By Timothy Zahn

Though they've had their ups and downs, Han and Leia are a couple we'll always have a soft spot for. If you also ship the general and her space cowboy, there are plenty of Star Wars books that feature their relationship.

Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy (also known as the Heir to the Empire trilogy) depicts Han and Leia starting a family and continuing to inspire and stand by each other in the face of new foes, and is considered by many to be one of the finest chapters in the Star Wars expanded universe.

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Dave Wolverton's The Courtship of Princess Leia, set after Return of the Jedi's Battle of Endor, puts their relationship at the forefront, covering the events leading up to their marriage. It also features Han kidnapping Leia in order to win her heart, a plot development that hasn't aged particularly well.

Both the Thrawn trilogy and The Courtship of Princess Leia are no longer strictly canon —if you're looking for a literary depiction of Han and Leia's romance that's still in-canon, Claudia Gray's Bloodline, set before Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has a bittersweet depiction of what the pair's relationship looked like soon before the rise of the First Order.