Jedi Books?

I mean, anything outside the franchise.

I can recall only a few:

- Lord of the Rings Saga
- Harry Potter Saga
- Wizard of Earthsea Saga (it has new books in it, but I stopped at this 3)

Comparing to similar topic on movies, it's sad for me that these are all fantasy.

Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles (i.e., the Black Cauldron series), though written for a younger audience, is an entertaining read.

Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga (i.e., the Magician series), if I recall correctly, was also pretty decent.

But those are fantasy.

The most obvious jump for me in the sci-fi genre is to Frank Herbert's Dune. I've gone on about its similarities with Star Wars and how it inspired George Lucas in the past, so I won't do that here. There are clear differences between the universes and a very different take on the hero's journey, but I would still consider it a 'Jedi book'.

A weirder sci-fi/horror entry I might suggest is the Necroscope series by Brian Lumley. The first and third books specifically (Necroscope and The Source) have that -something- (I'm not sure what to call it) that make them feel like they fit into this category.

There are also a number of classic cyberpunk books that some might consider 'Jedi' (though perhaps not in the manner that 'Jedi' is traditionally understood). Authors like George Alec Effinger, W. T. Quick, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, Jeff Noon, Marc Laidlaw, and Pat Cadigan had unique takes on society, technology, spirituality, and awareness/enlightenment, as well as interesting interpretations of the hero and anti-hero in most of their stories.

The Giver by Lois Lowry... I remember little I read as a teenager (I read so much) but I definitely remember that book.

(On a side note, I'm rather disappointed it appears they're changing the story for the film)

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
and just for good measure, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Maybe, some Plato's Dialogues too?
I`ll make a 2nd try on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius ! )

I think, there is something Jedi in Catcher in the Rye and the Dandelion Wine - but not so much for a "Jedi book" definition.

Strangely, you haven't mentioned Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Bach. All parables are close to Jedi Books, I perceive.

And sure, Tao Te Ching (that's with Le Guin's Comments) and Zen Flesh Zen Bones could be listed here too - although they're pure spiritual books, no plot included.

Maybe even this, I haven't read it yet, but there should be something good like this for my profession - Zen Programmer

Definitely the Tao Te Ching. If you equate Tao with Force, it reads directly as a Jedi text.

I'd also add The Book of Tea, by Kakuzo Okakura, Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chodron, The Little Prince, and Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet.

den385 wrote: Maybe, some Plato's Dialogues too?
I`ll make a 2nd try on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius ! )

I'm not sure I agree about Plato, but I'll give you Marcus Aurelius

Again, my choices here will probably mirror my choices in the Movies thread:

• Dune
• Hellblazer (for an illustration of why responsibility is important)
• anything by PKD.

• The Hagakure
• The Little Zen Companion
• Everyday Tao
• What Dreams May Come
• Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown
• The Way of Zen
• Zen in the Art of Archery
• Hua Hu Ching

Those are a few of my favorites.

I've read a funny one - Osho quotes presented in yoda-ish manner and in Jedi terms (even with some refs to the franchise).

Called 'Yoda Sutras', costed some 1$ on Amazon for Kindle.