A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... I was looking for a good Star Wars booksite with FAQ's, timelines and the like. I found none. So here's mine. It should answer the big questions for the casual book reader (like myself) who forgets where all the books fit in and what happened when and where.
Timeline (Where BNH = Before A New Hope & ANH = After A New Hope)
Comics includes only as they directly tie into book line
32 BNH Phantom Menace
0 Star Wars: A New Hope
3ANH The Empire Strikes Back Shadows of the Empire
4ANH Return of the Jedi Truce at Bakura The Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy
7ANH X-wing: Wedge's Gamble X-wing: The Krytos Trap X-wing: The Bacta War X-wing: Wraith Squadron X-wing: Iron Fist X-wing: Solo Command
8ANH The Courtship of Princess Leia
9ANH Thrwan Trilogy
10ANH Dark Empire (Comic) Dark Empire II (Comic)
11ANH The Jedi Academy Trilogy I Jedi
12ANH Children of the Jedi Darksaber
13ANH Planet of Twilght X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar
14ANH The Crystal Star
16ANH The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy
18ANH The Corellian Trilogy
25ANH Vector Prime Dark Tide : Onslaught Dark Tide : Ruin Agents of Chaos : Hero's Trial Agents of Chaos : Jedi Eclipse
26ANH Balance Point
Who's Who?
Only includes those new to the Star Wars universe in the books or comics. Includes all important details on the charecter covered in the books, as well as a list of books they appear in.
Admiral Daala
Admiral Pellaeon
Bobba Fett
Calista
Durga the Hutt
Gran Admiral Thrawn
Kyp Durron
Mara Jade
Prince Isolder
Prince Xizor