The Star Wars "Expanded Universe" books were official before Disney bought Lucasfilm. Disney made these books "unofficial", rebranding them as "Legends", because they wanted to do their own lore without regard for what came before. The pre-Disney Star Wars universe was very diverse and had all sorts of novels and comics that weren't necessarily consistent. Reportedly, George Lucas himself regarded them as not real Star Wars, but offshoots from Star Wars.
The video's #58 is the third book of the Darth Bane trilogy. I just finished it on Audible. He regards it as the weakest of the trilogy, but I thought that it was the best of a truly great trilogy. The video lists the first two books at #18 and #29.
His #2 book, Outbound Flight is what I am currently listening to. I'm not far enough into it to know why it is so great, so I am questioning the ranking, but maybe I'll be surprised.
The Darth Plagueis novel is deservedly regarded as one of the best Star Wars books if not the best. The video lists it at #15.
Besides the excellent Darth Bane trilogy, there is the Thrawn Heir to the Empire Trilogy , which is highly praised, but in my mind just good and not excellent. It drags out a bit. The video lists the books at #3, #5, and #7.
Splinter in the Mind's Eye is the first Star Wars novel I read all the way back in 1978. He lists it as #109. The story was originally intended to be a sequel to the first Star Wars that wouldn't be too expensive to make. Development on the novel started before the first film came out. However, the success of Star Wars led to The Empire Strikes Back, so Splinter in the Mind's Eye is not consistent with that movie.
The Disney canon novels Master and Apprentice and Ahsoka are definitely good, but also not my favorites.
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