star trek books i like

[archersangel]

your mileage may vary.

my first 2 trek novels were metamorphosis (tng) & spock's world (tos). i didn't read any for a long time. then one day i discovered 21 at one of my local thrift stores. (tos, tng, & ds9) well that did it, i was hooked. since then i've read over 200 trek novels (original works & novelizations)
i mostly stick to the ones from pocket books, but i've read a couple of the animated series novelizations from ballantine books. (not that interesting IMHO)
i don't pay attention to authors, i just read what i find interesting.
a list of novels & novelizations can be found at memory alpha or wikipedia. there is also memory beta for licensed star trek works, including novels, comic books, RPG sourcebooks, video games and any other licensed works.

warning! spoilers in the descriptions when you look them up.

TOS

sarek by a.c. crispin
spock's world by diane duane
the vulcan academy murdersby jean lorrah
doctor's orders by diane duane
the idic epidemic by jean lorrah
the lost era: the art of the impossible by keith r. a. decandido (it starts in the TOS era & ends in the TNG era)
cast no shadow by james swallow

TNG

gulliver's fugitives by keith sharee
the q continuum series by greg cox; Q-Space Q-Zone Q-Strike
I,Q by john de lancie & peter david
metamorphosis by jean lorrah
a time to be born by john vornholt
a time to die by john vornholt
a time to sow by dayton ward and kevin dilmore
a time to harvest by dayton ward and kevin dilmore
a time to love by robert greenberger
a time to hate by robert greenberger
a time to kill by david mack
a time to heal by david mack
a time for war, a time for peace by keith R.A. decandido
imzadi by peter david
triangle: imzadi 2 by peter david
vulcan's soul trilogy; exodus, exile, epiphany by josepha sherman & susan shwartz (don't read the "archivist note" one one of these, it spoils things)

DS9

a stitch in time by andrew j. robinson
the long night by dean wesley smith & kristine kathryn rusch
section 31: abyss by jeffrey lang
unity by s.d. perry
(the problem with the DS9 novels set after the series, such as abyss & unity, is that if you don't read in order, you have no idea what's going on)
the lives of dax edited by marco palmieri

VOY

mosaic by jeri taylor
pathways by jeri taylor

ENT

broken bow by diane duane
kobayashi maru by michael a. martin (leads up to the romulan war series, so you should red this first)
the romulan war: beneath the raptor's wing & to brave the storm by michael a. martin
by the book by dean wesley smith

CROSSOVER SERIES

tales from the captain's table edited by keith r.a. decandido
the dominion war:
behind enemy lines by john vornholt
call to arms by diane carey
tunnel through the stars by john vornholt
sacrifice of angels by diane carey
no time like the past by greg cox (listed as a TOS novel, it has VOY characters)

updated 9-15-19

Comments

[delphia2000]

I read quite a few when they first came out. I did like 'Tears of the Singers' and 'Ishmael' a lot. And I know I read 'Imzadi' and liked that one too, but I really loved 'Q-in-law.' As much as I liked DS9, I don't think I read any of that series. I do remember one TOS series of books I positively hated by a couple of women who's writing was so bad, it made me throw the book at the wall. And there was a horrible Mary Sue that had Spock as Mary's sex slave. *gag* And another one where the writer was stealing lines from Willy Wonka. Funny I can remember the bad ones most LOL!

Funny you should post this...I was at a thrift store today and was laughing at the cover of "Vulcan" because I thought it looked so cheesy!

[archersangel]

that's one of the ones published bantam books. with titles like spock must die! i avoid them.

i stick with the ones that pocket books does.