STAR WARS BOOK LIST
This is a simple list of all of the full-length Star Wars novels to date, in chronological order of when the stories take place, with the movies and TV shows also added for context. This list does not include most young readers' books, nor short eBooks that have been included in print editions of other novels. TV shows aimed at young children are also excluded. Books whose stories overlap within the same timeline are listed in recommended reading order based on my own judgement. Release dates are for the US - dates and availability may vary in other countries. Big thanks go to Once Upon A Galaxy for helping me keep up with new releases, and Wookieepedia for help figuring out a lot of the timeline dates for incoming titles.

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Last updated: June 5, 2026
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Newly released (since last update):
  • The Last Order in the Sequel Era
  • Master of Evil in the Prequel Era
  • Outlaws: Low Red Moon in the Classic Era
  • Maul - Shadow Lord TV show (Season 1) in the Prequel Era
  • The Mandalorian and Grogu film in the Sequel Era
  • NEWLY ADDED TO LIST: Volume 3 of the Visions TV animated shorts in the Visions alternate universes (bottom of page)
Upcoming titles added:
  • Legacy in the Sequel Era
  • Eyes Like Stars young adult romance novel in the Sequel Era
  • Survivors of the Stormwall short story collection in the High Republic Era
  • Maul - Shadow Lord TV show: Season 2 in the Prequel Era
  • Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi TV animated miniseries in the Visions alternate universes (bottom of page)
Other publishing-related changes:
  • Reign of the Empire: Edge of the Abyss is now set for release in September 2026 (previously listed as "Fall 2026")
  • Changed the "Untitled Rey film" release date from May 2026 to "status unclear" - I think we already knew at the time of my last update that its release slot had been replaced with The Mandalorian and Grogu, so I apologize for forgetting to correct it before! Not much news lately on this one - maybe de-prioritized.
  • Removed three previously-upcoming movies from the list - their future was already in doubt, but that's even more the case now that a lot is up in the air as Lucasfilm changes leadership:
    • The "Untitled Jedi Origins film" (before the High Republic Era) had apparently been more or less set aside before the leadership change, and is rumored to have since been canceled - if that changes, I can always add it back!
    • The movie A Droid Story ("Timeline placement completely unknown") has disappeared entirely from the news for for more than five years now, and a reset at Lucasfilm feels like the right time to tentatively remove it from this list
    • The Rogue Squadron film or TV show ("Timeline placement completely unknown") has reportedly had a few false starts already; it wasn't the same project as the Starfighter movie, but seems likely to have been replaced by it, at least for now
  • Changed release "date" for the Lando film from "TBA" to "status unclear" - for what it's worth, Lucasfilm's outgoing president in January said "I think... [it's] still somewhat alive".
  • Season 2 of the Ahsoka TV show is now scheduled for release in early 2027
  • The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless, Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss, Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear, The High Republic: Into the Light, The Acolyte: Wayseeker, The High Republic: Tempest Breaker, the Tales of the Underworld animated shorts, the Skeleton Crew TV show, and Season 2 of the Andor TV show are no longer categorized as new releases. The Tales of the Empire animated shorts are also no longer a new release - I forgot to remove the status from them last time.
Timeline adjustments:
  • Master of Evil has been moved from an unknown date late in the Prequel Era to -19 years; it takes place very soon after Revenge of the Sith, and apparently earlier than most episodes of the first season of The Bad Batch TV show.
  • Season 1 of the Maul - Shadow Lord TV show is now officially said to take place "a few short years" after Revenge of the Sith, contradicting the lead actor's statement from before that it was just one year after; accordingly, I've moved it from -18 years on the timeline to about -16 (three years after Revenge of the Sith)
  • Moved the (possibly) upcoming Season 4 of The Mandalorian TV show to after The Mandalorian and Grogu - an obvious fix that I apologize for missing last time!
  • Changed the timeline dates of The Mandalorian and Grogu movie and the (possibly) upcoming Season 4 of the The Mandalorian show from about +9 years to unknown ("?"). It's unclear how much time has passed in the story since the end of Season 3.
  • Switched the order of The Mandalorian and Grogu movie with the upcoming Season 2 of the Ahsoka TV show; while it seems like some time might have passed between Season 3 of The Mandalorian show and the new movie, we don't know whether the second season of Ahsoka might take place immediately after the first.
  • Changed date of Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear from minus 18-19 years to 19, based on new information that helps pin it down
  • Changed the date for The Last Order from about +35 years to exactly +35 years. It's said to take place immediately after The Rise of Skywalker, which is basically the earliest canon story said to take place at 35+ years, suggesting it's likely early in that year.
  • Due to the announcement of an upcoming second season of the Maul - Shadow Lord TV show, I've added "Season 1" to the name of the original timeline entry for the show as a whole
  • Shifted the spacing on the Legends and Canon columns in the area of -19 years (without changing the order of anything), to place stories with thematic parallels side-by-side (Dark Lord and Master of Evil as books about Darth Vader's earliest days, and Republic Commando: 501st and The Bad Batch as stories of rogue clone troopers in the aftermath of Order 66.)
underline = movie novelization
bold = recent release (in the last 12 months)
blue = future release
Stars (*) represent footnotes, explained at the bottom of the page


