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Star Trek – The Reading List

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This is a comprehensive listing of professionally published Star Trek fiction — novels and short-story collections. Most likely, the earliest forms of Star Trek fiction many fans may recall being exposed to are the numbered Star Trek books adapted by James Blish from the original scripts to 77 of the 79 classic Star Trek episodes (later rereleased in collected hardbacks as The Star Trek Readers) — and the Star Trek Log books, adapted by Alan Dean Foster from the scripts to the 22 Animated Star Trek episodes. These two book sets have been in-and-out of print ever since their first releases. The Blish books have been gathered, twice, into more convenient form. Once, in the early 1970s, the stories in Star Trek 1-10 were compiled into four hardbound volumes called Star Trek Readers; and in 1991, to celebrate Star Trek’s 25th Anniversary, 77 of the 79 episodes were compiled into a three-volume paperback set entitled Star Trek — The Classic Episodes.

Star Trek 12 was co-written by Blish’s wife, J.A. Lawrence following his death. The remaining two classic Star Trek episodes, both featuring the character Harry Mudd, were combined with an original story by Lawrence into Mudd’s Angels in 1978.

The remainder of this listing of Star Trek fiction is divided into multiple sections, each with their own introduction below. As with all of the booklists on the Lincoln City Libraries Web site, titles owned by the library as part of our permanent collection have hotlinks into our our library catalog — so that you may check on their current availability. Additional titles from this list may be available on the paperback racks at various branches — if a title is not hotlinked from this list, we recommend doing an online catalog search by either author or title. For titles ultimately not owned by the Lincoln City Libraries, please consider requesting them through our Interlibrary Loan service.

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Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two | Season Three
Animated Series on DVD: Complete Animated Series
Movies on DVD: Star Trek the Motion Picture | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country
New era “reboot” Movies: Star Trek | Star Trek Into Darkness | Star Trek Beyond

Novelizations (by James Blish) of 77 of the 79 original

live-action series [1966-69] episodes, 12 volumes. 

Novelizations (by Alan Dean Foster) of all

22 animated series [73-74] episodes, in 10 volumes.

Star Trek 1 Star Trek Log 1
Star Trek 2 Star Trek Log 2
Star Trek 3 Star Trek Log 3
Star Trek 4 Star Trek Log 4
Star Trek 5 Star Trek Log 5
Star Trek 6 Star Trek Log 6
Star Trek 7 Star Trek Log 7
Star Trek 8 Star Trek Log 8
Star Trek 9 Star Trek Log 9
Star Trek 10 Star Trek Log 10
Star Trek 11  
Star Trek 12  
Star Trek Reader (1-3 above)  
Star Trek Reader II (4-6 above)
 
Star Trek Reader III (7-9 above)
 
Star Trek Reader IV (10-12 above)
 
 [see also: Mudd’s Angels, below]  

Early pre-“Pocket” Star Trek fiction: 1968-1984

The original Star Trek aired from 1966-1969 on the NBC television network. Following mediocre ratings, it was cancelled after its second season, then saved by one of the first-ever write-in campaigns by fans. Following a third, poorly-rated season, NBC cancelled it again. The 79 existing episodes began airing as syndicated repeats in the early 1970s and gradually built a massive following. NBC returned the show to the air as a Saturday-morning animated series from 1973 to 1974, featuring the voices of most of the original cast members.

The following section includes the books released by a variety of publishers (primarily Bantam) between 1968 and 1984, before Pocket Books became the exclusive publisher of Star Trek novels. All of these books feature the characters from Classic Star Trek (a.k.a. The Original Series [TOS] — Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. Leonard McCoy, and the supporting cast of Sulu, Chekov, Uhura, Scotty and others. The dates listed are for the original, first printings of these titles, although many of these books (again, the Bantam releases) have been reprinted multiple times. The Bantam novels between 1970 and 1981 were marketed as “Original Star Trek Adventure(s)”.

Mission to Horatius HB [1968] (juvenile) Mack Reynolds
Spock Must Die [1970] James Blish
Spock Messiah [1976] Theodore Cogswell & Charles Spano
Price of the Phoenix [1977] Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath
Planet of Judgement [1977] Joe Haldeman
Mudd’s Angels [1978] (includes adaptations of the two “Harry Mudd” episodes, not included in Blish books above) J.A. Lawrence
Vulcan [1978] Kathleen Sky
Starless World [1978] Gordon Eklund
Trek to Madworld [1979] Stephen Golkin
World Without End [1979] Joe Haldeman
The Fate of the Phoenix [1979] Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath
Devil World [1979] Gordon Eklund
Perry’s Planet [1980] Joe Haldeman II
The Galactic Whirlpool [1980] David Gerrold
Death’s Angel [1981] Kathleen Sky
NEW VOYAGES — fan-written short stories [1976, 1978]  
Star Trek: The New Voyages [1976] (short stories) Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath [eds]
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 [1978] (short stories) Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath [eds]
GIBRALTAR LIBRARY BINDING JUVENILES [1977]  
The Truth Machine HB [1977] (juvenile) Christopher Cerf & Sharon Lerner
The Prisoner of Vega HB [1977] (juvenile) Sharon Lerner & Christopher Cerf
MOVIE TIE-IN SHORT STORIES [1982, 1984]  
Star Trek II Short Stories [1982] William Rotsler
Star Trek III Short Stories [1984] William Rotsler

The “Pocket Books” era: 1981-present

In 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture premiered in theaters around the country, introducing a new era for the much-loved characters on-screen and in-print. In theaters, a total of six motion pictures were ultimately released from 1979 to 1992, featuring the Classic characters. In the area of novels, Simon & Schuster, under their Pocket Books division, became the exclusive publisher of Star Trek fiction. New novels were released regularly, in numbered sequence, starting in 1981. Larger, “special” novels were occasionally also printed, but were not part of the normal numbering sequence. In 1988, the first hardback Star Trek book was released. Following volume #97 in 2002, Pocket Books finally abandoned their sequential numbering system.

