This is a chronological list of Star Wars Novels. No comics or games, just the books.... well okay, and a few graphic novels. I am including the in-continuity young readers series books, as well as a few graphic novels relevant to the story in other EU books.

2 Good EU references:
- The Star Wars New Essential Chronology*
- Star Wars Timeline Gold

Note: Some of the different eras overlap where an era starts within another era. Also, I have tried to keep series books together even though some books jump ahead and coincide with others on the timeline - those dates are noted (X-Wing series, Jedi Apprentice). Otherwise, if an entry doesnt have a year BBY or ABY after it, it occurs at at the same time or right after the last entry with a date above it.

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BBY = (years) Before the Battle of Yavin
ABY = (years) After the Battle of Yavin
(@ ) = Expected release date
*GN* = Graphic Novel (there's just a few in here)
* = all novellas are in paperback editions only
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____________OLD REPUBLIC ERA - 25000 - 22 BBY

____________SITH ERA - 1025 -1000 BBY

Darth Bane: Path of Destruction - Drew Karpyshyn >> - 1000 BBY
Darth Bane: Rule of Two
Untitled Darth Plagueis novel - James Luceno cancelled

____________RISE OF THE EMPIRE ERA - 245 - 1 BBY

Jedi Apprentice: (young reader series) - starting 44 BBY
1 - The Rising Force - Dave Wolverton
2 - The Dark Rival - Jude Watson>>
3 - The Hidden Past
4 - The Mark of the Crown
5 - The Defenders of the Dead
6 - The Uncertain Path
7 - The Captive Temple
8 - The Day of Reckoning
9 -The Fight for Truth - 43 BBY
10 - The Shattered Peace
11 - The Deadly Hunter
12 - The Evil Experiment
13 - The Dangerous Rescue
14 - The Ties That Bind - 41 BBY
15 - The Death of Hope
16 - The Call to Vengeance
17 - The Only Witness - 40 BBY
18 - The Threat Within
Jedi Apprentice Special Edition #1: Deceptions - (29 BBY)
Jedi Apprentice Special Edition #2: The Followers - (29 BBY)

Cloak Of Deception - James Luceno -33 BBY
Darth Maul - *GN* (Black Sun/TPB graphic novel) - Writer: Ron Marz
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (+ Darth Maul : Saboteur - 33.5 BBY - novella*) - Michael Reaves - 32.5 BBY

____________movie era begins

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Terry Brooks (novelization) -32 BBY
Rogue Planet - Greg Bear - 29 BBY

Jedi Quest : Path to Truth - (young reader) - Jude Watson - 28 BBY
Jedi Quest #1-10 (young reader series) - Jude Watson - 27 BBY
1 - The Way of the Apprentice
2 - The Trial of the Jedi
3 - The Dangerous Games
4 - The Master of Disguise
5 - The School of Fear
6 - The Shadow Trap
7 - The Moment of Truth
8 - The Changing of the Guard
9 - The False Peace
10 - The Final Showdown

Outbound Flight - Timothy Zahn - 27 BBY
The Approaching Storm - Alan Dean Foster - 22.5 BBY

____________THE CLONE WAR ERA - 22 - 19 BBY

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - R.A. Salvatore (novelization) -22 BBY
Boba Fett #1-2 (young readers series) - Terry Bisson
Boba Fett #3-6 (young readers series) - Elizabeth Hand - 22-20 BBY
Star Wars Republic Commando: Hard Contact - Karen Traviss
Shatterpoint - Matthew Stover - 21 BBY
The Cestus Deception (+ The Hive - novella*) - Steven Barnes
Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero - Karen Traviss
MedStar I: Battle Surgeons - Michael Reaves & Steve Perry >> - 20 BBY
MedStar II: Jedi Healer
Jedi Trial - David Sherman & Dan Cragg - 19.5 BBY
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous - Sean Stewart
Labrynth Of Evil - James Luceno - 19 BBY

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Matthew Stover (novelization) - 19 BBY
Dark Lord: The Rise Of Darth Vader - James Luceno

____________REBELLION ERA - 19 BBY - 4 ABY

Death Star - Michael Reaves & Steve Perry (@ October 2007?) - 18.5 BBY

Coruscant Nights Trilogy: - Michael Reaves
1 - Jedi Twilight - (@ July, 2008?)
2 - Chiascuro - (@ September 2008?)
3 - Patterns of Force - (@ November 2008?)
The Last of the Jedi: (young readers series) - Jude Watson - 18 - 10 BBY
1- The Desperate Mission
2 - Dark Warning
3 - Underworld
4 - Death on Naboo
5 - A Tangled Web
6 - Return of the Dark Side - (@ December 2006)
7 - Secret Weapon - (@ 2007?)
8 - Untitled - (@ 2007?)
9 - Untitled - (@ 2007?)
10 -Untitled - (@ August 2007?)