Years before/after Ep. IV

LEGENDS

These books are part of the original Star Wars Expanded Universe, and follow an internally consistent timeline. Newer movies and other stories aren't based on these books, and will often contradict them.

NEW CANON

The new standardized Star Wars "canon" includes all the movie episodes, The Clone Wars TV show, and almost all new books and shows since 2014. New books, movies, and TV shows are coordinated to prevent contradictions between them.

Years before/after Ep. IV

The Pre-Republic Era

     
25,793     

The Old Republic Era

     
5,000-2,975     
3,954-3,950     
3,653     
3,645     
3,643     
3,640     
1,032     
1,003-1,000     
1,000-990     
980     
     

The High Republic Era

     

The High Republic series:

      
     382
     382
     382
     382
     382
     382
     232
     232
     231
     231
     231
     230
     230
     232-230
     ~396-229
     229
     228
     228
     228
     228
     228
      Trials of the Jedi by Charles Soule228
      July 2026: Survivors of the Stormwall by Lydia Kang & Alyssa Wong (short story collection)228
          
     

The Acolyte and tie-ins:

      
     ~160
      The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown by Tessa Gratton (young adult)134
      132

The Prequel Era

      41
      40
      33
32.5      
32      
32      
32 32
67-32 32
      32
29     
27     
     28
      23
22      
22 22
22     
22 22
22 22
22 22
22-2122-21
22     
22     
22     
22     
21      
21     
21     
21     
21     
20     
20     
21-1921-19
22      
19 19
      19
19     
22-19     
19 19
19 19
      (various)
19 Master of Evil by Adam Christopher19
19 19
19      
19 19
      19-18
      Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel by Lamar Giles~18
      ~18
      ~18 & 33+
18      
18 18
      18
      18
1721-17
      (Maul - Shadow Lord TV show: Season 1)~16
      (Release date TBA: Maul - Shadow Lord TV show: Season 2)?
      22-14

The Classic Era

     14
     14
      13
     ~11
     11
      Outlaws: Low Red Moon by Mike Chen 19 & 10
10 13 & 10
     13-11
      (Status unclear: Lando film)?
     9
      Sep. 2026: Reign of the Empire: Edge of the Abyss by Rebecca Roanhorse6
      Summer 2027: Reign of the Empire: From the Ashes by Fran Wilde?
      5
5-45-4
     4-3
33
3      
     ~15-2
22
2 2
2     
2     
2-0     
3-1 1
1 1
1     
1     
3-0 13-0
      4-0
00
0 0
00
     0
      0
0 0
0.5     
0.7     
1     
1.5     
2     
2     
     3
3 3
3 3
3.5     
4 4
4 4
4     
4     
4     
(various)     

The New Republic Era

The Sequel Era

4 4
   4
   4
   5
   5
   5
5 5
   -11 to +5
5     
5     
6.5     
77
7      
7.5     
7.5     
7.5     
7.5     
8     
8.5     
   -20 to +5-9
9 9
9~9
9 9
   9
9.5 9
   (Early 2027: Ahsoka TV show: Season 2)~9
   (The Mandalorian and Grogu film)?
   (Status unclear: The Mandalorian TV show: Season 4)?
   (Release date TBA: Untitled Mandalorian/Ahsoka crossover film)?
11     
11     
11     
11     
12     
12.5     
13     
13     
14     
16     
16     
16     
17     
18      
18     
18 18-19
19     
19     
19     
      21
22     
(various)     

