Reddit mentions of Horus Rising (The Horus Heresy Book 1)

Late additions. Hope no one minds that I necro this post ;)

A lot of my favorites have already been suggested so here the best stuff I could think of that I didn't see mentioned below.

Have you read any of the Horus Heresy books? The first three are kind of an unofficial trilogy and are fantastic. The series is a whole is really good but with some books being hit or miss. The anecdote I tell everyone is that my wife is not a nerd and is not into sci fi. She cried at the end of the third book and we named one of our kids after a character.

https://www.amazon.com/Horus-Rising-Heresy-Book-ebook/dp/B01MQGRV2R/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Horus+Rising&qid=1565396327&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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Even Curries On Silver Wings series is really good. Really awesome/interesting take on both space battles and powered armor. Unfortunately he seems to have kind of dropped the series after the main story arc but up until that point (book 6 i think?) its absolutely worth a read.

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https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Wings-Evan-Currie-ebook/dp/B005QOX3ZY/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=on+silver+wings&qid=1565396560&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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Michael A Stackpole's X-Wing Series. Its considered "legends" now but it gave us SW fans some of the most iconic moments in the franchise. (Errant Venture anyone?). These books, along with Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy beginning with Heir to the Empire,are the Star Wars squeal movies we should have gotten.

https://www.amazon.com/Rogue-Squadron-Star-Legends-X-Wing-ebook/dp/B00513HXBA/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=xwing+stackpole&qid=1565396652&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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Which brings me to the coup de grace. Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. Mad Jedi masters? Super genius military strategists? Talon Karde and Mara Jade? Yes. Even more than the movies these books defined Star Wars to me as a teenager.

https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-Legends-Thrawn-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00513HX7Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2C8D6Q4ZX5KEE&keywords=heir+to+the+empire&qid=1565396812&s=gateway&sprefix=heir+to+the+empire%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1