Timothy Zahn Reading Order

15 books (1985–2021)

Start with Alien Stars, the first of 15 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Alien Stars 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1990 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal, Vol. 1 No. 7 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1997 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tales from the Empire 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies 2002Buy 🇺🇸
8	Analog, September 2002 2004Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF 2009Buy 🇺🇸
10	Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary 2009Buy 🇺🇸
11	Shadows of the New Sun 2013Buy 🇺🇸
12	Contact Light 2015Buy 🇺🇸
13	Battle Luna 2020Buy 🇺🇸
14	Give Me LibertyCon 2020Buy 🇺🇸
15	Star Wars Insider: Fiction Collection Vol. 1 2021Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1983–2006)

Start with The Blackcollar and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Blackcollar 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Backlash Mission 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Judas Solution 2006Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1985–1988)

Start with Cobra and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cobra 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cobra Strike 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cobra Bargain 1988Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2013–2018)

Start with Cobra Slave and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cobra Slave 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cobra Outlaw 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cobra Traitor 2018Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2009–2012)

Start with Cobra Alliance and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cobra Alliance 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cobra Guardian 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cobra Gamble 2012Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2003–2008)

Start with Dragon and Thief, the first of 6 books in the Dragonback series.

#	Title
1	Dragon and Thief 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dragon and Soldier 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dragon and Slave 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dragon and Herdsman 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dragon and Judge 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	Dragon and Liberator 2008Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1731–2016)

Start with Heroes Reborn: Collection Two(By: Peter J. Wacks) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Heroes Reborn: Collection Two(By: Peter J. Wacks) 1731Buy 🇺🇸
2	Heroes Reborn: Collection One(With: Stephen Blackmoore,David Bishop) 2016Buy 🇺🇸

59 books (1992–2022)

Start with On Basilisk Station(By: David Weber), the first of 59 books in the Honorverse series.

#	Title
1	On Basilisk Station(By: David Weber) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Honor of the Queen(By: David Weber) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Field of Dishonor(By: David Weber) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Short Victorious War(By: David Weber) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Flag in Exile(By: David Weber) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Honor Among Enemies(By: David Weber) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
7	In Enemy Hands(By: David Weber) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	"A Beautiful Friendship"(By: David Weber) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
9	"A Grand Tour"(By: David Drake) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
10	"A Whiff of Grapeshot"(By: S.M. Stirling) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	Echoes of Honor(By: David Weber) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
12	"Deck Load Strike"(By: Roland J. Green) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	"Queen's Gambit"(By: Jane Lindskold) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
14	"The Hard Way Home"(By: David Weber) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	"The Stray"(By: Linda Evans) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	"What Price Dreams?"(By: David Weber) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
17	Ashes of Victory(By: David Weber) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
18	"Changer of Worlds"(By: David Weber) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
19	"From the Highlands"(By: Eric Flint) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
20	"Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington"(By: David Weber) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
21	"Nightfall"(By: David Weber) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
22	War of Honor(By: David Weber) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
23	"A Ship Named Francis"(By: John Ringo,Victor Mitchell) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
24	"Fanatic"(By: Eric Flint) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
25	"Let's Go to Prague"(By: John Ringo) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
26	"Promised Land"(By: Jane Lindskold) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
27	"The Service of the Sword"(By: David Weber) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
28	"With One Stone" 2003Buy 🇺🇸
29	Crown of Slaves(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Shadow of Saganami(By: David Weber) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
31	At All Costs(By: David Weber) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
32	Storm from the Shadows(By: David Weber) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
33	Torch of Freedom(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
34	Mission of Honor(By: David Weber) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
35	"An Act of War" 2011Buy 🇺🇸
36	"Let's Dance"(By: David Weber) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
37	"Ruthless"(By: Jane Lindskold) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
38	A Beautiful Friendship(By: David Weber) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
39	A Rising Thunder(By: David Weber) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
40	Fire Season(By: Jane Lindskold) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
41	"A Call to Arms" 2013Buy 🇺🇸
42	"Beauty and the Beast"(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
43	"By the Book"(By: Charles E. Gannon) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
44	"I Will Build a House of Steel"(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
45	"Obligated Service"(By: Joelle Presby) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
46	"The Best Laid Plans"(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
47	Shadow of Freedom(By: David Weber) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
48	Treecat Wars(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
49	A Call to Duty(With: David Weber) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
50	Cauldron of Ghosts(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
51	A Call to Arms(With: David Weber,Thomas Pope) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
52	Shadow of Victory(By: David Weber) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
53	"Our Sacred Honor"(By: David Weber) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
54	A Call to Vengeance(With: David Weber,Thomas Pope) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
55	Dark Fall(By: David Weber) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
56	Uncompromising Honor(By: David Weber) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
57	"Recruiting Exercise"(By: David Weber) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
58	To End in Fire(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
59	A Call to Insurrection(With: David Weber,Thomas Pope) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1999–2025)

