I read Tales From the Bounty Hunters, which i enjoyed very much because its not very EU-ish and coolest of all takes place mostly at the time of the OT (short stories too, so if you dont like one its over fast). Timothy Zahn's trilogy (Heir to the Emperor, etc.) is also pretty good. Other than that i can't really recommend much. I re-read Splinter earlier this year and found it to be much better than i remembered.
I read Tales From the Bounty Hunters, which i enjoyed very much because its not very EU-ish and coolest of all takes place mostly at the time of the OT (short stories too, so if you dont like one its over fast). Timothy Zahn's trilogy (Heir to the Emperor, etc.) is also pretty good. Other than that i can't really recommend much. I re-read Splinter earlier this year and found it to be much better than i remembered.