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.
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) |
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Star Trek Reader III (7-9 above) |
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Star Trek Reader IV (10-12 above) |
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[see also: Mudd’s Angels, below] |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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! 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) |
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) |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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