18 Best space opera books like Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1) by Timothy Zahn

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Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

By: Timothy Zahn

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover Thrawn’s origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars tr…

"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we as the Ascendancy to declare war on someone?" "I was thinking a little smaller," she said. "Come on."

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we ask the Ascendancy to declare war on someone?" "I was thinking a little smaller," she said. "Come on."

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

"Someplace nice and quiet and away from the spaceport, I hope," Thalias said. "The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship." "Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed. "So where are we going?" Thrawn leaned forward, giving her a smile around the edge of his dripping hood. "To the spaceport," he said. "To steal a ship."

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

If you liked the space opera plot in Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1) by Timothy Zahn , here is a list of 18 books like this:

Cover of Empire's End (Star Wars: Aftermath, #3) by Chuck Wendig

1. Empire's End (Star Wars: Aftermath, #3)

By: Chuck Wendig

4.29

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Following "Star Wars: Aftermath" and "Star Wars: Life Debt," Chuck Wendig delivers the exhilarating… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Empire's End (Star Wars: Aftermath, #3) book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. Dark Disciple

By: Christie Golden

4.81

Format: 539 pages, Paperback

Based on unproduced scripts from the blockbuster TV show Star Wars: The Clone Wars! The only way to… read more

Similar categories in Christie Golden's Dark Disciple book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. Inferno Squad (Star Wars: Battlefront, #2)

By: Christie Golden

3.66

Format: 341 pages,

The Rebellion may have heroes like Jyn Erso and Luke Skywalker. But the Empire has Inferno Squad. A… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

4. Bloodline

By: Claudia Gray

4.73

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars comes a thrilling prequel to St… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

5. Tarkin

By: James Luceno

4.36

Format: 352 pages, ebook

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . Bestselling Star Warsveteran James Luceno gives Ta… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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6. Ahsoka

By: E.K. Johnston

3.57

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Fans have long wondered what happened to Ahsoka after she left the Jedi Order near the end of the C… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Lords of the Sith

By: Paul S. Kemp

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Dar… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

8. Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

By: Chuck Wendig

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Set between the events of "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens, "the never-before-told story… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

9. Darth Plagueis

By: James Luceno

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a… read more

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10. Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel

By: James Luceno

4.60

Format: 431 pages, Hardcover

War is tearing the galaxy apart. For years the Republic and the Separatists have battled across the… read more

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11. A New Dawn

By: John Jackson Miller , Dave Filoni

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

Ever since the Jedi were marked for death and forced to flee Coruscant, Kanan Jarrus has devoted hi… read more

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12. Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)

By: Cavan Scott

3.86

Format: 7 pages, Audiobook

Listening Length: 6 hours and 21 minutes Delve into the history of the sinister Count Dooku in t… read more

Similar categories in Cavan Scott's Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars) book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"DOOKU: The Jedi are supposed to protect the galaxy and yet we remove ourselves from it. Cut ourselves off. KOSTANA: So that our judgement isn’t clouded! DOOKU: But what if that’s wrong?"

-Cavan Scott, Dooku: Jedi Lost (Star Wars)

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13. The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Claudia Gray

4.09

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to Star Wars: The Rising Storm, the light of the Jedi faces its darkest hou… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We're just payin' some rent on our time in the universe, Little Bit."

-Claudia Gray, The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"You're not as funny as you think you are." "Probably not," Regald agreed. "Because I think I'm hilarious, and nobody's that funny."

-Claudia Gray, The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"This is what hope is. It isn't pretending that nothing will go wrong if only we try hard enough. It's looking squarely at all the obstacles in the way—knowing the limits of our own power, and the pos…"

-Claudia Gray, The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"This is what hope is. It isn’t pretending that nothing will go wrong if only we try hard enough. It’s looking squarely at all the obstacles in the way – knowing the limits of our own power, and the p…"

-Claudia Gray, The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)

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14. Brotherhood (Star Wars)

By: Mike Chen

4.16

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bon… read more

Similar categories in Mike Chen's Brotherhood (Star Wars) book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I promise you, nothing would happen to you,"

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

"Mission parameters can always be changed—in politics, military missions, or life—and the truly wise know when to make those changes."

