For a 2022 inventory, I thought I’d list all the Star Wars books I read last year. For the most part, I enjoyed every single one of them.
The books:
A re-read of the second adult book in Phase One of THR. The Nihil attack the Republic Fair at Valo.
Third adult book in Phase 1 of THR. The Nihil attack Starlight Beacon.
Companion middle-grade book to The Rising Storm. Two Padawans have their own battle on Valo.
Companion YA book to The Fallen Star. Padawans investigate the Nihil on Corellia.
Companion middle-grade to The Fallen Star. Padawans investigate the Nihil on Dalna.
Three short stories about Rey, Poe and Finn before they met in TFA.
The very first SW book after ROTJ, introducing Thrawn. The only Legends book I read this year.
The third book in the Padme trilogy, a YA novel taking place between AOTC and ROTS.
An Anakin and Obi-Wan novel, at the start of the Clone Wars. Obi-Wan investigates a terrorist attack (“that business”) on Cato Neimoidia.
A straight retelling of the Skywalker saga, focusing on the stories of Anakin, Luke, Leia, and Rey.
A middle grade collection of short stories about familiar Jedi and Sith, including Asajj Ventress, Luke, and Maul.
Post-ROTJ canon novel, with Luke and Lando trying to help Rey’s parents on the run, and battling a mysterious Sith Acolyte.
Sequel-era novel about Resistance spy Vi Moradi on Batuu.
Middle grade book about Rey, Poe and Rose answering a distress call on the planet Minfar.
YA novel about Obi-Wan as Qui Gon Jinn’s Padawan, pre-Phantom Menace. Obi-Wan investigates a mysterious planet with a group of young people displaying Force-like abilities.
Han and Leia’s wedding and honeymoon post ROTJ. Along the way, they investigate an ice planet threatened by the remnants of the Empire.
A re-read of the original Star Wars novel, ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster.
A re-read of the Ahsoka YA novel, detailing what she did after Order 66, and how she got back into the fight.
A re-read of the Solo: A Star Wars Story novelization.
Going back to Batuu, this is a YA story about two young people who grew up together on Batuu, were separated, and reunited there. Complications ensue.
First book of Phase 2 of THR, taking place 150 years before Phase 1. A YA novel about two Jedi investigating a Force cult on Dalna.
First adult novel of Phase 2 of THR. Jedi mediate a war between E’ronoh and Eiram.
A YA book about Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus on Jeda, before the events of Rogue One.
Stats:
Total books: 23
High Republic books: 7
OT Era books: 6
PT Era books: 4
ST Era books: 4
Other: 2
YA books: 7
Middle grade books: 5
Adult books: 11
Legends books: 1
Canon books: 22
E-books: 10
Hard copy books: 13
Not bad. 🙂 Looking forward to all the 2023 releases, including more from the High Republic, a Jedi: Survivor novel with Cal Kestis, and Rise of the Red Blade, about an Inquisitor. I love Star Wars books!
Have you read any of these books? Any favorites? Let me know in the comments and we’ll talk about it!
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Someone gifted me the 1976 Book Club hardcover edition of “Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker,” complete with the dust jacket, which has the art by John Berkey. I already owned another copy that one of my college buddies found at a used bookstore in Miami back in the late 1980s and gave it to me for a birthday or Christmas gift, but that copy was missing the cover and one page from the two color picture inserts that 20th Century Fox provided Del Rey Books/Ballantine to promote the movie. (If I recall correctly, those inserts were derived from promo materials given away/sold in movie theaters when “Star Wars” was originally released in 1977.
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Someone gifted me the 1976 Book Club hardcover edition of “Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker,” complete with the dust jacket, which has the art by John Berkey. I already owned another copy that one of my college buddies found at a used bookstore in Miami back in the late 1980s and gave it to me for a birthday or Christmas gift, but that copy was missing the cover and one page from the two color picture inserts that 20th Century Fox provided Del Rey Books/Ballantine to promote the movie. (If I recall correctly, those inserts were derived from promo materials given away/sold in movie theaters when “Star Wars” was originally released in 1977.
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Nice! I love finding Star Wars books in used bookstores; you never know what you’re going to find.
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Also, I have quite a few of those books, including “Skywalker: A Family at War,” “Brotherhood,” and the novelization of “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
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Great books, all of them! The Solo novelization adds so much to the story; and I thought Brotherhood was wonderful.
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