Star Wars: Timeline of Books
*Note: This timeline is based on the Battle of Yavin being the standard year zero. (The Film Star Wars: A New Hope). Events take place BBY, (Before the Battle of Yavin) and ABY, (After the Battle of Yavin).
44 BBY: Jedi Apprentice #1-2
32 BBY: Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
22 BBY: Star Wars: Episode II
20 BBY: Star Wars: Episode III
10-0 BBY: The Han Solo Trilogy - The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit, Rebel Dawn
5-2 BBY: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian - Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, Lando Carissian and the Starcave of Thon Boka. The Han Solo Adventures - Han Solo at Star's End, Han Solo's Revenge, Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
0 BBY/ABY: Star Wars: Episode IV -A New Hope
0-3 ABY: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye
3 ABY: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Tales of the Bount Hunters
3.5 ABY: Shadows of the Empire
4 ABY: Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi, Tales from Jabba’s Palace, The Bounty Hunter Wars- The Mandalorian Armor, Slave Ship, Hard Merchandise, The Truce at Bakura
6.5-7.5 ABY:The X-Wing Series - Rogue Squadron, Wedge’s Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command
8 ABY: The Courtship of Princess Leia
9 ABY: X-Wing Isard’s Revenge, The Thran Trilogy - Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command
11 ABY: The Jedi Academy Series - Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice, Champions of the Force, I; Jedi
12-13 ABY: Children of the Jedi, Darksaber, Planet of Twilight, X-Wing Starfighters of Adumar
14 ABY: The Crystal Star
16-17 ABY: The Black Fleet Crisis - Before the Storm, Shield of Lies, Tyrant’s Test
17 ABY: The New Rebellion
18 ABY: The Corellian Trilogy - Ambush at Corellia, Assault at Selonia, Showdown at Centerpoint
19 ABY: The Hand of Thrawn Dualogy - Specter of the Past, Vision of the future
22 ABY: Junior Jedi Knights - The Golden Globe, Lyric’s World, Promises, Anakin’s Quest, Vader’s Fortress, Kenobi’s Blade
23-24 ABY:Young Jedi Knights - Heirs of the Force, Shadow Academy, The Lost Ones, Lightsabers, The Darkest Knight, Jedi Under Siege, Shards of Alderaan, Diversity Alliance, Delusions of Grandeur, Jedi Bounty, The Emperor’s Plague, Return to Ord Mantell, Trouble on Cloud City, Crisis at Crystal Reef
25 ABY: The New Jedi Order - Vector Prime, Dark Tide I: Onslaught, Dark Tide II: Ruin, Agents of Chaos I: Hero’s Trial, Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse