Star Wars: The New Jedi Order Books in Order

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order contains 25 books, published between 1999 and 2006. The first book is Dark Tide, Book I: Onslaught (1999) and the newest is Boba Fett: A Practical Man (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1999–2006
Pages on record
954 in 2 of 25 books

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order is a multi-author space opera series of 25 books published between 1999 and 2006. Dark Tide, Book I: Onslaught (1999) opens the run, and Boba Fett: A Practical Man (2006) is the last listed entry. Greg Keyes has the most credits, on 5 books; Michael A. Stackpole, James Luceno, Sean Williams and Shane Dix are each credited on 3, and Troy Denning, Walter Jon Williams and Elaine Cunningham on 2. Han Solo and Luke Skywalker appear among the subject headings. Balance Point (2000) and Star by Star (2001) are part of the run.

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How many Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books are there?

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order has 25 books, released between 1999 and 2006.

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. 2
    Dark Tide, Book I: Onslaught1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
  2. 3
    Dark Tide, Book II: Ruin2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
  3. 42000–
  4. 5
    Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse2000 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000348
  5. 6
    Balance Point2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
  6. 7
    Dark Tide Onslaught2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
  7. 8
    Recovery - Short Story2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
  8. 92001–
  9. 102001–
  10. 11
    Star by Star2001 · 606 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001606
  11. 12
    Ylesia2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  12. 13
    Dark Journey2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  13. 14
    The Apprentice2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  14. 15
    Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  15. 16
    Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  16. 17
    Traitor2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  17. 18
    Destiny's Way2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  18. 19
    Emissary of the Void2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  19. 20
    Force Heretic, Book I: Remnant2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  20. 21
    Force Heretic, Book II: Refugee2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  21. 222003–
  22. 23
    The Final Prophecy2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  23. 242003–
  24. 25
    The Unifying Force2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  25. 26
    Boba Fett: A Practical Man2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order Books in Chronological Order

In story order, Boba Fett: A Practical Man comes first and Star Wars: The New Jedi Order - The Final Prophecy comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 25 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 26
    Boba Fett: A Practical Man2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
  2. 2
    Dark Tide, Book I: Onslaught1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
  3. 3
    Dark Tide, Book II: Ruin2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
  4. 42000–
  5. 5
    Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse2000 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000348
  6. 6
    Balance Point2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
  7. 8
    Recovery - Short Story2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
  8. 92001–
  9. 102001–
  10. 19
    Emissary of the Void2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  11. 11
    Star by Star2001 · 606 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001606
  12. 13
    Dark Journey2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  13. 14
    The Apprentice2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  14. 15
    Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  15. 16
    Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  16. 17
    Traitor2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  17. 18
    Destiny's Way2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  18. 12
    Ylesia2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  19. 20
    Force Heretic, Book I: Remnant2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  20. 21
    Force Heretic, Book II: Refugee2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  21. 222003–
  22. 23
    The Final Prophecy2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  23. 25
    The Unifying Force2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
  24. 7
    Dark Tide Onslaught2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
  25. 242003–

Where to start with Star Wars: The New Jedi Order

Start with Dark Tide, Book I: Onslaught (1999), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, Boba Fett: A Practical Man comes first.

What is the newest Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book?

Boba Fett: A Practical Man (2006) is the newest Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book released so far.

Is there a new Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book coming?

No next Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Star Wars: The New Jedi Order title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
954 pages across the 2 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 477 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books, 24 of 25, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 25 titles, 5 are credited to Greg Keyes, 3 to Michael A. Stackpole, 3 to James Luceno and 3 to Sean Williams. A further 9 writers are credited.

When Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Star Wars: The New Jedi Order titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 24 titles.

1990s
1
2000s
24

25 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books are about

2 of the 25 Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.