#1 Star Trek: The Motion Picture [1979] Gene Roddenberry
#2 The Entropy Effect [1981] Vonda N. McIntyre
#3 The Klingon Gambit [1981] Robert Vardeman
#4 The Covenant of the Crown [1981] Howard Weinstein
#5 The Prometheus Design [1982] Sondra Marshak &
Myrna Culbreath
#6 The Abode of Life [1982] Lee Correy
#7 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan [1982] Vonda N. McIntyre
#8 Black Fire [1982] Sonni Cooper
#9 Triangle [1983] Sondra Marshak &
Myrna Culbreath
#10 Web of the Romulans [1983] M[elinda] S. Murdock
(Nebraska Author!)
#11 Yesterday’s Son [1983] A[nn] C. Crispin
#12 Mutiny on the Enterprise [1983] Robert Vardeman
#13 The Wounded Sky [1983] Diane Duane
#14 The Trellisane Confrontation [1984] David Dvorkin
#15 Corona [1984] Greg Bear
#16 Worlds Apart, Book 1: The Final Reflection [1984] John M. Ford
#17 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [1984] Vonda N. McIntyre
#18 Rihannsu, Book 1: My Enemy, My Ally [1984] Diane Duane
#19 Tears of the singers [1984] Melinda Snodgrass
#20 The Vulcan Academy Murders [1984] Jean Lorrah
#21 Uhura’s Song [1985] Janet Kagan
#22 Shadow Lord [1985] Lawrence Yep
#23 Ishmael [1985] Barbara Hambly
#24 Killing Time [1985] Della VanHise
#25 Dwellers in the Crucible [1985] Margaret Wander Bonanno
#26 Pawns and Symbols [1985] Majliss Larson
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home [1986] (dropped numbering for “specials”) Vonda N. McIntyre (also came out in YA edition as by Peter Lerangis
#27 Mindshadow [1986] Jeanne M. Dillard
#28 Crisis on Centaurus [1986] Brad Ferguson
#29 Fortunes of War, Book 1: Dreadnought! [1986] Diane Carey
#30 Demons [1986] J.M. Dillard
Enterprise, the First Adventure [1986] Vonda N. McIntyre
#31 Fortunes of War, Book 1: Battlestations! [1986] Diane Carey
#32 Chain of Attack [1987] Gene DeWeese
#33 Deep Domain [1987] Howard Weinstein
#34 Dreams of the Raven [1987] Carmen Carter
Strangers From the Sky [1987] Margaret Wander Bonanno
#35 Rihannsu, Book 2: The Romulan Way [1987] Diane Duane &
Peter Morwood
#36 Worlds Apart, Book 2: How Much For Just the Planet? [1987] John M. Ford
#37 Bloodthirst [1987] J.M. Dillard
Final Frontier [1988] Diane Carey
#38 The IDIC Epidemic [1988] Jean Lorrah
#39 Time for Yesterday [1988] Ann C. Crispin
#40 Timetrap [1988] David Dvorkin
#41 The Three-Minute Universe [1988] Barbara Paul
Spock’s World HB [1988] Diane Duane
#42 Memory Prime [1988] Garfield Reeves-Stevens
#43 The Final Nexus [1988] Gene DeWeese
#44 Vulcan’s Glory [1989] D.C. Fontana
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier [1989] J.M. Dillard
#45 Double, Double [1989] Michael Jan Friedman
The Lost Years HB [1989] J.M. Dillard
#46 The Cry of the Onlies [1989] Judy Klass
#47 The Kobayashi Maru [1989] Julia Ecklar
#48 Rules of Engagement [1990] Peter Morwood
#49 The Pandora Principle [1990] Carolyn Clowes
#50 Doctor’s Orders [1990] Diane Duane
Prime Directive HB [1990] Garfield Reeves-Stevens &
Judith Reeves-Stevens
#51 Enemy Unseen [1990] V.E. Mitchell
#52 Home is the Hunter [1990] Dana Kramer-Rolls
#53 Ghost Walker [1991] Barbara Hambly
#54 A Flag Full of Stars [1991] [The Lost Years Saga] Brad Ferguson
#55 Renegade [1991] Gene DeWeese
#56 Legacy [1991] Michael Jan Friedman
#57 The Rift [1991] Peter David
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country [1992] J.M. Dillard
#58 Faces of Fire [1992] Michael Jan Friedman
Probe HB [1992] Margaret Wander Bonanno
#59 The Disinherited [1992] Peter David
#60 Ice Trap [1992] L.A. Graf
#61 Sanctuary [1992] John Vornholt
#62 Death Count [1992] L.A. Graf
Best Destiny HB [1992] Diane Carey
#63 Shell Game [1993] Melissa Crandall
#64 The Starship Trap [1993] Mel Gilden
#65 Windows on a Lost World [1993] V.E. Mitchell
#66 From the Depths [1993] Victor Milan
Shadows on the Sun HB [1993] Michael Jan Friedman
#67 The Great Starship Race [1993] Diane Carey
#68 Firestorm [1994] L.A. Graf
#69 The Patrian Transgression [1994] Simon Hawke
Transformations  [1994] [a Captain Sulu adventure on audio only] Dave Stern
Sarek HB [1994] A.C. Crispin
#70 Traitor Winds [1994] [The Lost Years Saga] L.A. Graf
#71 Crossroad [1994] Barbara Hambly
Federation HB [1994] Garfield Reeves-Stevens &
Judith Reeves-Stevens
Cacophony  [1994] [a Captain Sulu adventure on audio only] J.J. Molloy
#72 The Better Man [1994] Howard Weinstein
#73 Recovery [1995] J.M. Dillard
#74 The Fearful Summons [1995] Denny Martin Flinn
The Ashes of Eden HB [1995] William Shatner,
Garfield Reeves-Stevens &
Judith Reeves-Stevens
Envoy  [1995] [a Captain Sulu adventure on audio only] L.A. Graf
#75 The First Frontier [1995] Diane Carey
#76 The Captain’s Daughter [1995] Peter David
Crossover HB [1995] Michael Jan Friedman
#77 Twilight’s End [1996] Jerry Oltion
The Return HB [1996] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Garfield Reeves-Stevens &
Judith Reeves-Stevens
#78 The Rings of Tautee [1996] Dean Wesley Smith
#79 Invasion, Book 1: First Strike [1996] Diane Carey
#80 The Joy Machine [1996] James Gunn
[story by Theodore Sturgeon]
#81 Mudd in Your Eye [1997] Jerry Oltion
Avenger HB [1997] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
#82 Mind Meld [1997] John Vornholt
Vulcan’s Forge HB [1997] Josepha Sherman &
Susan Schwartz
Day of Honor, vol 4: Treaty’s Law [1997] Dean Wesley Smith &
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#83 Heart of the Sun [1997] Pamela Sargent &
George Zebrowski
#84 Assignment: Eternity [1998] Greg Cox
Spectre HB [1998] [TOS/TNG/VOY] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Captain’s Table, vol 1: War Dragons [1998] L.A. Graf
The Captain’s Table, vol 6: Where Sea Meets Sky [1998] Jerry Oltion
#85 My Brother’s Keeper, vol 1: Republic [1998] Michael Jan Friedman
#86 My Brother’s Keeper, vol 2: Constitution [1998] Michael Jan Friedman
#87 My Brother’s Keeper, vol 3: Enterprise [1999] Michael Jan Friedman
Dark Victory HB [1999] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Vulcan’s Heart HB [1999] Josepha Sherman &
Susan Schwartz
#88 Across the Universe [1999] Pamela Sargent &
George Zebrowski
#89 New Earth, vol 1: Wagon Train to the Stars [2000] Diane Carey
#90 New Earth, vol 2: Belle Terre [2000] Dean Wesley Smith &
Diane Carey
Preserver HB [2000] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
#91 New Earth, vol 3: Rough Trails [2000] L.A. Graf
#92 New Earth, vol 4: The Flaming Arrow [2000] Kathy & Jerry Oltion
#93 New Earth, vol 5: Thin Air [2000] Kristine Kathryn Rusch &
Dean Wesley Smith
#94 New Earth, vol 6: Challenger [2000] Diane Carey
#95 Rihannsu, Book 3: Swordhunt [2000] Diane Duane
#96 Rihannsu, Book 4: Honor Blade [2000] Diane Duane
Section 31: Cloak [2001] S.D. Perry
The Eugenics Wars:
The Rise of Khan Noonien Singh, Vol 1
 HB [2001]
Greg Cox
Gateways Book One: One Small Step [2001] Susan Wright
Gateways Book Two: Chainmail [2001] Diane Carey
#97 In the Name of Honor [2002] Dayton Ward
The Eugenics Wars:
The Rise of Khan Noonien Singh, Vol 2
 HB [2002]
Greg Cox
The Janus Gate #1 Present Tense [2002] L.A. Graf
The Janus Gate #2 Future Imperfect [2002] L.A. Graf
The Janus Gate #3 Past Prologue [2002] L.A. Graf
The Last Roundup HB [2002] Christie Golden
Errand of Vengeance #1 The Edge of the Sword [2002] Kevin Ryan
Errand of Vengeance #2 Killing Blow [2002] Kevin Ryan
Errand of Vengeance #3 River of Blood [2002] Kevin Ryan
The Captain’s Peril HB [2002] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Brave and the Bold #1 [2002] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Gemini [2003] Mike W. Barr
Garth of Izar [2003] Pamela Sargent &
George Zebrowski
Worlds in Collision TPB [2003] (Signature Series – compilation of Memory Prime and Prime Directive) Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens
Captain’s Blood HB [2003] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse [2004] Tony Isabella &
Bob Ingersoll
Vulcan’s Soul Trilogy, Book 1: Exodus HB [2004] Josepha Sherman &
Susan Shwartz
Ex Machina [2004] Christopher L. Bennett
Errand of Fury, Book 1: Seeds of Rage [2005] Kevin Ryan
The Eugenics Wars: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonian Singh [2005] Greg Cox
Vanguard, Book 1: Harbinger [2005] David Mack
Vulcan’s Soul Trilogy, Book 2: Exile HB [2006] Josepha Sherman &
Susan Shwartz
Burning Dreams [2006] Margaret Wander Bonanno
Captain’s Glory [2006] William Shatner, Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens
Mere Anarchy:  Things Fall Apart [2006] eBook Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Crucible:  McCoy: Provenance of Shadows [2006] David R. George III
Constellations [2006] TPB short story collection edited by Marco Palmieri
Mere Anarchy:  The Centre Cannot Hold [2006] eBook Mike W. Barr
Crucible:  Spock: The Fire and the Rose [2006] David R. George III
Mere Anarchy:  Shadows of the Indignant [2006] eBook Dave Galanter
Crucible:  Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering [2006] David R. George III
Rihannsu, Book 5:  The Empty Chair [2006] Diane Duane
Vanguard, Book 2: Summon the Thunder [2006] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Mere Anarchy:  The Darkness Drops Again [2007] eBook Christopher L. Bennett
The Mirror Universe, Part 1:  Glass Empires [2007] David Mack, Greg Cox, Mike Sussman, Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
The Mirror Universe, Part 2:  Obsidian Alliances [2007] Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Sarah Shaw
Mere Anarchy:  The Blood-Dimmed Tide [2006] eBook Howard Weinstein
Mere Anarchy:  Its Hour Come Round [2006] eBook Margaret Wander Bonanno
Vulcan’s Soul Trilogy, Book 3: Epiphany HB [2007] Josepha Sherman &
Susan Shwartz
The Academy: Collision Course HB [2007] William Shatner, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Excelsior:  Forged in Fire [2008] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Errand of Fury, Book 3: Sacrifices of War [2008] Kevin J. Ryan
Klingon Empire:  A Burning House [2008] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Mere Anarchy [2009] Margaret Wander Bonanno, Christopher L. Bennett and others
Compilation of 6 shorter works originally published as eBooks.
Star Trek TPB [2009] [film novelization] Alan Dean Foster
Troublesome Minds [2009] Dave Galanter
Mirror Universe:  The Sorrows of Empire [2009] David Mack
Inception [2010] S.D. Perry
Unspoken Truth [2010] Margaret Wander Bonanno
The Children of Kings [2010] Dave Stern
A Choice of Catastrophes [2011] Steve Mollman and Michael Schuster
Cast No Shadow [2011] James Swallow
The Rings of Time [2012] Greg Cox
That Which Divides [2012] Dayton Ward
Allegiance in Exile [2013] David R. George III
Devil’s Bargain [2013] Tony Daniel
The Weight of Worlds [2013] Greg Cox
The Folded World [2013] Jeff Mariotte
The Shocks of Adversity [2013] William Leisner
From History’s Shadow [2013] Dayton Ward
No Time Like the Past [2014] Greg Cox
Seasons of Light and Darkness e-book [2014] Michael A. Martin
Serpents in the Garden [2014] Jeff Mariotte
The More Things Change e-book [2014] Scott Pearson
Foul Deeds Will Rise [2014] Greg Cox
Savage Trade [2015] Tony Daniel
Shadow of the Machine e-book [2015] Scott Harrison
Crisis of Consciousness [2015] Dave Galanter
Child of Two Worlds [2015] Greg Cox
Miasma e-book [2016] Greg Cox
The Latter Fire [2016] James Swallow
Elusive Salvation [2016] Dayton Ward
Legacies, Book I: Captain to Captain [2016] Greg Cox
Legacies, Book II: Best Defense [2016] David Mack
Legacies, Book III: Purgatory’s Key [2016] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Face of the Unknown [2016] Christopher L. Bennett
The Captain’s Oath [2019] Christopher L. Bennett
Antares Maelstrom [2019] Greg Cox
Higher Frontier [2020] Christopher L. Bennett
Agents of Influence [2020] Dayton Ward
A Contest of Principles [2020] Greg Cox
Living Memory [2021] Christopher L. Bennett
Harm’s Way [2022] David Mack

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In 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation [STNG or TNG] premiered in syndication, and went on to enjoy seven years of high ratings as one of the most successful “made-for-syndication” tv series in history. In addition, since it went off the air in 1994, the STNG cast have reunited for four feature films, beginning with Star Trek Generations. Generations also tied Classic Trek in to STNG, by teaming up Captain Kirk and Captain Picard for the first time on screen (although an aged Admiral McCoy had appeared in the STNG pilot episode, and both Spock and Scotty made STNG appearances as well). Pocket Books launched the first of their original STNG novels in 1988, again using a numbering sequence. Larger, “special” books broke out of the numbering sequence occasionally, starting in 1990, and the first STNG hardback appeared in 1991. Pocket published five adaptations of key STNG episodes, also not part of the normal numbering sequence. In 2001, Pocket abandoned the concept of numbering the STNG novels. Most STNG novels focused on the primary cast of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander Riker, Geordi LaForge, Data, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Lt. Worf, Deanna Troi and in earlier novels Lt. Tasha Yar and boy-genius Wesley Crusher. Numerous recurring characters (such as the omniscient prankster Q, or the “Auntie Mame” of Trek, Lwaxanna Troi) also appear in the novels.

Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two | Season Three | Season Four | Season Five | Season Six | Season Seven
Movies on DVD: Star Trek: Generations | Star Trek: First Contact | Star Trek: Insurrection | Star Trek: Nemesis

Encounter at Farpoint [1987] *
[novelization of pilot episode]
David Gerrold
#1 Ghost Ship [1988] Diane Carey
#2 Peacekeepers [1988] Gene DeWeese
#3 The Children of Hamlin [1988] Carmen Carter
#4 Survivors [1989] Jean Lorrah
#5 Strike Zone [1989] Peter David
#6 Power Hungry [1989] Howard Weinstein
#7 Masks [1989] John Vornholt
#8 The Captain’s Honor [1989] David Dvorkin
#9 A Call to Darkness [1989] Michael Jan Friedman
#10 A Rock and a Hard Place [1990] Peter David
Metamorphosis [1990] Jean Lorrah
#11 Gulliver’s Fugitives [1990] Keith Sharee
#12 Doomsday World [1990] Carmen Carter,
Peter David,
Michael Jan Friedman &
Robert Greenberger
#13 The Eyes of the Beholders [1990] A.C. Crispin
#14 Exiles [1990] Howard Weinstein
#15 Fortune’s Light [1991] Michael Jan Friedman
Vendetta [1991] Peter David
Reunion HB [1991] Michael Jan Friedman
#16 Contamination [1991] John Vornholt
#17 Boogeymen [1991] Mel Gilden
#18 Q-in-Law [1991] Peter David
#19 Perchance to Dream [1991] Howard Weinstein
Unification [1991] * Jeri Taylor
#20 Spartacus [1992] T.L. Mancour
Imzadi HB [1992] Peter David
#21 Chains of Command [1992] Bill McCay & Eloise Flood
#22 Imbalance [1992] V.E. Mitchell
#23 War Drums [1992] John Vornholt
Relics [1992] * Michael Jan Friedman
#24 Nightshade [1992] Laurell Hamilton
#25 Grounded [1993] David Bischoff
The Devil’s Heart HB [1993] Carmen Carter
#26 The Romulan Prize [1993] Simon Hawke
#27 Guises of the Mind [1993] Rebecca Neason
Descent [1993] * Diane Carey
#28 Here There Be Dragons [1993] John Peel
Dark Mirror HB [1993] Diane Duane
#29 Sins of Commission [1994] Susan Wright
#30 Debtor’s Planet [1994] W.R. Thompson
All Good Things… HB [1994] * Michael Jan Friedman
Q-Squared HB [1994] Peter David
#31 Foreign Foes [1994] Dave Galanter
#32 Requiem [1994] Michael Jan Friedman
Federation HB [1994] Garfield Reeves-Stevens &
Judith Reeves-Stevens
Star Trek: Generations HB [1994] J.M. Dillard
#33 Balance of Power [1995] Dafydd ab Hugh
#34 Blaze of Glory [1995] Simon Hawke
#35 The Romulan Stratagem [1995] Robert Greenberger
#36 Into the Nebula [1995] Gene DeWeese
#37 The Last Stand [1995] Brad Ferguson
Crossover HB [1995] Michael Jan Friedman
#38 Dragon’s Honor [1996] Kij Johnson
#39 Rogue Saucer [1996] John Vornholt
The Return [1996] William Shatner,
Garfield Reeves-Stevens &
Judith Reeves-Stevens
Star Trek: Klingon [1996] Dean Wesley Smith &
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#40 Possession [1996] J.M. Dillard
Kahless HB [1996] Michael Jan Friedman
#41 Invasion, Book 2: The Soldiers of Fear [1996] Dean Wesley Smith
#42 Infiltrator [1996] W.R. Thompson
Star Trek: First Contact HB [1996] J.M. Dillard
#43 A Fury Scorned [1996] Pamela Sargent &
George Zebrowski
Star Trek: The Borg – Experience the Collective [1996] Hillary Bader
#44 The Death of Princes [1997] John Peel
#45 Intellivore [1997] Diane Duane
Avenger HB [1997] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Starfleet Academy [1997] Diane Carey
Day of Honor #1: Ancient Blood [1997] [TNG] Diane Carey
Ship of the Line HB [1997] Diane Carey
#46 To Storm Heaven [1997] Esther Friesner
The Best and the Brightest [1998] Susan Wright
X-Men: Planet X [1998] Michael Jan Friedman
Spectre HB [1998] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Captain’s Table #2: Dujonian’s Hoard [1998] Michael Jan Friedman
Star Trek: Insurrection HB [1998] J.M. Dillard
#47 The Q Continuum: Q-Space [1998] Greg Cox
#48 The Q Continuum: Q-Zone [1998] Greg Cox
#49 The Q Continuum: Q-Strike [1998] Greg Cox
Triangle: Imzadi II HB [1998] Peter David
The Dominion War #1: Behind Enemy Lines [1998] John Vornholt
The Dominion War #3: Tunnel Through the Stars [1998] John Vornholt
#50 Dyson Sphere [1999] Charles Pellegrino &
George Zebrowski
Dark Victory HB [1999] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
#51 Double Helix #1: Infection [1999] John Gregory Betancourt
#52 Double Helix #2: Vectors [1999] Dean Wesley Smith &
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#53 Double Helix #3: Red Sector [1999] Diane Carey
#54 Double Helix #4: Quarantine [1999] John Vornholt
#55 Double Helix #5: Double or Nothing [1999] Peter David
#56 Double Helix #6: The First Virtue [1999] Michael Jan Friedman &
Christie Golden
Double Helix — Omnibus TPB [2002] (various)
#57 The Forgotten War [1999] William R. Forstchen
I, Q HB [1999] John de Lancie &
Peter David
#58 Gemworld #1 [2000] John Vornholt
#59 Gemworld #2 [2000] John Vornholt
Preserver HB [2000] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Genesis Wave, Book One HB [2000] John Vornholt
#60 Tooth and Claw [2001] Doranna Durgin
#61 Diplomatic Implausibility [2001] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#62 Maximum Warp: Dead Zone [2001] Dave Galanter &
Greg Brodeur
#63 Maximum Warp: Forever Dark [2001] Dave Galanter &
Greg Brodeur
The Genesis Wave, Book Two [2001] John Vornholt
The Valiant HB [2001] Michael Jan Friedman
Section 31: Rogue [2001] Andy Mangels &
Michael A. Martin
Gateways Book Three: Doors Into Chaos [2001] Robert Greenberger
The Genesis Wave, Book Three [2002] John Vornholt
Immortal Coil [2002] Jeffrey Lang
A Hard Rain [2002] Dean Wesley Smith
The Battle of Betazed [2002] Charlotte Douglas &
Susan Kearney
The Captain’s Peril HB [2002] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Brave and the Bold #2 [2002] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Star Trek: Nemesis [2002] J.M. Dillard
Genesis Force [2003] John Vornholt
Do Comets Dream? [2003] S.P. Somtow
The Q Continuum TPB [2003] (Signature Series – compilation of the Q Continuum trilogy above) Greg Cox
Pantheon TPB [2003] (Signature Series – compilation of Reunion and The Valiant) Michael Jan Friedman
Captain’s Blood HB [2003] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
A Time to Be Born [2004] John Vornholt
A Time to Die [2004] John Vornholt
A Time to Sow [2004] Dayton Ward & Kevin Gilmore
A Time to Harvest [2004] Dayton Ward & Kevin Gilmore
A Time to Love [2004] Robert Greenberger
A Time to Hate [2004] Robert Greenberger
A Time to Kill [2004] David Mack
A Time to Heal [2004] David Mack
A Time for War, A Time for Peace [2004] Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Hand of Kahless [2004] John M. Ford and Michael Jan Friedman
Engines of Destiny [2005] Gene DeWeese
Titan, Book 1: Taking Wing [2005] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Death in Winter HB [2005] Michael Jan Friedman
Titan, Book 2: The Red King [2005] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Titan, Book 3: Orion’s Hounds [2006] Christopher L. Bennett
 Captain’s Glory [2006] William Shatner, Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens
Errand of Fury, Book 2: Demands of Honor [2007] Kevin Ryan
The Buried Age [2007] Christopher L. Bennett
Resisistance [2007] J.M. Dillard
 Q & A [2007] Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Sky’s the Limit: All New Tales TPB [2007] (short stories) edited by Marco Palmieri
Before Dishonor [2007] Peter David
Titan, Book 4: The Sword of Damocles [2007] Geoffrey Thorne
Slings & Arrows, Book 1: A Sea of Troubles [e-book] [2007] J. Steven York and Christina F. York
Slings & Arrows, Book 2: The Oppresor’s Wrong [e-book] [2007] Phaedra M. Weldon
Slings & Arrows, Book 3: The Insolence of Office [e-book] [2007] William Leisnerk
Slings & Arrows, Book 4: The Sleep of Death [e-book] [2008] Terri Osborne
Slings & Arrows, Book 5: A Weary Life [e-book] [2008] Robert Greenberger
Slings & Arrows, Book 6: Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment [e-book] [2008] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Greater Than the Sum [2008] Christopher L. Bennett
Gods of Night [2008] David Mack
Mere Mortals [2008] David Mack
Klingon Empire:  A Burning House [2008] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Lost Souls [2008] David Mack
Titan, Book 5: Over a Torrent Sea [2009] Christopher L. Bennett
A Singular Destiny [2009] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Losing the Peace [2009] William Leisner
Titan, Book 5: Synthesis [2009] James Swallow
Typhon Pact, Book 2: Seize the Fire [2010] Michael A. Martin
Typhon Pact, Book 4: Paths of Disharmony [2011] Dayton Ward
Indistinguishable From Magic [2011] David A. McIntee
Typhon Pact, Book 6: Plagues of Night [2012] David R. George III
Typhon Pact, Book 7: Raise the Dawn [2012] David R. George III
Typhon Pact, Book 8: Brinkmanship [2012] Una McCormack
Cold Equations, Book 1: The Persistence of Memory [2012] David Mack
Cold Equations, Book 2: Silent Weapons [2012] David Mack
Cold Equations, Book 3: The Body Electric [2013] David Mack
The Stuff of Dreams [e-book] [2013] James Swallow
The Fall: The Crimson Shadow [2013] Una McCormack
The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms [2013] Dayton Ward
The Light Fantastic [2014] Jeffrey Lang
Q Are Cordially Invited [e-book] [2014] Rudy Josephs
Takedown [2015] John Jackson Miller
Armageddon’s Arrow [2015] Dayton Ward
Prey, Book I: Hell’s Heart [2016] John Jackson Miller
Prey, Book II: The Jackal’s Trick [2016] John Jackson Miller
Prey, Book III: The Hail of Heroes [2016] John Jackson Miller
Headlong Flight [2017] Dayton Ward
Hearts and Minds [2017] Dayton Ward
Available Light [2019] Dayton Ward
Collateral Damage [2019] David Mack
Shadows Have Offended [2021] Cassandra Rose Clarke

