New Canon Star Wars Reading List

I’ve been reading Star Wars novels for decades now.  At some point, I got overwhelmed by the sheer number of novels in the Star Wars universe and I simply gave up reading them and moved on to other things.  Then Disney bought Star Wars and things changed.  They scrapped all previously published novels (except the movie novelizations) and called them “Legends” so they could start over.  Since they are monitoring the expanded universe of novels more closely, there are a lot less of them–and that’s a good thing.  I feel like I can read them all and keep up this time.  So this list/challenge was born.  I am going to keep track of all the Star Wars novels I read and bonus–you get a handy list of all the new canon novels in the Star Wars universe!

A couple of rules:

• Novels only.  No graphic novels, picture books, or visual dictionaries because there are a lot of those. If that’s the kind of list you’re looking for, then this comprehensive list of all the Star Wars books is for you.
• Includes middle grade and young adult novels. I like reading those genres and some of my favorite stories and fun easter eggs have come from these MG and YA books.
• New canon only.  Just to be clear, these are only the new Disney authorized novels :)
• Includes short story collections. There are some stand alone novellas but unless they have been complied into a collection, they aren’t included here.  For a list of stand-alone novellas, you can refer to this Goodreads list.  Be aware that some of these novellas are in the short story collections listed here and some aren’t.

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List is in chronological order according to the story timeline (not publication date).

Updated: February 13, 2019

1. Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks
2. Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray
3. Queen’s Shadow by E. K. Johnston
4. Attack of the Clones  by R. A. Salvatore
5. Dark Disciple (Clone Wars) by Christie Golden
6. Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
7. Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Woodring Stover
8. Catalyst:  A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno
9. Rebel Rising by Beth Revis
10. Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp
11. Tarkin by James Luceno
12. Most Wanted by Rae Carson
13. Solo: A Star Wars Story by Mur Lafferty
14. Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
15. Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn
16. Thrawn: Treason by Timothy Zahn
17. A New Dawn (Clone Wars) by John Jackson Miller
18. Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
19. Rogue One by Alexander Freed
20. A New Hope by Alan Dean Foster and George Lucas
21. Battlefront II: Inferno Squad by Christie Golden
22. Smuggler’s Run by Greg Rucka
23. Heir to the Jedi by Kevin Hearne
24. Weapon of a Jedi by Jason Fry
25. Moving Target by Cecil Castellucci
26. Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed
27. Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
28. The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut 
29. Return of the Jedi by James Kahn 
30. Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
31. Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig
32. Aftermath: Empire’s End by Chuck Wendig
33. Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed
34. Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel by Daniel José Older
35. Bloodline by Claudia Gray
36. Legends of Luke Skywalker by Ken Liu
37. Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson
38. Before the Awakening by Greg Rucka
39. Canto Bight by Saladin Ahmed
40. The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster 
41. Cobalt Squadron by Elizabeth Wein
42. The Last Jedi by Jason Fry
43. Galaxy’s Edge: A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Cordova
44. Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson

Short Story collections

• From a Certain Point of View by Ben Acker
• Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away by Landry Q. Walker
• Star Wars: The Rise of the Empire by John Jackson Miller, James Luceno, Melissa Scott, Jason Fry

1. Star Wars Trilogy by George Lucas
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster
3. Tales From a Galaxy Far, Far Away, Vol. 1: Aliens (Star Wars) by Landry Q. Walker