{"id":6661,"date":"2026-05-04T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:31:01","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-288-shadows-of-the-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-288-shadows-of-the-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 288 &#8211; Shadows of the Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Shadows of the Empire<\/i> by Steve Perry. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-288-shadows-of-the-empire\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/princess.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/princess-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/princess-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/princess-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/princess-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/princess.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mindor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mindor-134x220.jpg\" alt=\"Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Stover\" width=\"134\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mindor-134x220.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mindor-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mindor.jpg 609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moving-141x220.jpg\" alt=\"Moving Target by Cecil Castelluci and Jason Fry\" width=\"141\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moving-141x220.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moving-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moving-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moving-988x1536.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/moving.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781368010474\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Leia, Princess of Alderaan<\/em> by Claudia Gray<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780345477453\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor<\/em> by Matthew Stover<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781484725016\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Moving Targe<\/em>t by Cecil Castelluci and Jason Fry<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/princess.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/princess-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/princess-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/princess-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/princess.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rogue-squadron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rogue-squadron-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Rogue Squadron (X-Wing series) by Michael Stackpole\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rogue-squadron-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rogue-squadron-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rogue-squadron-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rogue-squadron.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weapon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weapon-141x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Weapon of the Jedi by Jason Fry\" width=\"141\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weapon-141x220.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weapon-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weapon-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weapon-988x1536.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/weapon.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780399185793\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Princess Diarist<\/em> by Carrie Fisher<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593359792\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Rogue Squadron<\/em> (X-Wing series) by Michael A. Stackpole<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781484725009\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Weapon of the Jedi<\/em> by Jason Fry<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1418,2698,1655,2697,2699,2061,48,30,2696,454,2055,2695],"class_list":["post-6661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-carrie-fisher","tag-cecil-castelluci","tag-claudia-gray","tag-jason-fry","tag-matthew-stover","tag-michael-a-stackpole","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-shadows-of-the-empire","tag-star-wars","tag-star-wars-legends","tag-steve-perry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6669,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6661\/revisions\/6669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}