ds9

The third Star Trek series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [DS9], premiered in 1993, again as a “made-for-syndication” series. Like STNG, DS9 also ran for 7 seasons. Unlike Classic Trek or The Next Generation, both of which featured the crew of an exploratory vessel, Deep Space Nine featured a mixed crew of uneasy allies and inscrutable not-so-neutral go-betweens — all either the crew or residents of a battered Deep Space station on the “wild frontier” of the United Federation of Planets. The primary characters were Captain Benjamin Sisko, Jadzia Dax, Dr. Julian Bashir, engineer Miles O’Brien, shape-shifting security officer Odo, Major Kira Nerys, Jake Sisko, bar owner Quark, and STNG veteran Worf. Things weren’t as neat and tidy as on previous Treks, with a lot more stories featuring complicated political and religious issues. During the last couple of seasons of DS9, the Federation was involved in a violent, extended war with The Dominion, with station Deep Space Nine often at the heart of the conflict. The series featured a lot more military combat and strategy, laced with a heavy amount of mysticism — Captain Benjamin Sisko was regarded as a holy “prophet” by the inhabitants of the planet Bajor, which ran DS9 with the Federation.

Publication of original DS9 novels started right away in 1993, and like TOS and STNG before it, used a sequential numbering system. The first DS9 hardback came out in 1995, and by 2000 the numbering sequence had been dropped. Several novelizations of key episodes also did not follow the normal numbering sequence. The series final episode in 1999 featured major changes for most of the primary characters, and the post-2000 novels have all focused on the lives of the characters since the series ended.

Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two | Season Three | Season Four | Season Five | Season Six | Season Seven
Documentary on Deep Space Nine’s history: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space Nine

#1 Emissary [1993] J.M. Dillard
#2 The Siege [1993] Peter David
#3 Bloodletter [1993] K.W. Jeter
#4 The Big Game [1993] Sandy Schofield
#5 Fallen Heroes [1994] Dafydd ab Hugh
#6 Betrayal [1994] Lois Tilton
#7 Warchild [1994] Esther M. Friesner
The Search [1994] * Diane Carey
#8 Antimatter [1994] John Vornholt
#8 Proud Helios [1995] Melissa Scott
Warped HB [1995] K.W. Jeter
#10 Valhalla [1995] Nathan Archer
#11 Devil in the Sky [1995] Greg Cox
#12 The Laertian Gamble [1995] Robert Sheckley
The Way of the Warrior [1995] * Diane Carey
#13 Station Rage [1995] Diane Carey
#14 The Long Night [1996] Dean Wesley Smith
#15 Objective: Bajor [1996] John Peel
#16 Invasion, Book Three: Time’s Enemy [1996] L.A. Graf
#17 The Heart of the Warrior [1996] John Gregory Betancourt
#18 Saratoga [1996] Michael Jan Friedman
Trials and Tribble-ations [1996] Diane Carey
#19 The Tempest [1997] Susan Wright
#20 Wrath of the Prophets [1997] Peter David,
Michael Jan Friedman &
Robert Greenberger
Legends of the Ferengi  [1997] Ira Steven Behr &
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
Day of Honor #2: Armageddon Sky [1997] L.A. Graf
#21 Trial by Error [1997] Mark Garland
#22 Vengeance [1998] Dafydd ab Hugh
Far Beyond the Stars [1998] * Steven Barnes
The Captain’s Table #3: The Mist [1998] Dean Wesley Smith &
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Dominion War #2: Call to Arms… [1998] * Diane Carey
The Dominion War #4: …Sacrifice of Angels [1998] * Diane Carey
#23 The 34th Rule [1999] Armin Shimerman &
David R. George III
#24 Rebels: The Conquered [1999] Dafydd ab Hugh
#25 Rebels: The Courageous [1999] Dafydd ab Hugh
#26 Rebels: The Liberated [1999] Dafydd ab Hugh
What You Leave Behind [1999] * Diane Carey
The Lives of Dax [1999] (short stories) Marco Palmiere, ed.
Millennium: The Fall of Terok Nor [2000] Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Millennium: The War of the Prophets [2000] Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Millennium: Inferno [2000] Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Millennium — Omnibus TPB [2002] Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
#27 A Stitch in Time [2000] Andrew J. Robinson
Avatar, Book One [2001] S.D. Perry
Avatar, Book Two [2001] S.D. Perry
Section 31: Abyss [2001] David Weddle &
Jeffrey Lang
Gateways #4: Demons of Air and Darkness [2001] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond: “Horn and Ivory” [2002] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Mission Gamma #1: Twilight [2002] David R. George III
Mission Gamma #2: This Gray Spirit [2002] Heather Jarman
Mission Gamma #3: Cathedral [2002] Michael A. Martin &
Andy Mangels
Mission Gamma #4: Lesser Evil [2002] Robert Simpson
Rising Son [2002] S.D. Perry
The Left Hand of Destiny, Book One [2003] J.G. Hertzler & Jeffrey Lang
The Left Hand of Destiny, Book Two [2003] J.G. Hertzler & Jeffrey Lang
Prophecy and Change TPB [2003] (short stories) Marco Palmieri, ed. [813.08 Pal]
Unity HB [2003] S.D. Perry
The Worlds of Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Cardassia and Andor [2004] Una McCormack and Heather Jarman
The Worlds of Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Trill and Bajor [2004] Andy Mangels, Michael Martin & J. Noah Kym
The Worlds of Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Dominion and Ferenginar [2005] Keith R.A. DeCandido & David R. George III
Hollow Men [2005] Una McCormack
Warpath [2006] David Mack
Twist of Faith [2007] S.D. Perry, Weddle David, Jeffrey Lang and Keith R.A. DeCandido
Terek Nor: Day of the Vipers [2008] James Swallow
Terek Nor: Night of the Wolves [2008] S.D. Perry
Terek Nor: Dawn of the Eagles [2008] S.D. Perry
These Haunted Seas TPB [2008] David R. George III and Heather Jarman
Fearful Symmetry [2008] Olivia Woods
Destiny: Gods of Night [2008] David Mack
Destiny: Mere Mortals [2008] David Mack
Klingon Empire:  A Burning House [2008] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Destiny: Lost Souls [2008] David Mack
A Singular Destiny [2009] Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Soul Key [2009] Olivia Woods
The Neverending Sacrifice [2009] Una McCormack
Typhon Pact, Book 1: Zero Sum Game [2010] David Mack
Typhon Pact, Book 3: Rough Beasts of Empire [2010] David R. George III
Typhon Pact, Book 6: Plagues of Night [2012] David R. George III
Typhon Pact, Book 7: Raise the Dawn [2012] David R. George III
Typhon Pact, Book 8: Brinkmanship [2012] Una McCormack
The Fall: Revelation and Dust [2013] David R. George III
The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses [2013] David Mack
Lust’s Latinum Lost (and Four) [e-book] [2014] Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann
Section 31: Disavowed [2014] David Mack
The Missing [2014] Una McCormack
Sacraments of Fire [2015] David R. George III
Ascendance [2015] David R. George III
Force and Motion [2016] Jeffrey Lang
Rules of Accusation [e-book] [2016] Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann
The Long Mirage [2017] David R. George III
Section 31: Control [2017] David Mack
Enigma Tales [2017] Una McCormack
Gamma, Book 1: Original Sin [2017] David R. George III
I, the Constable [e-book] [2017] Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann
Revenant [2021] Alex White

voyager

Star Trek: Voyager [VOY] premiered on the new UPN television network in 1995, and like STNG and DS9, ran for seven seasons. Although this series returned to the concept of the adventures of the crew of an exploratory vessel, it put a twist on that formula in two ways. First, the crew was a mixture of straight-laced “Federation”-types and rebellious “Maquis” resistance fighters; and second, in the pilot episode the ship was flung to the other end of the galaxy…forcing the antagonists to team together to survive in hostile space. Together, this mixed crew attempted to make their way back to known space (supposedly a 70+ year voyage), trying to avoid getting involved with the hostile alien races they encountered on the way.

Although they occassionally made use of alien technologies that shortened the length of their journey, they also gained a formidable enemy in the form of The Borg, a cybernetic hive culture originally introduced on The Next Generation 10 years earlier. In fact, one of Voyager’s most popular characters was Seven of Nine, a human rescued from enslavement by the Borg, but whose personality and mental processes were still very machine-like. In addition to Seven of Nine, the other primary characters were: Captain Kathryn Janeway, Commander Chakotay, Lt. B’Elanna Torres, Lt. Tom Paris, Lt. Tuvok, Ensign Harry Kim, Neelix, Kes and the ship’s holographic Doctor.

The novels started appearing in 1995, again following the numbering system used by TOS, STNG and DS9 previously. The first Voyager hardback arrived in 1996, and numerous episode novelizations were also printed. The numbering system disappeared in 2000, and since Voyager did successfully return to Federation space in the series finale in 2001, it will be interesting to see whether future Voyager novels will chronicle only the adventures of the crew during their seven-year journey, or whether the stories will tell of events following the series’ end.

Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two | Season Three | Season Four | Season Five | Season Six | Season Seven

#1 Caretaker [1995] * L.A. Graf
#2 The Escape [1995] Dean Wesley Smith
#3 Ragnarok [1995] Nathan Archer
#4 Violations [1995] Susan Wright
#5 Incident at Arbuk [1995] John Gregory Betancourt
#6 The Murdered Sun [1996] Christie Golden
#7 Ghost of a Chance [1996] Mark A. Garland
#8 Cybersong [1996] S.N. Lewitt
#9 Invasion, Book 4: The Final Fury [1996] Dafydd ab Hugh
Mosaic HB [1996] Jeri Taylor
Flashback [1996] * Diane Carey
#10 Bless the Beasts [1996] Karen Haber
#11 The Garden [1997] Melissa Scott
#12 Chrysalis [1997] David Niall Wilson
#13 The Black Shore [1997] Greg Cox
Day of Honor [1997] * Michael Jan Friedman
Day of Honor #3: Her Klingon Soul [1997] Michael Jan Friedman
#14 Marooned [1997] Christie Golden
#15 Echoes [1998] Dean Wesley Smith,
Kristine Kathryn Rusch &
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Captain’s Table #4: Fire Ship [1998] Diane Carey
Spectre HB [1998] [TOS/TNG/VOY] William Shatner,
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Pathways HB [1998] Jeri Taylor
#16 Seven of Nine [1998] Christie Golden
#17 Death of a Neutron Star [1999] Eric Kotani
#18 Battle Lines [1999] Dave Galanter &
Greg Brodeur
Equinox [1999] Diane Carey
Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth [1999] * (short stories) D.W. “Prof” Smith
#19 Dark Matters: Cloak and Dagger [2000] Christie Golden
#20 Dark Matters: Ghost Dance [2000] Christie Golden
#21 Dark Matters: Shadow of Heaven [2000] Christie Golden
Section 31: Shadow [2001] Dean Wesley Smith &
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Endgame [2001] * Diane Carey &
Christie Golden
Gateways, Book Five: No Man’s Land [2001] Christie Golden
The Nanotech War [2002] Steve Piziks
String Theory, Book One: Cohesion [1 of 3] [2005] Jeffrey Lang
String Theory, Book Two: Fusion [2 of 3] [2005] Kirsten Beyer
Distant Shores [2005] (short stories) Marco Palmieri
String Theory, Book Three: Evolution [3 of 3] [2006] Heather Jarman
Voyager Relaunch Starting in 2003
Homecoming [1 of 2] [2003] Christie Golden
The Farther Shore [2 of 2] [2003] Christie Golden
Spirt Walk, Book One: Old Wounds [1 of 2] [2004] Christie Golden
Spirit Walk, Book Two: Enemy of My Enemy [2 of 2] [2004] Christie Golden
Full Circle [2009] Kirsten Beyer
Unworthy [2009] Kirsten Beyer
Children of the Storm [2011] Kirsten Beyer
The Eternal Tide [2012] Kirsten Beyer
Protectors [2014] Kirsten Beyer
Acts of Contrition [2014] Kirsten Beyer
Atonement [2015] Kirsten Beyer
A Pocket Full of Lies [2016] Kirsten Beyer
Architects of Infinity [2018] Kirsten Beyer
To Lose the Earth [2020] Kirsten Beyer

enterprise

Following the demise of Star Trek: Voyager in the spring of 2001, Enterprise premiered later that fall, also on the UPN network. This time, the producers chose to try a different take on Star Trek — a prequel series. Enterprise was set in the days before the founding of the Federation…pre-dating Captain Kirk’s adventures. In its first two seasons, the crew of Earth’s first exploratory vessel, including Captain Jonathan Archer, Commander “Trip” Tucker, armory officer Lt. Malcolm Reed, linguist Hoshi Sato, Denobulan doctor Phlox and Vulcan science officer T’Pol, explored the galaxy, encountering numerous new races and civilization for the “first” time. By the third season, Earth was being threatened by a mysterious new race from an unknown area of space, and Enterprise was sent in to try to end the threat.

Original Enterprise novels first appeared in 2002, by which time Pocket Books had completely abandoned the concept of numbering their new book releases. Key episodes of the series were novelized, including a hardback adaptaion of the series’ pilot, which (as of 2004) remains the only hardback thus far released in this series.

Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two | Season Three | Season Four | Season Five

Broken Bow HB [2001] * Diane Carey
By the Book [2002] Dean Wesley Smith &
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
What Price Honor? [2002] Dave Stern
Shockwave TPB [2002] * Paul Ruditus
Surak’s Soul [2003] J.M. Dillard
The Expanse TPB [2003] * J.M. Dillard
Daedalus [2003] Dave Stern
Daedalus’s Children [2004] Dave Stern
A Time to Sow [2004] Dayton Ward & Kevin Gilmore
Rosetta [2006] Dave Stern
Last Full Measure [2006] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
The Good That Men Do [2007] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
The Kobayashi Maru [2008] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor’s Wing [2009] Michael A. Martin
The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm [2011] Michael A. Martin
Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures [2013] Christopher L. Bennett
Rise of the Federation: Tower of Babel [2014] Christopher L. Bennett
Rise of the Federation: Uncertain Logic [2015] Christopher L. Bennett
Rise of the Federation: Live By the Code [2016] Christopher L. Bennett
Rise of the Federation: Patterns of Interference [2017] Christopher L. Bennett

In 2017, CBS launched a new streaming service called CBS All Access, since rebranded as Paramount+. One of the first original series created for this streaming series was Star Trek: Discovery. Though produced in an era featuring “reboot” movies that don’t match the continuity of the first five series — in fact, those movies are called the Kelvin Timeline and are considered an alternate history to the 50+ years of established Star Trek — Star Trek: Discovery is supposed to be set in the main Star Trek continuity timeline. The series, featuring an all-new cast of characters, and set approximately 10 years before Kirk and Spock’s adventures on the Enterprise, focused primarly on the experiences of Michael Burnham, a female science officer, Saru (the first Kelpian to serve in Starfleet), Voq (a cosmetically altered Klingon who’s infiltrated Starfleet), Paul Stamets, Sylvia Tilly, and Captain Gabriel Lorca. Unlike previous Star Trek series, in which each individual episode stood on its own, with Discovery, each short season told a longer interconnected story.

Original Discovery novels first appeared in 2017, shortly after the series launched, written by some of the authors who had been writing books in the other Star Trek series lines.

Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two | Season Three

Desperate Hours TPB [2017] David Mack
Drastic Measures TPB [2018] Dayton Ward
Fear Itself TPB [2018] James Swallow
The Way to the Stars TPB [2019] Una McCormack
Enterprise War TPB [2019] John Jackson Miller
Dead Endless TPB [2019] Dave Galanter
Die Standing TPB [2019] John Jackson Miller
Wonderlands TPB [2019] Una McCormack
Somewhere to Belong TPB [forthcoming 2023] Dayton Ward

In 2020, on the newly-rebranded streaming network Paramount+, Jean Luc Picard, formerly captain of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek: The Next Generation and its spin-off movies (1987-2002), returned to the small screen in another spin-off series — Star Trek: Picard. Surrounded by an entirely new cast of supporting characters, this series looked at Picard’s life in his senior years, as circumstances call on him to become an active adventurer once more. The series featured several of Picard’s STNG past crew in supporting roles, both big and small, as well as Star Trek: Voyager‘s character Seven of Nine as one of the regular. Like Discovery, each short season told a longer interconnected story over the course of 10 episodes.

Original Picard novels first appeared in 2020, shortly after the series launched, written by some of the authors who had been writing books in the other Star Trek series lines.

Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two

The Last Best Hope HB [2020] (prequel to the series’ pilot) Una McCormack
The Dark Veil HB [2021] (tied to the Titan novel mini-series) James Swallow
Rogue Elements HB [2021] John Jackson Miller
Second Self HB [2022] Una McCormack

In August 2020, the Paramount+ streaming network premiered an all-new animated Star Trek series, set in the years of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager, entitled Star Trek: Lower Decks. Rather than focusing on the primary crew members — the Captains, First Officers, Doctors, Chief Engineers, etc., Lower Decks focused on the underlings — the newly-assigned Ensigns and other grunt workers who are always to be found on the lower decks of any starship. By looking at this oft-overlooked characters, we got more of an idea of who really does all the work on a ship in Star Trek. Though played for comedy, Star Trek: Lower Decks still had its dramatic moments, and it was obvious that the series was created and run by people who are long-time fans of Star Trek in all its varied generations — pretty much every episode has “call outs” to moments in the past 50+ years of Star Trek history.

Though some streaming services have resisted putting out their all-new products on DVD, that has not been the case with Star Trek: Lower Decks, which has been released on disc.

Series on DVD: Season One | Season Two

No novels have thus far been released tying in to Star Trek: Lower Decks.


In October 2021, another animated series premiered, Star Trek: Prodigy, co-produced by streaming service Paramount+ and cable network Nickelodeon. This series set in the continuity of the past 50+ years of various Star Trek series, was aimed at a youth audience, and featured Star Trek’s first use of 3D animation. The concept behind the series was also completely new — five years after the end of Star Trek: Voyager, and the U.S.S. Voyager’s return from the Delta Quadrant, a ragtag group of rebellious young aliens come across an abandoned Federation starship, the U.S.S. Protostar, in the Tars Lamora prison colony in the Delta Quadrant. Taking control of the abandoned ship, the group must form a working crew in order to survive in hostile space as they make their way to the Alpha Quadrant. Fortunately, they have help along the way, in form of an advanced training hologram, which takes the form (and voice) of Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) from Star Trek: Voyager.

No DVDs or novels have thus far been released tying in to Star Trek: Prodigy.


May 2022 saw the launch of yet another new live-action Star Trek series, Strange New Worlds, which is partially a spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery, and partially a prequel to the original first Star Trek. In the second season of Discovery, that ship’s crew encounters and interacts with the classic U.S.S. Enterprise, which was captained by Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), science officer Spock (Ethan Peck) and First Officer “Number One” (Rebecca Romijn). Those characters were also featured back in the original pilot to Star Trek in 1966, a pilot that was not picked up, for being too “cerebral”. Gene Roddenberry was given the chance to film a second pilot for the original series, which became the version featuring Kirk, Spock and Dr. McCoy, but the footage with Kirk’s predecessor, Captain Pike was not jettisoned — it was used in a first-season two-part episode, “The Menagerie” that looked back at the previous crew of the Enterprise, before Kirk took over, and the tragic fate of Christopher Pike.