Start with The Icarus Hunt, the first of 7 books in the Icarus series.

#	Title
1	The Icarus Hunt 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Icarus Plot 2022Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Icarus Twin 2023Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Icarus Changeling 2024Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Icarus Job 2024Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Icarus Needle 2024Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Icarus Coda 2025Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2014–2026)

Start with A Call to Duty, the first of 5 books in the Manticore Ascendant series.

#	Title
1	A Call to Duty 2014Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Call to Arms 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Call to Vengeance 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Call to Insurrection 2022Buy 🇺🇸
5	A Call to Deception 2026Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2005–2012)

Start with Night Train to Rigel, the first of 5 books in the Quadrail series.

#	Title
1	Night Train to Rigel 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Third Lynx 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	Odd Girl Out 2008Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Domino Pattern 2009Buy 🇺🇸
5	Judgment at Proteus 2012Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2014–2014)

8 books (1986–2025)

Start with Cascade Point and Other Stories, the first of 8 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Cascade Point and Other Stories 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Time Bomb and Zahndry Others 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Distant Friends and Others 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	Star Song and Other Stories 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	Pawn's Gambit 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Battle of Space Fort Jefferson and Other Stories 2024Buy 🇺🇸
7	Distant Telepaths: Stories 2025Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Art of War and Other Stories 2025Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1984–2025)

Start with A Coming of Age, the first of 13 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	A Coming of Age 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	Spinneret 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	Triplet 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Deadman Switch 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	Warhorse 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	Angelmass 2001Buy 🇺🇸
7	Manta's Gift 2002Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Green and the Gray 2004Buy 🇺🇸
9	Cloak 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	Soulminder 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	Ghost Riders In The Sky 2020Buy 🇺🇸
12	Cloaked Deception 2024Buy 🇺🇸
13	Trap Line 2025Buy 🇺🇸

65 books (1978–2013)

Start with Splinter of the Mind's Eye(By: Alan Dean Foster), the first of 65 books in the Star Wars Legends series.

