Originally Posted by
Qeomash
I hate sounding like a know it all, but the 3 books with Thrawn in them (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command) are not the "Hand of Thrawn" trilogy. I'm not sure if they actually have a name, hence why everything that came after specifically names itself as "The Dark Jedi Trilogy" or whatever. Hand of Thrawn was a two book "duolgy" (Specter of the Past, Vision of the Future), and were on par with the other three books by Zahn.
The point of this know it all moment is that you should read the first Thrawn books by Zahn, then read the two Hand of Thrawn books. And then, like me, never touch another EU book.