Strange New Worlds tells the adventures of that pre-Kirk crew. Unlike Discovery and Picard, which use over-arcing season-long plots, Strange New Worlds promises to be made up of individual stand-along episodes, like most of the pre-Discovery versions of Star Trek. And, because of events that occured in the second season of Discovery, Captain Pike is aware of his unavoidable tragic fate, coming in less than 10 years…which will affect his actions in Strange New Worlds.

Original Strange New Worlds novels are scheduled to appear starting in late 2022, and it is presumed that the series will be released on DVD, as has happened with fellow Paramount+ streaming series, Discovery, Picard and Lower Decks.

The High Country HB John Jackson Miller

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STAR TREK: NEW FRONTIER

Star Trek: New Frontier introduced the crew of the Federation starship U.S.S. Excaliber, commanded by Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. The Excaliber crew included some characters which had been introduced on The Next Generation, mixed with all-new, completely original character like Calhoun. Treated like any of the novel series that were based on actual tv shows, the adventures of the Excaliber crew charted new territory for the novels — would readers accept stories based on characters whom they’d never seen on television before? Since the novels were written by fan-favorite writer Peter David, the answer was a resounding yes, and the New Frontier novels have proven to be very popular. The first four books, released in 1997, were a single, serialized storyline, later combined into an omnibus edition.

#1 House of Cards [1997] Peter David
#2 Into the Void [1997] Peter David
#3 The Two-Front War [1997] Peter David
#4 End Game [1997] Peter David
New Frontier — Omnibus [1998] Peter David
#5 Martyr [1998] Peter David
#6 Fire On High [1998] Peter David
The Captain’s Table #5: Once Burned [1998] Peter David
Double Helix #5: Double or Nothing [1999] Peter David
#7 The Quiet Place [1999] Peter David
#8 Dark Allies [1999] Peter David
#9 Excalibur #1: Requiem [2000] Peter David
#10 Excalibur #2: Renaissance [2000] Peter David
#11 Excalibur #3: Restoration [2000] Peter David
Gateways #6: Cold Wars [2001] Peter David
Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond: “Death After Life [2001] Peter David
#12 Being Human [2001] Peter David
No Limits TPB [2003] Peter David
Stone and Anvil HB [2003] Peter David
Gods Above [2003] Peter David
After the Fall HB [2004] Peter David
Missing in Action [2006] Peter David
Treason [2009] Peter David
Blind Man’s Bluff [2011] Peter David
The Returned, Part 1 [e-book] [2015] Peter David
The Returned, Part 2 [e-book] [2015] Peter David
The Returned, Part 3 [e-book] [2015] Peter David

STARGAZER

Following the success of three earlier, stand-alone novels (released as part of the Next Generation line) that focused on Captain Picard’s early days aboard the U.S.S. Stargazer prior to his taking command of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Pocket Books launched a new series of Stargazer-based novels in 2002. The novels feature Picard and his earlier crew, with occasional references to other recognizable characters from the Star Trek the Next Generation continuity.

Reunion HB [1991] Michael Jan Friedman
Double Helix #6: The First Virtue [1999] Michael Jan Friedman &
Christie Golden
The Valiant [2001] Michael Jan Friedman
#1 Gauntlet [2002] Michael Jan Friedman
#2 Progenitor [2002] Michael Jan Friedman
#3 Three [2003] Michael Jan Friedman
#4 Oblivion [2003] Michael Jan Friedman
Pantheon TPB [2003] (compilation of Reunion and The Valiant) Michael Jan Friedman
#5 Enigma [2004] Michael Jan Friedman
#6 Maker [2004] Michael Jan Friedman

TITAN

Following the success of three earlier, stand-alone novels (released as part of the Next Generation line) that focused on Will Riker’s stint as Captain of the U.S.S. Titan, Pocket Books launched a new series of Titan-based novels in 2007. The novels feature Riker, his wife Counselor Deanne Troi, and his new crew, with occasional references to other recognizable characters from the Star Trek the Next Generation continuity.

Titan, Book 1: Taking Wing [2005] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Titan, Book 2: The Red King [2005] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
Titan, Book 3: Orion’s Hounds [2006] Christopher L. Bennett
Titan, Book 4: The Sword of Damocles [2007] Geoffrey Thorne
Destiny, Book 1: Gods of Night [2008] David Mack
Destiny, Book 2: Mere Mortals [2008] David Mack
Destiny, Book 3: Lost Souls [2008] David Mack
A Singular Destiny [2009] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Titan, Book 5: Over a Torrent Sea [2009] Christopher L. Bennett
Titan, Book 6: Synthesis [2009] James Swallow
Typhon Pact, Book 2: Seize the Fire [2010] Michael A. Martin
Titan: Fallen Gods [2012] Michael A. Martin
The Fall, Book 4: Poisoned Chalice [2013] James Swallow
Titan: Absent Enemies [ebook][2014] John Jackson Miller
Titan: Sight Unseen [2015] James Swallow
Titan: Fortune of War [2017] David Mack

STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS [S.C.E.]

In 2001, Pocket started a series of e-books featuring a group of previously-unseen characters in Star Trek history — the members of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. Despite the presence of a few characters which were introduced on The Next Generation, these stories primarily feature all-new characters. The e-books have proven so popular that some of the S.C.E. stories have been reprinted in paperback editions.

#1 The Belly of the Beast [2001] Dean Wesley Smith
#2 Fatal Error [2001] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#3 Hard Crash [2001] Christie Golden
#4 Interphase, Book One [2001] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#5 Interphase, Book Two [2001] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#6 Cold Fusion [2001] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#7 Invincible, Book One [2001] Keith R.A. DeCandido and David Mack
#8 Invincible, Book Two [2001] Keith R.A. DeCandido and David Mack
#9 The Riddled Post [2001] Aaron Rosenberg
#10 Gateways Epilogue: Here There Be Monsters [2001] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#11 Ambush [2001] Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur
Have Tech, Will Travel [paperback compilation #1-4] [2002] Keith R.A. DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, Christie Golden, Dean Wesley Smith and Dayton Ward
Miracle Workers [paperback compilation #5-8] [2002] Keith R.A. DeCandido, Kevin Gilmore, David Mack and Dayton Ward
#12 Some Assembly Required [2002] Scott Ciencin and Dan Jolley
#13 No Surrender [2002] Jeff Mariotte
#14 Caveat Emptor [2002] Ian Edginton
#15 Past Life [2002] Robert Greenberger
#16 Oaths [2002] Glenn Hauman
#17 Foundations, Book One [2002] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#18 Foundations, Book Two [2002] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#19 Foundations, Book Three [2002] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#20 Enigma Ship [2002] J. Steven and Christina F. York
#21 War Stories, Book One [2002] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#22 War Stories, Book Two [2002] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#23 Wildfire, Book One [2002] David Mack
#24 Wildfire, Book Two [2002] David Mack
#25 Home Fires [2003] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#26 Age of Unreason [2003] Scott Ciencin
#27 Balance of Nature [2003] Heather Jarman
#28 Breakdowns [2003] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Some Assembly Required [paperback compilation #9-12] [2003] Greg Brodeur, Scott Ciencin, Dave Galenter, Dan Jolley, Aaron Rosenberg, Keith R.A. DeCandido
#29 Aftermath [2003] Christopher L. Bennett
No Surrender [paperback compilation #13-16] [2003] Mike Collins, Ian Edginton, Robert Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, Jeff Mariotte
#30 Ishtar Rising, Book 1 [2003] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
#31 Ishtar Rising, Book 2 [2003] Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
#32 Buying Time [2003] Robert Greenberger
#33 Collective Hindsight, Book 1 [2003] Aaron Rosenberg
#34 Collective Hindsight, Book 2 [2003] Aaron Rosenberg
#35 The Demon, Book 1 [2003] Loren L. Coleman and Randall N. Bills
#36 The Demon, Book 2 [2004] Loren L. Coleman and Randall N. Bills
Foundations [paperback compilation #17-19] [2004] Dayton Ward &
Kevin Dilmore
#37 Ring Around the Sky [2004] Allyn Gibson
#38 Orphans [2004] Ken Killiany
#39 Grand Designs [2004] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#40 Failsafe [2004] David Mack
#41 Bitter Medicine [2004] Dave Galanter
#42 Sargasso Sector [2004] Paul Kupperberg
#43 Paradise Interrupted [2004] John S. Drew
#44 Where Time Stands Still [2004] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#45 The Art of the Deal [2004] Glenn Greenberg
Wildfire [paperback compilation #20-24] [2004] David Mack, Keith R.A. DeCandido, J. Steven York & Christina F. York
#46 Spin [2004] J. Steven Kurtz and Christina F. York
#47 Creative Couplings, Book 1 [2004] Glenn Hauman and Aaron Rosenberg
#48 Creative Couplings, Book 2 [2005] Glenn Hauman and Aaron Rosenberg
#49 Small World [2005] David Mack
#50 Malefictorum [2005] Terri Osborne
#51 Lost Time [2005] Ilsa J. Bick
#52 Identity Crisis [2005] John J. Ordover
#53 Fable of the Prime Directive [2005] Cory Rushton
Breakdowns [paperback compilation #25-28] [2005] Scott Ciencin, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, Heather Jarman and Dayton Ward
#54 Security [2005] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#55 Wounds, Book 1 [2005] Ilsa J. Bick
#56 Wounds, Book 2 [2005] Ilsa J. Bick
#57 Out of the Cocoon [2005] William Leisner
#58 Honor [2005] Kevin Killiany
#59 Blackout [2005] Phaedra Weldon
#60 The Cleanup [2006] Robert T. Jeschonek
#61 What’s Past, Book 1: Progress [2006] Terri Osborne
#62 What’s Past, Book 2: The Future Begins [2006] Michael Schuster and Steve Mollman
#63 What’s Past, Book 3: Echoes of Coventry [2006] Richard C. White
#64 What’s Past, Book 4: Distant Early Warning [2006] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
What’s Past, Book 5: 10 is Better Than 01 [2006] Heather Jarman
What’s Past, Book 6: Many Splendors [2006] Keith DeCandido
Turn the Page [2006] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Troubleshooting [2006] Robert Greenberger
Aftermath [paperback compilation #29-36] [2006] Christopher L. Bennett, Michael A. Martin, Andy Mangels, Robert Greenberger, Aaron Rosenberg, Loren L. Coleman, Randall N. Bills
The Art of the Comeback [2007] Glenn Greenberg
Signs From Heaven [2007] Phaedra M. Weldon
Grand Designs [paperback compilation #37-42] [2007] Allyn Gibson, Kevin Killiany, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, David Mack, Dave Galanter, Paul Kupperberg
Ghost [2007] Ilsa J. Bick
Remembrance of Things Past: Book One [2007] Terri Osborne
Creative Couplings [paperback compilation #43-49] [2007] John S. Drew, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Glenn Greenberg, J. Steven Kurtz, Christina F. York, Glenn Hauman, Aaron Rosenberg, David Mack
Remembrance of Things Past: Book Two [2007] Terri Osborne
Wounds [paperback compilation #50-56] [2008] Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Terri Osborne, Cory Rushton
Out of the Cocoon [paperback compilation #57-60] [2010] William Leisner, Kevin Killiany, Phaedra Welcon, Robert T. Jeschouek
What’s Past [paperback compilation #61-66] [2010] Terri Osborne, Michael Schuster and Steve Mollman, Richard C. White, Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore, Heather Jarman, Keith DeCandido

trekmisc

Beginning in 1996, Pocket Books began to focus on releasing “special event” books in the various Star Trek series lines. There had already been some multi-novel stories, or novels that tied in to each others’ continuities, but with the introduction of Invasion!, Pocket was actively producing cross-over volumes that tied the various generations of Star Trek together in a tangible fashion.