The New Jedi Order Era

     

The New Jedi Order series:

     
25     
25     
25     
25     
25     
26     
26     
26     
27     
27     
27     
27     
27     
2828
28     
28     
28     
28     
29     
      32
      July 2026: Eyes Like Stars by Ashley Poston (young adult) 33
      34
      34
     34
     34
     34
      34-35
      July 2026: Legacy by Madeleine Roux 34+
      34
      34

The Dark Nest trilogy:

34
35 35
      The Last Order by Kwame Mbalia (young adult) 35
36      
36      

The Legacy Era

     

The Legacy of the Force series:

     
40 (May 2027: Starfighter film)40
40     
40     
40     
40     
40     
40     
41     
41.5     

Stand-alone novels:

     
41.5     
41.5     
43.5     

The Fate of the Jedi series:

     
43.5     
43.5     
43.5     
43.5     
44     
44     
44     
44     
44     

Stand-alone novels:

     
44     
45     
      (Status unclear: Untitled Rey film)50

Spanning Multiple Eras

     
(various)(various)
(various)(various)
 

Star Wars: Visions
(alternate universes with no reference point to the Canon or Legends timelines)

N/AN/A
N/AN/A
N/AN/A
N/A(Visions TV animated shorts: Volume 3) N/A
N/A(Summer 2026: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi TV animated miniseries) N/A


* In 2012, The Essential Reader's Companion attempted to resolve contradictions between The Clone Wars TV series** and pre-existing novels by moving The Cestus Deception and Jedi Trial to the beginning of the Clone Wars period (Anakin Skywalker is already a Jedi knight at the beginning of The Clone Wars movie/show, but is still a padawan in The Cestus Deception and at the beginning of Jedi Trial). However, If you're skipping The Clone Wars movie/TV series and tie-in books (marked with a double star [**] on the timeline), you can read The Cestus Deception and Jedi Trial in their original places, which will feel more consistent with the rest of the Legends books. The above timeline now includes duplicate listings for these two books: once for their 2012 relocation, and once for their original placement.

** The early tie-in novels to The Clone Wars movie and TV show have not been adopted into the new canon, even though the movie and TV series have. These books, marked with a double star (**) on this timeline, officially exist only in Legends. However, because The Clone Wars series contains many contradictions with the rest of Legends, and because it's not referenced by the other Legends books between Episodes II and III (which were written before it), readers who are only interested in the Legends timeline can consider skipping the books marked with the double stars (**).

*** The Clone Wars movie and the first six seasons of the TV show of the same name (not to be confused with the Star Wars: Clone Wars microseries, which doesn't have "the" in its title) were released before the New Canon was created, and therefore were officially considered part of the same timeline now called "Legends". However, they contain many contradictions with other Legends materials, and later became a foundation for the New Canon timeline. They're included on both sides of the list above because they provide the context for The Clone Wars tie-in books (marked with a double star [**]), which are officially only part of Legends. However, readers who are only interested in Legends might consider skipping this series, including the movie, the TV show, and the tie-in books. The TV show's seventh season, which was released long after the last Legends material, can safely be considered "New Canon only".

**** The three Dark Forces books, which tie into the video game series of the same name, are often incorrectly assumed to be comic books, since they were originally published by Dark Horse Comics. In fact they're short prose (text) novels, with occasional paintings included as illustrations. Because they're shorter than most Star Wars novels and weren't part of the main publishing program, they're sometimes excluded from lists of Star Wars books. However, they're a well-established part of Legends lore, were printed as separate books, and were even adapted into audio dramas, so they probably have at least as much of a right to be on the list as the New Canon's original audiobooks do. Unfortunately they're out of print, and the second and third books can be expensive to acquire online - if you can't find them at a local library, you might consider skipping them (they're somewhat connected to the Darth Bane novels, and their main character later appears in The New Jedi Order, but in general the other novels don't reference them much).



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