#	Title
1	Splinter of the Mind's Eye(By: Alan Dean Foster) 1978Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Han Solo Adventures(By: Brian Daley) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Adventures of Lando Calrissian(By: L. Neil Smith) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Courtship of Princess Leia(By: Dave Wolverton) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Crystal Star(By: Vonda N. McIntyre) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Truce at Bakura(By: Kathy Tyers) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	Children of the Jedi(By: Barbara Hambly) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	Darksaber(By: Kevin J. Anderson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	Hammertong: The Tale of the "Tonnika Sisters" 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	Mist Encounter 1995Buy 🇺🇸
11	We Don't Do Weddings(By: Kathy Tyers) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	The New Rebellion(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	Planet of Twilight(By: Barbara Hambly) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	I, Jedi(By: Michael A. Stackpole) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	General Jar Jar(By: Lara Bergen) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	Obi-Wan's Bongo Adventure(By: Gail Herman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
17	Podrace!(By: Lara Bergen) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
18	Star Wars: Episode I - Dangers of the Core(By: Jim Thomas) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
19	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace(By: John Whitman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
20	Cloak of Deception(By: James Luceno) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
21	Droid to the Rescue(By: Gail Herman) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
22	Meet the Jedi High Council(By: Laura Dower) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
23	Rogue Planet(By: Greg Bear) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
24	Save Naboo!(By: Gail Herman) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
25	Sith Attack(By: Lara Bergen) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
26	Star Wars: Episode I - Anakin's Pit Droid(By: Justine Korman Fontes) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
27	Darth Maul Shadow Hunter(By: Michael Reaves) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
28	The Approaching Storm(By: Alan Dean Foster) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
29	A Forest Apart(By: Troy Denning) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
30	Shatterpoint(By: Matthew Woodring Stover) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
31	Tatooine Ghost(By: Troy Denning) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Ruins of Dantooine(By: Voronica Whitney-Robinson,W. Haden Blackman) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
33	Fool's Bargain 2004Buy 🇺🇸
34	Jedi Trial(By: David Sherman,Dan Cragg) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
35	Survivor's Quest 2004Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Cestus Deception(By: Steven Barnes) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
37	Yoda: Dark Rendezvous(By: Sean Stewart) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
38	Labyrinth of Evil(By: James Luceno) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
39	Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil(By: James Luceno) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
40	The Cestus Deception(By: Steven Barnes) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
41	Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader(By: James Luceno) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
42	Outbound Flight 2006Buy 🇺🇸
43	Allegiance 2007Buy 🇺🇸
44	Death Star(By: Steve Perry,Michael Reaves) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
45	Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor(By: Matthew Woodring Stover) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
46	Millennium Falcon(By: James Luceno) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
47	Death Troopers(By: Joe Schreiber) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
48	Crosscurrent(By: Paul S. Kemp) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
49	Red Harvest(By: Joe Schreiber) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
50	Choices of One 2011Buy 🇺🇸
51	Judge's Call 2011Buy 🇺🇸
52	Knight Errant(By: John Jackson Miller) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
53	Riptide(By: Paul S. Kemp) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
54	Shadow Games(By: Michael Reaves,Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
55	Shadows of the Empire(By: Steve Perry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
56	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire(By: Steve Perry) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
57	Darth Plagueis(By: James Luceno) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
58	Lost Tribe of the Sith(By: John Jackson Miller) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
59	Maul: Lockdown(By: Joe Schreiber) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
60	Scourge(By: Jeff Grubb) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
61	Winner Lose All 2012Buy 🇺🇸
62	Crucible(By: Troy Denning) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
63	Into the Void: Dawn of the Jedi(By: Tim Lebbon) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
64	Kenobi(By: John Jackson Miller) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
65	Scoundrels 2013Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1995–1999)

Start with Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina(By: Kevin J. Anderson,Kathy Tyers), the first of 5 books in the Star Wars: Legends: Tales from… series.

#	Title
1	Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina(By: Kevin J. Anderson,Kathy Tyers) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Tales from Jabba's Palace(By: Kevin J. Anderson,Kathy Tyers) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Tales of the Bounty Hunters(By: Kevin J. Anderson,Kathy Tyers) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Tales from the Empire(With: Michael A. Stackpole,Peter Schweighofer,Kathy Tyers,Laurie Burns,Charlene Newcomb,Tony Russo,Angela Phillips,Erin Endom,Patricia A. Jackson) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Tales from the New Republic(By: Peter Schweighofer,Patricia A. Jackson,Craig Carey) 1999Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1997–1998)

Start with Specter of the Past and read in order.

#	Title
1	Specter of the Past 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Vision of the Future 1998Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1991–1993)

Start with Heir to the Empire and read in order.

