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Originally Posted by photon
So if I wanted to start reading (or rather listening to audiobooks) to some Star Wars novels, where would be a good place to start? I remember reading some books about Admiral Thrawn or something that were pretty good, but I haven't read anything else.
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Most of the books by Timothy Zahn are pretty good, not just the trilogy that kicked off the EU back in the early to mid 90s.
Do you want to read more about Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and the gang? Those books are the ones that people tend not to like. Probably because Lucas ties the author's hands in what they can do with the characters.
Some of the better books I've read center around characters created for the EU, and to a lesser extent Prequel Trilogy characters.
The New Jedi Order series is hit or miss. Some books are good, some not so good. The general story line is ok and some of the character development draws you in to want to read the next book in the series, but it feels like a poor attempt to make Star Wars more into a generic sci-fi instead of its own classification of sci-fi.
I really enjoyed the Coruscant Knights trilogy. None of the central characters were in the movies, and Darth Vader had very small parts in it. It even took a couple of supporting characters from the Medstar books, so there was some familiarity if you read those books. It wasn't anything epic, it was just a fresh look at the Star Wars universe through the eyes of completely new characters.
The Darth Bane series is also one of the best Star Wars books I've read. I still haven't read the 3rd book yet, but the first two were really well done.
Right now I'm reading the republic commando series. It isn't too bad, but the author, a female (not trying to stereotype), seems to want to write a Star Wars romance novel and tried to fight off that urge, but not enough for me to not get that sense. At any rate, it made me go out and get the game, Republic Commando. I happened to stumble upon the game on boxing day, at Wal-Mart and thought, I'm reading the book based on this game, I've got to play it now.
You can also go to theforce.net and check out their
book reviews. I don't agree with all of the reviews and ratings, but it can serve as a good guideline for somebody wanting to find a book to read.
I'm just a huge Star Wars geek (if you couldn't tell by my avatar) and there isn't a book that I haven't read (or at least that I don't plan on reading). I buy 'em all on paperback, it makes for a nice looking collection on my bookshelves, and I've got about 15-20 books that I've yet to read. I just keep buying them as they're released in paperback format, and I try to get caught up, but I can't focus on reading only Star Wars books.