THE LOST YEARS SAGA

The novels in the Lost Years Saga were all part of the Classic Trek line, featuring stories that were set in the time period between the end of the Starship Enterprise’s first five-year mission and the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

The Lost Years HB [1989] J.M. Dillard
TOS #54 A Flag Full of Stars [1991] Brad Ferguson
TOS #70 Traitor Winds [1994] L.A. Graf
TOS #73 Recovery [1995] J.M. Dillard
STNG The Buried Age [2007] Christopher L. Bennett

MIRROR UNIVERSE STORIES

Back in the second season of the original Star Trek, the episode “Mirror, Mirror” introduced fans to The Mirror Universe, in which a parallel universe existed featuring versions of the popular Trek characters with opposite personalities — a world where avarice and assassination were the means to an Admiralcy. Deep Space Nine picked up that concept and expanded it further, presuming that the Mirror Universe featured a tyrannical union of Cardassians, Bajorans and Klingons ruling human slaves with an iron fist. Dark Mirror is a standalone novel featuring the Mirror versions of the Next Generation characters. William Shatner’s Mirror Universe Trilogy features Kirk living in the era of STNG, and looks at the Next Gen era of the Mirror Universe. Dark Passions is set in the DS9 form of the Mirror Universe, prior to the Deep Space Nine episodes that visited that terrain. Both the Shatner trilogy and the Dark Passions two-parter focus on the machinations and power plays of the Mirror versions of several key TOS, STNG, DS9 and Voyager characters.

Dark Mirror HB [1993] [TNG] Diane Duane
Mirror Universe Trilogy  
   Spectre HB [1998] [TOS/TNG/VOY] William Shatner, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
   Dark Victory HB [1999] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
   Preserver HB [2000] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Dark Passions, Book One [2002] [TNG/DS9/VOY] Susan Wright
Dark Passions, Book Two [2002] [TNG/DS9/VOY] Susan Wright
Shards and Shadows [2009] [TOS/TNG/DS9/VOY] Marco Palmieri and Margaret Clark
The Sorrows of Empire [2010] [TOS/TNG/DS9/VOY] David Alan Mack
Rise Like Lions [2011] [TOS/TNG/DS9/VOY] David Alan Mack

STARFLEET ACADEMY

Most of the Starfleet Academy novels are trade paperback-sized books for Young Adults, featuring the adventures of the well-known Star Trek characters when they were students studying at Starfleet Academy — long before those characters appeared on their respective series. Only two books in the adult Star Trek lines have focused on Starfleet Academy. The first, in 1997, was based on a Star Trek computer game, while the second, in 1998, focused on an up-and-coming crop of cadets.

YOUNG ADULT SERIES [1993-1997]
Starfleet Academy: The Original Series
#1 Crisis on Vulcan [1996] Brad and Barbara Strickland
#2 Aftershock [1996] John Vornholt
#3 Cadet Kirk [1996] Diane Carey
Starfleet Academy: The Next Generation
#1 Worf’s First Adventure [1993] Peter David
#2 Line of Fire [1993] Peter David
#3 Survival [1993] Peter David
#4 Capture the Flag [1994] John Vornholt
#5 Atlantis Station [1994] V.E. Mitchell
#6 Mystery of the Missing Crew [1995] Michael Jan Friedman
#7 Secret of the Lizard People [1995] Michael Jan Friedman
#8 Starfall [1995] Brad and Barbara Strickland
#9 Nova Command [1995] Brad and Barbara Strickland
#10 Loyalties [1996] John Vornholt
#11 Crossfire [1996] Patricia Barnes-Svarney
#12 Breakaway [1996] Bobbi J.G. Weiss and David Cody Weiss
#13 The Haunted Starship [1997] Brad Ferguson
#14 Deceptions [1997] Bobbi J.G. Weiss and David Cody Weiss
Starfleet Academy: Deep Space Nine
#1 The Star Ghost [1994] Brad Strickland
#2 Stowaways [1994] Brad Strickland
#3 Prisoners of Peace [1994] John Peel
#4 The Pet [1994] Mel Gilden and Ted Pedersen
#5 Arcade [1995] Diana S. Gallagher
#6 Field Trip [1995] John Peel
#7 Gypsy World [1996] Ted Pedersen
#8 Highest Score [1996] Kem Antilles
#9 Cardassian Imps [1997] Mel Gilden
#10 Space Camp [1997] Ted Pedersen
#11 Day of Honor: Honor Bound [1997] Diana S. Gallagher
#12 Trapped in Time [1997] Ted Pedersen
Starfleet Academy: Voyager
#1 Lifeline [1997] Bobbi J.G. Weiss and David Cody Weiss
#2 The Chance Factor [1997] Diana S. Gallagher and Martin R. Burke
#3 Quarantine [1997] Patricia Barnes-Svarney

STARFLEET ACADEMY NOVELS FOR ADULTS
Starfleet Academy [1997] Diane Carey
The Best and the Brightest [1998] Susan Wright
The Delta Anomaly [2010] Rick Barba
The Edge [2010] Rudy Josephs
The Gemini Agent [2011] Rick Barba
The Assassination Game [2012] Alan Gratz

INVASION! MINI-SERIES

Invasion! marked the first broad-scale multi-generational cross-over series in Star Trek’s publishing history. Over the course of four books, the characters of Classic Trek, Next Gen, Deep Space Nine and Voyager all encountered the Furies, a violent alien race intent on “retaking” the space they claim as their own — that which is currently occupied by the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire.

#1 First Strike [1996] [TOS] Diane Carey
#2 The Soldiers of Fear [1996] [TNG] Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#3 Time’s Enemy [1996] [DS9] L.A. Graf
#4 Final Fury [1996] [VOY] Dafydd ab Hugh
Invasion — Omnibus TPB [1998] (various)

DAY OF HONOR MINI-SERIES

This mini-series, inspired by events in an episode of Star Trek Voyager, is Klingon-themed. As the blurb on the book says — “To true Klingon warriors, no occasion is more sacred than the Day of Honor, when they pay homage to all that makes them Klingon. But honor demands its price…”. Although the four volumes in this mini-series are not directly linked to each other, they do each focus on a major Klingon character from each of the four series to have aired up to 1997. The fifth, unnumbered, volume is the novelization of the Voyager episode that inspired the mini-series.

#1 Ancient Blood [1997] [TNG] Diane Carey
#2 Armageddon Sky [1997] [DS9] L.A. Graf
#3 Her Klingon Soul [1997] [VOY] Michael Jan Friedman
#4 Treaty’s Law [1997] [TOS] Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Voyager Television Episode Day of Honor [1997] Michael Jan Friedman
Day of Honor — Omnibus TPB [1999] (various)

THE CAPTAIN’S TABLE MINI-SERIES

This six-volume mini-series ties together Classic Trek, Next Gen, DS9 and Voyager and also includes a volume focused on Mackenzie Calhoun of the New Frontiers novels, and one on Captain Christopher Pike — James T. Kirk’s predecessor as Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the original Star Trek pilot episode. The crossover throughout this mini-series is more thematic than physical, as evidenced by the blurb on the back of the books: “There’s a bar called ‘The Captain’s Table’, where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it’s all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the first round of drinks is always paid for with a story…”

#1 War Dragons [1998] [TOS/Kirk] L.A. Graf
#2 Dujonian’s Hoard [1998] [TNG] Michael Jan Friedman
#3 The Mist [1998] [DS9] Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#4 Fire Ship [1998] [VOY] Diane Carey
#5 Once Burned [1998] [NF] Peter David
#6 Where Sea Meets Sky [1998] [TOS/Pike] Jerry Oltion
The Captain’s Table — Omnibus TPB [2000] (various)

THE DOMINION WAR MINI-SERIES

This four-book mini-series focuses on the events in the final two seasons of Deep Space Nine, when the Federation and Klingon Empire went to war against the forces of The Dominion and the Cardassian Empire. Volumes two and four are novelizations of seven key DS9 episodes dealing with the Dominion War. Volumes one and three are original Star Trek the Next Generation novels dealing with what Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E was doing during the Dominion War.

#1 Behind Enemy Lines [1998] John Vornholt
#2 Call to Arms… [1998] * Diane Carey
#3 Tunnel Through the Stars [1998] John Vornholt
#4 …Sacrifice of Angels [1998] * Diane Carey

SECTION 31 MINI-SERIES

During the run of Deep Space Nine, it was established that a shadow intelligence organization has existed within Starfleet since before the founding of the Federation — a group called Section 31, chartered with detecting, investigating and eliminating potential threats to Federation security from within. This series of four novels, in Classic Trek, TNG, DS9 and Voyager, explores the actions of Section 31 agents and operations.