____________GALACTIC CIVIL WAR ERA - 10 BBY - 4 ABY

The Han Solo Trilogy: - A.C. Crispin
1 - The Paradise Snare -10 BBY
2 - The Hutt Gambit -5 BBY
3 - Rebel Dawn
The Adventures of Lando Calrissian series: - L. Neil Smith - starting 5 BBY
1 - Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
2 - Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon
3 - Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka
The Han Solo Adventures series: - Brian Daley
1 - Han Solo at Stars' End
2 - Han Solo's Revenge
3 - Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
Dark Forces: - *GN* (graphic novels) - William C. Dietz (writer)
I - Soldier for the Empire
II - Rebel Agent
III - Jedi Knight

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker - "George Lucas" - 0 BY
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - Alan Dean Foster (novelization) - 0 years BY
Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina - Kevin J. Anderson
Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine - Haden Blackman
Splinter of the Mind's Eye - Alan Dean Foster - 2 ABY
Allegiance - Timothy Zahn
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Donald F. Glut (novelization) - 3 ABY
Tales of the Bounty Hunters - Kevin J. Anderson
Shadows Of The Empire - Steve Perry - 3.5 ABY

The Bounty Hunter Wars series: - K.W. Jeter - 4 ABY
1 - The Mandalorian Armor
2 - Slave Ship
3 - Hard Merchandise

Tales from Jabba's Palace - Kevin J. Anderson

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - James Kahn (novelization) - 4 ABY

Tales from the New Republic - various
Tales from the Empire - various

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor - Matthew Stover (@February 2008)

____________movie era ends


____________THE NEW REPUBLIC ERA - 4 - 25 ABY

The Truce At Bakura - Kathy Tyers - 4 ABY
The Courtship Of Princess Leia - Dave Wolverton - 8 ABY
Tattooine Ghost (+ A Forest Apart - novella*) - Troy Denning

X - Wing series: - 6 to 13 ABY
1 - Rogue Squadron - Michael A. Stackpole>> - 6 ABY
2 - Wedge's Gamble
3 - The Krystos Trap - 7 ABY
4 - The Bacta War
5 - Wraith Squadron - Aaron Allston>>
6 - Iron Fist
7 - Solo Command
8 - Isard's Revenge - Michael A. Stackpole - 9 ABY
9 - Starfighters of Adumar - Aaron Allston - 13 ABY

The Thrawn Trilogy: - Timothy Zahn - 9 ABY
1 - Heir to the Empire
2 - Dark Force Rising
3 - The Last Command

Dark Empire I - *GN* (graphic novels) - Tom Veitch (writer)>> - 10 ABY
Dark Empire II (+ Empire's End - 2nd Edition)

The Jedi Academy Trilogy: - Kevin J. Anderson - 11 ABY
1 - Jedi Search
2 - Dark Apprentice
3 - Champions of the Force

I, Jedi - Michael Stackpole

Callista Trilogy: - 12-13 ABY
1 - Children of the Jedi - Barbara Hambly
2 - Darksaber - Kevin J. Anderson
3 - Planet of Twilight - Barbara Hambly - 13 ABY

The Crystal Star - Vonda McIntyre - 14 ABY

The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy: - Michael P. Kube-McDowell - 16-17 ABY
1 - Before the Storm
2 - Shield of Lies
3 - Tyrant's Test

The New Rebellion - Kristine Rusch - 17 ABY

The Correlian Trilogy: - Roger Macbride Allen - 18 years ABY
1 - Ambush at Corellia
2 - Assault at Selonia
3 - Showdown at Centerpoint

The Hand of Thrawn duology: - Timothy Zahn - 19 years ABY
1 - Specter Of The Past
2 - Vision Of The Future

Survivor's Quest - Timothy Zahn - 21 ABY

Junior Jedi Knights: (young readers series) - 22 ABY
1 - The Golden Globe - Nancy Richardson>>
2 - Lyric's World
3 - Promises
4 - Anakin's Quest - Rebecca Moesta>>
5 - Vader's Fortress
6 - Kenobi's Blade

Young Jedi Knights: (young readers series) - Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta
- Young Jedi Knights 1- 6: The Rise of the Shadow Academy: - 23 ABY
1 - Heirs of the Force
2 - Shadow Academy
3 - The Lost Ones
(YJK 1-3 Omnibus - Jedi Shadow)
4 - Lightsabers
5 - The Darkest Knight
6 - Jedi Under Siege
(YJK 4-6 Omnibus - Jedi Sunrise)
- Young Jedi Knights 7-11: The Fall of the Diversity Alliance:
7 - Shards of Alderaan
8 - Diversity Alliance
9 - Delusions of Grandeur
10 - Jedi Bounty
11 - The Emperor's Plague
- Young Jedi Knights 12-14: Under Black Sun: - 24 ABY
12 - Return to Ord Mantell
13 - Trouble on Cloud City
14 - Crisis at Crystal Reef

