signed by Kevin J. Anderson but no clue where it's at these days) * The Corellian Trilogy (I do recall enjoy these books, and some events here are important in later books as well) * The Hand of Thrawn Duology (more Zahn work, based on his earlier Thrawn Trilogy - good stuff, as I recall, plus important in later books) * Young Jedi Knights series (surprisingly good for YA books, though I've only read the first six; also, they introduce and flesh out many characters who are important in the NJO and beyond) New Jedi Order Era * The New Jedi Order series (some of it is average, some is good / very good, some is great; my favorite SW novel period - Traitor - is in this series) * The Dark Nest Trilogy (I enjoyed it well enough, plus some events are very important in LOTF) Legacy Era * Legacy of the Force (I enjoyed most of it, but I do agree with some criticisms that I've seen that parts of it feel as if the series was too long, too drawn out) * Crosscurrent (pretty fun; worth noting that it focuses on a Jedi introduced in the Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy video game, and features none of the original and/or other popular EU characters) * Millennium Falcon (pretty fun, plus worth it to spend some time "alone" with Han & Leia following the tragic events in LOTF) * Fate of the Jedi (read the eight published so far, and mostly enjoying it; worth noting that one might want to consider reading the "Lost Tribe of the Sith" eBooks either prior to or in conjunction with this, as they spell out some of the history of the Sith in this series) If I haven't mentioned a post-ROTJ book above, then odds are it wasn't worth reading (if published back in the Bantam days) or it was published after I wasn't reading SW novels quite as voraciously as I once did (i.e., some of Zahn's newer stuff, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, etc.). As for books set during the Clone Wars, I haven't read most of those; same with the Old Republic Era. For some examples of those that I consider not worth reading: Children of the Jedi; Planet of Twilight; The Crystal Star; The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy; and The New Rebellion. Unfortunately, there is a rather important mention during the FOTJ series of one character who is in a few of those books, but one would probably be okay to still skip those. Of course, she also appears in Darksaber, so it could be odd to have her show up in that one without the context of her first appearance and the ones after Darksaber. For comic recommendations (out of the many comics series that have been published, I have unfortunately read very few, so I'm not going to bother separating these into eras): * Tales of the Jedi (nicely collected in two Dark Horse Omnibus editions) * X-Wing Rogue Squadron (chronologically take place prior to the X-Wing novels, and introduce some characters important in those novels - collected in three DH Omnibus editions) * Dark Empire Trilogy (Dark Empire, Dark Empire II, Empire's End) * Legacy (great stuff, 140 years or so after A New Hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordQordisz Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Shatterpoint and Revenge of the Sith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debex Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Darth Bane series is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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