#1 Rogue [2001] [TNG] Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
#2 Shadow [2001] [VOY] Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
#3 Cloak [2001] [TOS] S.D. Perry
#4 Abyss [2001] [DS9] David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang
Disavowed [2014] [DS9] David Mack
Control [2017] [DS9] David Mack

GATEWAYS MINI-SERIES

Starting from a STNG episode in which an ancient technological artifact — an Iconian “gateway” to other worlds — was discovered, this series of interconnected novels revolves around characters from various eras of Star Trek journeying through other newly reactivated “gateways” on missions of galactic importance. Of the first six volumes, all in paperback, four covered Classic Trek, STNG, DS9 and Voyager, while one was a New Frontier novel, and a sixth involved the crew of the U.S.S. Challenger (original characters created for a 6-part “New Earth” mini-series released as TOS #89-94). Each of these novels ended on a cliff-hanger. The seventh and final volume in the Gateways mini-series was a hardback, featuring a short story or novella concluding each of the stories begun in the first six volumes. Volume #7 also includes a 50-page internal chronology of all the Star Trek novels and short stories published by Pocket Books through November 2001. The epilogue was a Starfleet Corps of Engineers e-book.

#1 One Small Step [2001] [TOS] Susan Wright
#2 Chainmail [2001] [Challenger] Diane Carey
#3 Doors Into Chaos [2001] [TNG] Robert Greenberger
#4 Demons of Air and Darkness [2001] [DS9] Keith R.A. DeCandido
#5 No Man’s Land [2001] [VOY] Christie Golden
#6 Cold Wars [2001] [NF] Peter David
#7 What Lay Beyond [2001] [various] (various)
Epilogue: Here There Be Monsters [2001] [S.C.E.] Keith R.A. DeCandido

THE BADLANDS MINI-SERIES

The series Deep Space Nine introduced viewers to a turbulent region of space known as The Badlands, which has been a hazard to interstellar travel, and a haven to mysterious friends and foes alike for dozens of years. In two novels, four generations of Star Trek characters all journey into The Badlands for varying reasons. Each book is comprised of two connected stories, the first featuring a Classic Trek story followed by a STNG tale, the second starting with a Captain Janeway story set before Star Trek Voyager, and concluding with a DS9 tale.

The Badlands #1 [1999] [TOS/TNG] Susan Wright
The Badlands #2 [1999] [VOY/DS9] Susan Wright

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD MINI-SERIES

After the crew of Jonathan Archer’s Enterprise discover evidence of four powerful and dangerous artifacts scattered to unknown locations in space, Federation starships are assigned to attempt to locate them. In the first of this two-parter, Captain Kirk and Commodore Will Decker (of the Classic Trek era) encounter the first artifact on a plague-ravaged colony world, then Captain Benjamin Sisko of DS9 must deal with a Bajoran terrorist who gets his hands on the second artifact. In Volume 2, on the shakedown cruise of the Starship Voyager, Captain Janeway must attempt to recover the third artifact from Maquis rebels who plan to destablize the Cardassian/Federation Demilitarized Zone. Finally, Klingon Captain Klag and the crew of the I.K.S. Gorkon must team up with Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to prevent disaster when the final artifact is discovered.

The Brave and the Bold #1 [2002] [ENT/TOS/DS9] Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Brave and the Bold #2 [2002] [VOY/TNG/IKS] Keith R.A. DeCandido

TOTALITY

Series of Kirk-centric novels, written by William Shatner.

The Captain’s Peril HB [2002] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Captain’s Blood HB [2003] [TOS/TNG] William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Captain’s Glory [2006] William Shatner, Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens

THE LOST ERA

This series of larger novels, which first began appearing in mid-2003, features stand-alone stories focusing on major guest characters or supporting characters from various different eras in Star Trek history. The stories are set in periods between the series or movies — the year and major character are shown in brackets for each title.

The Sundered [2003]   [2298 – Capt. Sulu] Michael A Martin and Andy Mangels
Serpents Among the Ruins [2003]   [2311 – Capt. John Harriman] David R. George III
The Art of the Impossible [2003]   [2328-2346 – various characters] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Well of Souls [2003]   [2336 – Rachel Garrett] Ilsa J. Bick
Deny Thy Father [2003]   [2355-2357 – Kyle Riker/Will Riker] Jeff Mariotte
Catalyst of Sorrows [2004]   [2360 – Admiral Uhura] Margaret Wander Bonanno
The Buried Age [2007]   [2355-2364 – Jean-Luc Picard] Christopher L. Bennett
Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers [2008]   [2318-2328 – Dukat, pre-DS9] James Swallow
Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves [2008]   [2345-2357 – Kira Nerys] S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison
Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles [2008]   [2360-2369 – Odo] S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison
One Constant Star [2014] [2303, 2319 – Demora Sulu, John Harriman] David R. George III

I.K.S. GORKON MINI-SERIES

New series featuring Captain Klag and the crew of the Imperial Klingon Starship Gorkon as they “explore strange new worlds…to seek out new life and new civilizations…and conquer them for the greater glory of the Klingon Empire!”.

A Good Day to Die [2003] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Honor Bound [2003] Keith R.A. DeCandido
Enemy Territory [2005] Keith R.A. DeCandido

VANGUARD

Series of original novels, featuring all-new characters, set in the early days of the original Star Trek series. Focuses on the work of the crew of Starbase 47 and its support ships, as they provide assistance to Federation Colonists in the Taurus Reach and also study a scientific oddity in the region.

Vanguard, Book 1: Harbinger [2005] David Mack
Vanguard, Book 2: Summon the Thunder [2006] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Vanguard, Book 3: Reap the Whirlwind [2007] David Mack
Vanguard, Book 4: Open Secrets [2009] David Mack
Vanguard, Book 5: Precipice [2009] David Mack
Vanguard, Book 6: Declassified [2011] various – anthology
Vanguard, Book 7: What Judgments Come [2011] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
Vanguard, Book 8: Storming Heaven [2012] David Mack
Vanguard, Book 9: In Tempest’s Wake [ebook] [2012] David Mack

SEEKERS

Seekers is a sequel to the events of Star Trek: Vanguard and feature many of Vanguard’s characters, ships, and settings, returning two of that series’s recurring starships to the Taurus Reach for an ongoing mission of exploration. Seekers will be a return to Star Trek’s original ideology of “seeking out new worlds and new civilizations” and will center on the U.S.S. Endeavour and the U.S.S. Sagittarius as they explore the Taurus Reach. Unlike Vanguard, the series will not follow a serialized storyline, but will be more stand-alone in its approach

#1 Second Nature [2014] David Mack
#2 Point of Divergence [2014] Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
#3 Longshot [2015] David Mack
#4 All That’s Left [2015] Dayton Ward

MYRIAD UNIVERSES

Alternate history tales spanning the entire Star Trek timeline, exploring the concept of “what if B had happened instead of A”.

Infinity’s Prism [2008] varied authors
Echoes and Refractions [2008] varied authors
Shattered Light [2010] varied authors

DESTINY

Set approximately 5 years after the end of Star Trek Voyager, these novels feature characters from The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and other Star Trek iterations, working together in a galaxy-spanning storyline.

Gods of Night [2008] David Mack
Mere Mortals [2008] David Mack
Lost Souls [2008] David Mack
A Singular Destiny [2009] Keith R.A. DeCandido

DEPARTMENT OF TEMPORAL INVESTIGATIONS

The adventures of the agents of Department of Temporal Investigations, who monitor and try to prevent time-travel manipulations.

Watching the Clock PB [2011] Christopher L. Bennett
Forgotten History [2012] Christopher L. Bennett
The Collectors [ebook] [2014] Christopher L. Bennett
Timelock [ebook] [2016] Christopher L. Bennett

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES SERIES

Written in the form of the autobiographies of familiar Star Trek characters, starting in 2015. The authors are credited as “editors”. The Mr. Spock volume was originally scheduled for 2018 but delayed for unknown reasons.

The Autobiography of James T. Kirk HB [2015] David A. Goodman
The Autobiography of Jean Luc Picard HB [2017] David A. Goodman
The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway HB [2020] Una McCormack
The Autobiography of Mr. Spock HB [2021] Una McCormack

PROMETHEUS

Originally a German-language mini-series put out to celebrate Trek’s 50th anniversary in 2016; now translated into English.

Fire With Fire PB [2016 German, 2017 English] Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies
The Root of All Rage PB [2016 German, 2018 English] Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies
In the Heart of Chaos PB [2016 German, 2018 English] Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies

CODA

A crossover series following the crews of several starships attempting to prevent the destruction of the universe by the vampiric species encountered in the two-part Next Generation episode “Time’s Arrow”. Coda serves as a conclusion to the continuity shared by the various relaunch book lines from 2001 until 2021.

Moments Asunder TPB [2021] Dayton Ward
The Ashes of Tomorrow TPB [2021] James Swallow
Oblivian’s Gate TPB [2021] David Mack

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STAR TREK FICTION

The Strange New Worlds anthologies are collections of short stories, based on all of the various Star Trek series, written by “fan writers”, most of whom have never been published professionally before. Adventures in Time and Space was a 1999 anthology which could best be described as a “greatest hits” collection, including short sections from many of the most popular or most important Pocket Star Trek novels from 1979 to 1999. This book also included a complete checklist of all the novels, and a chronological timeline of when all those novels were set in Star Trek continuity. The Amazing Stories compiled a series of Star Trek short stories which had originally appeared in the magazine Amazing Stories in the late 1990s.

Strange New Worlds, vol I TPB [1999] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol II TPB [2000] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol III TPB [2000] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol IV TPB [2001] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol V TPB [2002] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol VI TPB [2003] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol VII TPB [2004] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol VIII TPB [2005] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol IX TPB [2006] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds, vol X TPB [2007] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Strange New Worlds 2016 TPB [2016] Dean Wesley Smith, ed.
Adventures in Time and Space TPB [1999] Mary P. Taylor, ed.
New Worlds, New Civilizations TPB [1999] Michael Jan Friedman, ed.
The Klingon Hamlet TPB [2000] Wil’yam Shex’pir
Starfleet: Year One [2002] Michael Jan Friedman
The Amazing Stories TPB [2002] (various)
Star Trek Online: The Needs of the Many PB [2010] Michael A. Martin and “Jake Sisko”

* – indicates novelization of an actual aired episode of the respective series
TPB – indicates an over-sized Trade Paperback edition
HB – indicates a title which originally came out in Hardback; may or may not have also been released in paperback

“Star Trek: The Reading List” print list published Feb 1993 sdc
“Star Trek II: Return of the Reading List” print list published Dec 1996 sdc

Updated for the web Feb 2004 | last completely revised May 2022 sdc