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

"Anakin knelt down in front of R2-D2, quickly reciting memorized details about connecting to secure comm channels, something that he held on to as tightly as the hand of his wife. Because in some ways…"

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

"The sun-dragon lives inside a star, guarding everything it loves and treasures. It guarded them through the fire and flame, always keeping them safe. It could persevere through anything, even life wi…"

-Mike Chen, Brotherhood (Star Wars)

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15. Into the Dark (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Claudia Gray

4.02

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

Not everyone who hears the call to adventure wants to answer it.... Jedi Padawan Reath Silas lov… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Gray's Into the Dark (Star Wars: The High Republic) book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There’s no point in reacting to a lack of calm in a way that makes you even less calm."

-Claudia Gray, Into the Dark (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"The mere making of a decision sometimes had as much power as any action. Purpose clarified every move, every thought."

-Claudia Gray, Into the Dark (Star Wars: The High Republic)

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16. Star Wars: The Living Force

By: John Jackson Miller

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the year before The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the entire Jedi Council confront a gal… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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17. Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (Star Wars)

By: Delilah S. Dawson

4.34

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

When the Jedi Order falls, an Inquisitor rises. Padawan Iskat Akaris has dedicated her life to t… read more

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  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Betrayal,"

-Delilah S. Dawson, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (Star Wars)

"Mastering yourself is the work of a lifetime."

-Delilah S. Dawson, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (Star Wars)

"I will not be seduced away from my own success."

-Delilah S. Dawson, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (Star Wars)

"I’ve told you how I feel. I guess now I’ve proven it."

-Delilah S. Dawson, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (Star Wars)

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18. Master and Apprentice (Star Wars)

By: Claudia Gray

4.17

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

An unexpected offer threatens the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi as the two Jedi navi… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Gray's Master and Apprentice (Star Wars) book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Many paths can lead to the dark side."

-Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice (Star Wars)

"There was no Jedi so wise that he could not be undone by his own assumptions."

-Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice (Star Wars)

"What action could not do, diplomacy might accomplish. Or, failing that, money."

-Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice (Star Wars)

"His shifted his voice into an imitation of Yoda's. 'Up the hell he should shut."

-Claudia Gray, Master and Apprentice (Star Wars)

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19. Light of the Jedi

By: Charles Soule

3.93

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before the Clone Wars...Jedi lit the way for the ga… read more

Similar categories in Charles Soule's Light of the Jedi book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Peace without justice is flawed, hollow at its core."

-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

"No matter what a person was on the outside. Inside, everyone was made of light."

-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

"When someone was hurting, you did what you could to heal them. When someone was lost, you found them."

-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

"If you said you would try to do something, people heard that as you would do something, and if you didn't achieve the goal then they thought you had failed. And blamed you for trying at all. It wasn'…"

-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

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20. The Rising Storm (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Cavan Scott

4.14

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

The heroes of the High Republic era return to face a shattered peace and a fearsome foe, following … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1) by Timothy Zahn

21. Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

By: Timothy Zahn

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover Thrawn’s origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars tr… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1) book and Timothy Zahn's Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • star wars
  • science fiction
  • novels
  • adult
  • space
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we as the Ascendancy to d…"

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

"I didn't say that," Ziara protested, eyeing him as a sudden idea occurred to her. "But I'm a practical person, and when I hear a new theory I like to give it a test." "Shall we ask the Ascendancy to …"

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

"Someplace nice and quiet and away from the spaceport, I hope," Thalias said. "The first thing Yiv will probably assume is that we'll try to steal a ship." "Indeed he will," Thrawn agreed. "So where a…"

-Timothy Zahn, Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, #1)

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