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piper28 · 05-02-2014, 10:50 PM

I think I've read most of them, and I'm in the middle of re-reading the series in chronological order at the moment (although I've taken a break from it to catch up on Desden before the next book of that is out, I think I'm about 45 books in or so at the moment).

There's definitely some clunkers in the batch (heck, there's a couple I'll probably skip in my re-read just because I dislike them that much). I find most of the prequel trilogy era books to be ok at best.

The Brian Daley Han Solo trilogy is real old-school star wars books. They're ok, although I'm not sure if I'd consider them great. I actually also really like the AC Crispin Han Solo trilogy.

I'm kinda partial to the X-wing series, and the Zahn authored stuff is definitely worth a read. I actually do like the New Jedi Order set of books, although it took me a bit to get into it. Might also be tough without some context from previous books with the kids. But it's 24 or so books that seem to have a fairly decent plan for the series laid out throughout the set, so they're pretty cohesive. RA Salvatore, who wrote the first one of those, might be one of the most hated people in the Star Wars universe, but don't go looking for why until you've read the books, or you'll find a major spoiler.

I haven't read any of the Legacy era stuff yet myself, although I know they don't seem to get the greatest reviews in the world. I plan on reading them when I get to that point in the timeline, but it's going to be a while (there's something like 160+ books or so in the star wars world, so it takes a little while to get through them all).

05-02-2014, 10:50 PM	#4
piper28 Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 1178328 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: none	I think I've read most of them, and I'm in the middle of re-reading the series in chronological order at the moment (although I've taken a break from it to catch up on Desden before the next book of that is out, I think I'm about 45 books in or so at the moment). There's definitely some clunkers in the batch (heck, there's a couple I'll probably skip in my re-read just because I dislike them that much). I find most of the prequel trilogy era books to be ok at best. The Brian Daley Han Solo trilogy is real old-school star wars books. They're ok, although I'm not sure if I'd consider them great. I actually also really like the AC Crispin Han Solo trilogy. I'm kinda partial to the X-wing series, and the Zahn authored stuff is definitely worth a read. I actually do like the New Jedi Order set of books, although it took me a bit to get into it. Might also be tough without some context from previous books with the kids. But it's 24 or so books that seem to have a fairly decent plan for the series laid out throughout the set, so they're pretty cohesive. RA Salvatore, who wrote the first one of those, might be one of the most hated people in the Star Wars universe, but don't go looking for why until you've read the books, or you'll find a major spoiler. I haven't read any of the Legacy era stuff yet myself, although I know they don't seem to get the greatest reviews in the world. I plan on reading them when I get to that point in the timeline, but it's going to be a while (there's something like 160+ books or so in the star wars world, so it takes a little while to get through them all).