Star Wars novel reading order

[JD]

After not reading anything SW in ages, I've decided to work through some of the books in chronological order starting with The Phantom Menace, but I wasn't sure if purely chronogical would be the best way to go. I was mainly wondering if I should read Rogue Planet between TPM and The Approaching Storm, or if I should wait to read it before or during the NJO becuase I know it does tie into those books pretty heavily. I was also wondering about Outbound Flight. Should I read it with the other prequel era books, or should I wait 'til after Survivor's Quest?

 

[Hound of UIster]

Outbound Flight was written together with Survivor's Quest.

 

[captcalhoun]

i'd read them in chronological order, but i'm the nut who spent over a year reading every SW novel i owned in order from TPM to the final NJO...

TPM, AOTC, RC series, ROTS, ANH, ESB, Shadows, ROTJ, X-wing series, Courtship, Thrawn trilogy, Jedi Academy trilogy, I,Jedi, Corellia trilogy, Hand of Thrawn duology and all of the NJO.

since then, i've got 2 or 3 more RCs...

 

[Broccoli]

since then, i've got 2 or 3 more RCs...

Seems like you better start over then.

 

[Dream]

Stop reading the novels after you finish the NJO. Everything that takes place afterwards is crap.

 

[Gaith]

Watch movies 4, 5 and 6. Read Shadows if you really want to, then Thrawn trilogy. Then stop... forever.

 

[RandyS]

If you want strictly chronological order, the books have a chart at the beginning of each one that tells you what order they take place in, in relation to both the movies and each other.

Hope this info helps.

 

[Skywalker]

Here you go.

That list includes adult novels, young adult novels, and eBooks, but it's color coded so you can easily find the adult novels.

 

[NuFan]

Read them in published order. Maybe not logical, but it works.

 

[Stevil2001]

If you're going to read in chronological order-- and Star Wars fiction is interconnected enough to make it worthwhile, so go ahead-- you should definitely read Rogue Planet after The Phantom Menace. There are some New Jedi Order tie-ins, yes, but more importantly it's 1) a cracking good read and 2) depicts an important stage in the Obi-Wan/Anakin relationship.

Outbound Flight actually kinda spoils some surprises of Survivor's Quest, but I think it could work in order, too-- Survivor's Quest spoils some surprises of Outbound Flight! (The real argument for not reading Outbound Flight is that it's kinda boring.)

 

[JD]

Wow, that kinda suprises me with Outbound Flight. But then again it does seem like stuff like that that's talked about for years always ends up not being as cool as they made it seem like it would be.
Ok, cool so chronological it is.

 

[Stevil2001]

Personally, I haven't really enjoyed anything Zahn has done the second set of Thrawn books, but your mileage may vary.

 

[AviTrek]

Read them in publication order. That way books can't spoil books that weren't written yet, and books written to be read as prequels can be read as prequels after knowing what was supposed to happen.

 

[Rii]

I sold the vast majority of my Star Wars novels a couple years back, Including the NJO which I'd tried and failed to get through on at least three occasions. The only novels I bothered to keep were the X-Wing series and I, Jedi.

 

[rafterman1701]

Use the order printed in the front of the books if you want chronological, but it doesn't really matter what order you read them in.

 

[Lindley]

Stop reading the novels after you finish the NJO. Everything that takes place afterwards is crap.

I unfortunately have to agree there has been a decline in quality since the NJO.

 

[captcalhoun]

the only novels published since the NJO ended i bothered with were the ROTS novels, the RC series and Imp Commando

 

[Skywalker]

Stop reading the novels after you finish the NJO. Everything that takes place afterwards is crap.

I unfortunately have to agree there has been a decline in quality since the NJO.

I'd say the decline in quality started with the NJO series.

 

[Rii]

Stop reading the novels after you finish the NJO. Everything that takes place afterwards is crap.

I unfortunately have to agree there has been a decline in quality since the NJO.

I'd say the decline in quality started with the NJO series.

Heh. I maintain that Star by Star (NJO #9 ... I think) is one of the worst books of any kind that I have ever read. It just goes on and on. And on.

 

[Stevil2001]

Star by Star is genius, you Philistines!