New and looking for where to start

[Jen]

Hi everyone - I'm new here, I read just about anything. And I do love GoT and other scifi.
Can anyone tell me where a good place to start in the Star Wars books? I found a listing on wikipedia of the numerous series, but I don't know where I should start...anyone give any recommendations? I like to start at the beginning of a given series, but I don't know if I should start with Lost Tribe of the Sith series or somewhere else...
Thanks!!

[Kim]

For my money the best series are some of the earlier ones. The Thrawn trilogy starting with Heir to the Empire and the Jedi Academy trilogy starting with Star Wars: Jedi Search.

[Traci]

Start with Thrawn. It's a great series. =)

[Kevin]

I would recommand Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. Its the book between five and six. Its one of the best. It has a villian that rivalries Darth Vader.

[Kim]

I don't know if I would recommend SotE. It was made strictly for commercial use. When it was released they also released a video game, comic, soundtrack and toy range for it. The story isn't very original, Dash is just a different version of Han, Xizor as a Jabba/Darth Vader combination.

[Jen]

thanks for the recommendations, they're much appreciated.

[Trike]

Every Star Wars book I've read other than Alan Dean Foster's Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind's Eye (which was written between the release of Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back) I have disliked.

The Thrawn trilogy is supposed to be good, but I haven't read it other than the excerpts on Amazon.