25 must-read science fiction books like The History and Politics of Star Wars (Routledge Studies in Modern History) by Chris Kempshall

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The History and Politics of Star Wars (Routledge Studies in Modern History)

By: Chris Kempshall

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up …

If you liked the science fiction plot in The History and Politics of Star Wars (Routledge Studies in Modern History) by Chris Kempshall , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. The World According to Star Wars

By: Cass R. Sunstein

3.68

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

There's Santa Claus, Shakespeare, Mickey Mouse, the Bible, and then there's Star Wars. Nothing quit… read more

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2. 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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3. 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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4. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

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5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

By: Kevin Eastman

4.41

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks o… read more

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Cover of The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Claudia Gray

6. 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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"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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7. Queen's Hope (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #2)

By: E.K. Johnston

3.74

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Searching for hope in a galaxy at war . . . Padmé Amidala is a former queen, a current senator—a… read more

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8. From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)

By: Elizabeth Schaefer

3.93

Format: 573 pages, Hardcover

Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless S… read more

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9. 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

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"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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10. 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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11. Midnight Horizon (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Daniel José Older

3.71

Format: 490 pages, Hardcover

Centuries before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, in the era of the glorious High Repub… read more

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"You are sure of your path," Cohmac had said to Reath on that same day when Reath had asked him to be his master. And he had felt so sure then, and that sureness had been a blessing after so much chao…"

-Daniel José Older, Midnight Horizon (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"War. War had come to Corellia. It was already a brutal one, and it was about to get much, much worse. There was no such thing as not taking sides. It was sheer theater in peacetime and an absolute jo…"

-Daniel José Older, Midnight Horizon (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"Any more cargo?" Cohmac called as Reath and Ram picked up their travel packs and headed up the ramp. "No, we got the rest of them, but thanks for your help," Ram said, his face twitching on one side.…"

-Daniel José Older, Midnight Horizon (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"Very like the wind, our feelings are," Yoda said. It was something he'd repeated many times over the years Kantam had been training with him, and Kantam had never totally known what to do with it. "T…"

-Daniel José Older, Midnight Horizon (Star Wars: The High Republic)

Cover of Path of Deceit (Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase II: Quest of the Jedi #1) by Tessa  Gratton

12. Path of Deceit (Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase II: Quest of the Jedi #1)

By: Tessa Gratton

4.09

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

Set in the world of the High Republic, 150 years before the storytelling of Phase I, an era of chan… read more

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Cover of Cataclysm (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Lydia Kang

13. Cataclysm (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Lydia Kang

4.18

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

After the thrilling events of The High Republic: Convergence, the Jedi race to confront the Path of… read more

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"There is something more powerful in this galaxy than money. More powerful than weapons, or cunning. It's love. You know what the most dangerous thing in the world is? To love someone. Because you han…"

-Lydia Kang, Cataclysm (Star Wars: The High Republic)

Cover of A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0) by Samantha    Shannon

14. A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.36

Format: 868 pages, Hardcover

In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Or… read more

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"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them."

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

"We could start by not scorning one another for our beliefs, or lack of them." Thrit"

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

"Tunuva returned to her watching, knowing that this was the last night she would have everything she wanted in the world, all in one place."

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

"Desire had been a madness in her, grounded by a love that had filled her like a breath - as if it had always been meant, written on her soul when it was just a seed."

-Samantha Shannon, A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)

Cover of Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0) by E.K. Johnston

15. Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

By: E.K. Johnston

3.94

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

When fourteen-year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Ami… read more

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"And yet you are always second best,"

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

"The girl in the white dress was going to be Queen, and she was ready."

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

"On a dusty world with two bright suns, a little boy looked up from his work and saw an angel."

-E.K. Johnston, Queen's Peril (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #0)

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16. Convergence (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Zoraida Córdova

3.84

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

The next adventure in the High Republic begins expanding the new era of Star Wars, with a story se… read more

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"Why do people say wizard like it’s a bad thing?"

-Zoraida Córdova, Convergence (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"You're only allowed to be broken for so long before even the people you love start to wish you'd get over it."