#	Title
1	Heir to the Empire 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dark Force Rising 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Last Command 1993Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2019)

Start with Thrawn and read in order.

#	Title
1	Thrawn 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alliances 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Treason 2019Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2020–2021)

Start with Chaos Rising and read in order.

#	Title
1	Chaos Rising 2020Buy 🇺🇸
2	Greater Good 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	Lesser Evil 2021Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2000–2016)

Start with Uprising(By: Micky Neilson), the first of 9 books in the StarCraft series.

#	Title
1	Uprising(By: Micky Neilson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Liberty's Crusade(By: Jeff Grubb) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Shadow of the Xel'Naga(By: Gabriel Mesta) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
4	Speed of Darkness(By: Tracy Hickman) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	Queen of Blades(By: Aaron Rosenberg) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Starcraft Archive(By: Jeff Grubb,Tracy Hickman,Gabriel Mesta,Micky Neilson,Mike Morhaime) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
7	Starcraft: I, Mengsk(By: Graham McNeill) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	Spectres(By: Nate Kenyon) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	Starcraft: Evolution 2016Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1775–2010)

Start with The Art of Terminator Salvation by Tara Bennett(By: Tara Bennett), the first of 8 books in the Terminator Salvation series.

#	Title
1	The Art of Terminator Salvation by Tara Bennett(By: Tara Bennett) 1775Buy 🇺🇸
2	Trial by Fire 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cold War(By: Greg Cox) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	From the Ashes 2009Buy 🇺🇸
5	Terminator Salvation: The Movie Companion(By: Tara Bennett) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Terminator: Salvation Movie Prequel(By: Dara Naraghi) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Art of Terminator Salvation(By: Tara Bennett) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
8	Terminator Salvation: Trial by Fire 2010Buy 🇺🇸

21 books (2009–2024)

Start with The Devil's Handshake(By: Larry Hama), the first of 21 books in the The Adventures of Basil and Moebius series.

#	Title
1	The Devil's Handshake(By: Larry Hama) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Knife's Edge 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Of Biblical Proportions 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	Secret of the Ancients(By: Larry Hama) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Gold Bugs Affair(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Paris Excursion(By: Ryan Schifrin) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Shadow Gambit(By: Larry Hama) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Insecurity(By: Aaron Allston) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Fate of All Fools(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Picture of Aleister Crowley(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
11	Dealbreaker 2017Buy 🇺🇸
12	Hammer Of The Gods 2017Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Black Volga(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Tales of Basil and Moebius(By: Aaron Allston) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Hand of Rasputin(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
16	Fresh Hells(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Outbreak Paradox 2020Buy 🇺🇸
18	Unfinished(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
19	Godslayer(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
20	Quitters Never Die(By: Richard Lee Byers) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
21	Just Another Tuesday(With: Richard Lee Byers,Erik Scott de Bie,Ryan Schifrin,Chris A. Jackson) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1994–1996)

Start with Conquerors' Pride and read in order.

#	Title
1	Conquerors' Pride 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Conquerors' Heritage 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Conquerors' Legacy 1996Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2020)

Start with Pawn and read in order.

#	Title
1	Pawn 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Knight 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Queen 2020Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1998–2025)

Start with More Than Honor(By: S.M. Stirling,David Weber,David Drake), the first of 8 books in the Worlds of Honor series.

#	Title
1	More Than Honor(By: S.M. Stirling,David Weber,David Drake) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Worlds of Honor(By: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Linda Evans,Roland J. Green) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	Changer of Worlds(By: David Weber,Eric Flint) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Service of the Sword(With: John Ringo,David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Eric Flint,Victor Mitchell) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	In Fire Forged(With: David Weber,Jane Lindskold,Andy Presby) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
6	Beginnings(With: David Weber,Charles E. Gannon,Joelle Presby) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
7	What Price Victory?(By: David Weber) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
8	Challenges(By: David Weber) 2025Buy 🇺🇸