MattL
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I was a huge fan of Timothy Zahn's original Thrawn books (some of the earliest books I read as a teenager that got me in to reading actually) and have a kindle copy of that one, been really excited to read it. Thrawn has always been one of my favorite characters. Been meaning to read some of his older award winning non-Star Wars stuff.If fiction is included in the topic, I've been reading "Star Wars: Thrawn" by Timothy Zahn. My oldest daughter and I are both fans of the Star Wars prequels and the animated Clone Wars and Rebels series, so she picked up this book about the imperial officer Thrawn after he was the big bad in seasons 3 and 4 of Rebels. It was one of those "dad, you'll enjoy this, you should read it", so I have. My impression of the character is that he's Sherlock Holmes in space, an alien officer in the xenophobic Imperial Navy, who rises through the ranks by observing details and putting together deductions that most others miss and by adopting unorthodox methods to solve problems. It's an entertaining book and I've enjoyed it, and there's the bonus of being invited to share in something that interests my teenager, so that alone makes it worthwhile.
A big fan of the Clone Wars and Rebels series too. Despite being very kid-ish in ways honestly felt like they had better writing than a lot of the main Star Wars content.