If you’d like to read about what happened right after “Return of the Jedi” events, take “The Truce at Bakura” door Kathy Tyers. If u want a good book about Anakin and the Clone War, try “Jedi Trial” door David Sherman and Dan Cragg. It’s a pretty good war novel.
Well, everyone of us has his own favoriete ster Wars novels, and it appears to be that opinions of fans rarely coincide. :) Everyone has his own favoriete characters and looks for something special, something that is consonant with what he feels inside. So I don’t dare to recommed u the boeken I love most :) I just have to say that when u start reading ster Wars books, some things can puzzle you. For example if u take something from the middle of Yuuzhan Vong War times without knowing what happened before, it could seem to u a bit strange of unexpected. Here is the chronology of the books:
link Hope it will help.