-Zoraida Córdova, Convergence (Star Wars: The High Republic)

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17. The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)

By: Samantha Shannon

4.21

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The stunning second novel in the New York Times bestselling Bone Season series expands Samantha Sha… read more

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"One day,"

-Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)

"That's delusional, isn't it?"

-Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)

"Joke are the declaration of fools"

-Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)

"Jokes are the declarations of fools."

-Samantha Shannon, The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2)

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18. Tempest Runner (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Cavan Scott

3.87

Format: 6 pages, Audiobook

The villainous Lourna Dee takes her fate into her own hands in this Star Wars audio original. read more

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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

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"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. Path of Vengeance (Star Wars: The High Republic: Phase II: Quest of the Jedi #2)

By: Cavan Scott

4.17

Format: 517 pages, Hardcover

This enthralling follow up to Path of Deceit finds cousins Marda and Yana Ro bound by blood but dri… read more

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21. 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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22. Defy the Storm (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Tessa Gratton

3.81

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Star The High Republic , the New York Times best-selling series, continues. . . . For light and li… read more

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23. Out of the Shadows (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Justina Ireland

3.76

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Alternate edition of ISBN 9781368060653 The other edition can be found here The darkest secrets … read more

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"Sometimes if you are looking at the forest you miss what is happening in the trees."

-Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"Well, then, dueling with me should be fun, because I like to use a little bit of everything. You can critique my form. That should be a nice change for you." Vernestra winked as she said it, and Reat…"

-Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows (Star Wars: The High Republic)

"I felt the same way about them when we were on Tiikae. Good people, but maybe a little... detached from the struggles of the frontier. I can tell you that the Jedi are very, very bad at change. At ad…"

-Justina Ireland, Out of the Shadows (Star Wars: The High Republic)

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24. The Eye of Darkness

By: George Mann

4.26

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

One year after the tragic events of The Fallen Star, the Jedi fight to break the Nihil’s control ov… read more

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25. Temptation of the Force

By: Tessa Gratton

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The reunited Jedi prepare to strike back against the ruthless Nihil in this thrilling sequel to Sta… read more

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Cover of Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay by Christopher      Nolan

26. Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

By: Christopher Nolan

4.78

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

The complete screenplay of Christopher Nolan's  Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer centers on the life of th… read more

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"Albert Einstein: So here we are, hmm? Lost in your quantum world of probabilities, and needing certainty."

-Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer: The Official Screenplay

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27. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

By: Ethan Sacks

3.45

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

A thrilling call to adventure on the very edge of the galaxy! Black Spire Outpost has long been fre… read more

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"There are other ways to “see"

-Ethan Sacks, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

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28. Starlight Stories (Star Wars: The High Republic)

By: Charles Soule

3.62

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Titan Comics, publisher of the official Star Wars Insider magazine, is proud to offer an amazing co… read more

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Cover of The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Phil Szostak

29. The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

By: Phil Szostak

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The official behind-the-scenes concept, production, and post-production art for Star Wars: The Rise… read more

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30. Star Wars 100 Objects: Illuminating Items From a Galaxy Far, Far Away….

By: Kristin Baver

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

100 objects that capture the excitement, mystery, and mythology of Star War s. See how these art… read more

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31. The History and Politics of Star Wars (Routledge Studies in Modern History)

By: Chris Kempshall

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up … read more

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25 Best star wars books like The History and Politics of Star Wars (Routledge Studies in Modern History) by Chris Kempshall

Transform Your Habits

The World According to Star Wars

Cass R. Sunstein

3.68

Bloodline

Claudia Gray

4.73

Transform Your Habits

The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic)

Claudia Gray

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Queen's Hope (Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogy, #2)

E.K. Johnston

3.74

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Lost Stars (Star Wars)

Claudia Gray

4.28

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Thrawn (Star Wars: Thrawn, #1)

Timothy Zahn

4.31

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Dark Disciple

Christie Golden

4.81

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Ahsoka

E.K. Johnston

3.57

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