Ok here are my reccomendations. I encourage you to read them all in order. Most of the books are good and some are not so good but all are important parts of the Star Wars Story line. Some people do not like the EU because they say it was not written by Lucas or is not part of his vision of Star Wars. So what if they are not. Star Wars belongs to the people and not Lucas. He gave it up to us when he let the first EU book be written. About the only EU books I do not care for is the New Jedi Order series. The Vong just seemed a little off to me. I understand now why they could not be detected through the force but even that makes little sense. To take away it's presense in the force would be to take away it's life. Without the force there is no life and without life there is no Force. To me that is just seems more like an insult to everything Star Wars is. That is as bad as Greedo Shooting First, the celebration everywhere at the end of the Return of the Jedi Special Edition, replacing the orginal actor playing Anakin's Ghost with Haden Christionson at the end of the Return of the Jedi Special Edition, and the idea that Jar Jar is smart. If I made any mispelling, I am sorry. I do not feel like fixing them. expecialy if it is the last name to an Actor I do not realy care for. Yes he is a good actor but he is not in the same league as actors such as Harrison Ford. Look at me rambling on like this sorry. Well read all the books if you can. Also my first 3 books were Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command. Those 3 right there are also in my opinion the best books in the series. Heck they as good as the orginal trilogy and they blow the prequals out of the water.