____________NEW JEDI ORDER ERA - 25 - 34 ABY

The New Jedi Order series: - 25 - 29 ABY
1 - Vector Prime - R.A. Salvatore - 25 ABY
2 - Dark Tide I: Onslaught - Michael A. Stackpole>>
3 - Dark Tide II: Ruin
4 - Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial - James Luceno>>
5 - Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
6 - Balance Point - Kathy Tyers - 26 ABY
7 - Edge of Victory I: Conquest - Greg Keyes>>
8 - Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
9 - Star by Star (+ Recovery - novella*) - Troy Denning - 27 ABY
10- Dark Journey - Elaine Cunningham
11- Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream - Aaron Allston>>
12- Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
13- Traitor - Matthew Stover
14- Destiny's Way - Walter Jon Williams - 28 ABY
15- Force Heretic I: Remnant - Sean Williams & Shane Dix>>
16- Force Heretic II: Refugee
17- Force Heretic III: Reunion
18- The Final Prophecy - Greg Keyes
19- The Unifying Force - James Luceno

____________THE LEGACY ERA - 34 ABY +

The Dark Nest Trilogy: - Troy Denning - 34 ABY
1 - The Joiner King (+ Ylesia - novella* or in pdf - Walter Jon Williams - 28 ABY)
2 - The Unseen Queen
3 - The Swarm War
Legacy of the Force series: starting 37 ABY
1 - Betrayal - Aaron Allston
2 - Bloodlines - Karen Traviss
3 - Tempest - Troy Denning
4 - Exile - Aaron Allston
5 - Sacrifice - Karen Traviss
6 - Inferno - Troy Denning (@ August 2007 Paperback)
7 - Fury - Aaron Allston (@ November 2007 Paperback)
8 - Revelation - Karen Traviss (@ March 2008 Paperback)
9 - Invincible - Troy Denning (@ June 2008 Hardcover)

There are two more anthologies that I couldn't find a good place on the timeline for; Tales from the Empire and Tales from the New Republic, both edited by Peter Schweighofer. They contain short and side stories from different periods in the timeline, and include such authors as Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole. I stuck 'em in there after Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.


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Del Rey's Star Wars Timeline

Del Rey's Star Wars home page
- This will link to *most* of the books and a little summary, except for the graphic novels and young readers books of course (I've tried to link the latter to their publisher or other info).

*A good EU primer
If you havent had the pleasure to own or read the Star Wars New Essential Chronology, but would like to get an idea of the EU with a little synapsis of how all the books, comics and games of the EU link together, I highly recommend this article on sw.com (it rocks!): Endnotes for The New Essential Chronology

My endnotes

This will be an ongoing process as new books come out and with the help of other fans to tell me if I've missed anything. I basically wanted to make this list for my own reference, but have seen others who were looking for a "books only list", so I figured I'd go live with it and share the love. If you were looking for this list, enjoy!

Here's my little intro (even though it's at the end) and disclaimer. I have been a complete and total SW film purist until about a month after ROTS was released ( okay! i lied!! ). Now I am an EU noob and spoiler feind (of which you will find none in this blog). My disclaimer is that I still will not be reading any of the film novelizations. Its a film purism thing. Hey - we all have our "thing". Even if I have TESB and ANH novels from when I was a kid... I dont actually remember them.

December 2005 - Well, previously my disclaimer included not reading any books within the film era as well. Now that has changed since Dark Lord was released. I am also indulging in the young readers series Last of the Jedi which coincides with Dark Lord and takes place right after ROTS. I'm sure there will be many more to come, but no film novelizations still - I still feel the same way about those.

I'm also starting to get back into the comics again, which I hadn't paid much attention to since the early 80s. I recently was reunited with my old SW Marvel Comics collection, of which I didnt remember how many I actually had. It starts from #1 and runs somewhere into the 60s, with very few missing issues, and thankfully not too much damage to most of them for being in a cardboard box in a barn attic for 25 years or so. Now, Dark Horse has reprinted that whole series in the form of omnibus style TPBS, called "A long Time Ago...", Of which I hope to collect. Check out my other entry which lists the comics of Star Wars in the same form as this list:

The Comics of Star Wars

I also got lucky and found the first issue of KOTOR recently (they were selling out quick, I got the last copy in the shop), and hope to continue with that series - ah, there's something about a fresh start with a new series.

March, 2006 - LOL @ me above... not a n00b no mo'! I've read a ton of stuff, and have learned so much in relatively short amount of time. I'm actually starting to feel a little more caught up to my friends who have been reading the EU since it really started to get published.

Thanks, JKT


- Some other blogs.sw.com bloggers who have covered EU extensively:

IllogicalRogue2
I, Rogue

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Not many Bothans died to bring us this Blog...

Check out eddie's updates:

eddie - Obsessive Fanboy Eddie and his Timeline Chronicles
http://blogs.starwars.com/starwarstimeline

and his timeline site:
http://www.starwarstimeline.com