Where Do I Start with the Novels??

[VulcanMindBlown]

I've seen all of the Star Trek shows (though I am on Season 2 of Voyager and haven't seen Season 3 of Enterprise) and am a fan of all of them. Some shows I am more of a fan than others.

I mainly like the Enterprise Relaunch-Era, The Original Series, and Deep Space Nine.

I have read parts of The Good That Men Do a long time ago when it came out, the beginning of Kobyashi Maru, both Romulan War novels (loved it, but wish that it showed more conflicts), the beginning of A Choice of Futures, the beginning of Vanguard: Harbinger, and the first Khan novel by Greg Cox (still have to find it.)

I would like to learn the most out of Deep Space Nine universe, and maybe what happened to the TOS main characters after Captain Kirk left the U.S.S. Enterprise.

 

[Idran]

For the Deep Space Nine side of things, I'd say you want to start with Avatar; it was the first book in the DS9 relaunch, set just months after "What You Leave Behind".

For post-TOS TOS characters, there's no specific running continuity, but there's a ton of options. Some of the first to come to mind: a number of the Lost Era books go into them: "The Sundered" and "One Constant Star" are both pretty Sulu-focused, and "Catalyst of Sorrows" is very Uhura-focused. "Cast No Shadow" is a pretty heavy Spock book, going into his relationships with Saavik and Valeris. Scotty's a major presence running throughout the SCE series (which I'd heavily recommend even if that weren't true). The Vulcan's Soul trilogy is pretty heavy on all the surviving TOS cast members in the 24th century.

And if you want some guidance in terms of "where do I go next" storywise, Thrawn and 8of5's Treklit flowchart is an amazing resource: http://www.thetrekcollective.com/p/trek-lit-reading-order.html

 

[VulcanMindBlown]

For the Deep Space Nine side of things, I'd say you want to start with Avatar; it was the first book in the DS9 relaunch, set just months after "What You Leave Behind".

For post-TOS TOS characters, there's no specific running continuity, but there's a ton of options. Some of the first to come to mind: a number of the Lost Era books go into them: "The Sundered" and "One Constant Star" are both pretty Sulu-focused, and "Catalyst of Sorrows" is very Uhura-focused. "Cast No Shadow" is a pretty heavy Spock book, going into his relationships with Saavik and Valeris. Scotty's a major presence running throughout the SCE series (which I'd heavily recommend even if that weren't true). The Vulcan's Soul trilogy is pretty heavy on all the surviving TOS cast members in the 24th century.

And if you want some guidance in terms of "where do I go next" storywise, Thrawn and 8of5's Treklit flowchart is an amazing resource: http://www.thetrekcollective.com/p/trek-lit-reading-order.html

Thanks.

Yes, I was interested in the adventures of Captain Sulu in the U.S.S. Enterprise-B. The rest of the TOS characters would be interesting to follow up on.

Where should I go with Voyager when I finish the series?

What about TNG? I know that William Riker has his own ship, the U.S.S. Destiny.

The Mirror Universe novels seem interesting, too.

Edit Added: What should I do about the ones in between TV episodes?

 

[Idran]

Riker's ship is the Titan, actually. The Titan series picks up with him and Troi, as well as Tuvok, some minor characters from on and off screen in previous works, and a bunch of new ones. It's a pretty solid series overall; the first entry is near immediately after Nemesis, with a heavy focus on the Romulans working to rebuild after the political vacuum left by the murder of the Senate, and everything after that is based on the Titan heading into the deep Beta Quadrant, an entirely new region of exploration for the Federation. It's very TNG in feel.

For the Enterprise-E relaunch era, you can pretty much just follow the "Next Gen" entry in the flowchart. The "A Time To..." series is meant to bridge the gap between Insurrection and Nemesis, and "Death in Winter" picks up post-Nemesis. You may want to skip "Resistance" and "Before Dishonor"; they're not all that great, though they do contribute to a building Borg arc that culminates in the "Destiny" trilogy.

For Voyager, Christie Golden wrote a brief relaunch, but it's not very well-regarded generally; most would suggest you jump straight to "Full Circle", Beyer's first novel. Her stuff has been amazing so far.

 

[OCD Geek]

Okay. Longtime lurker, first time poster. I haven't been able to get my hands on a Litverse novel yet due to my current situation (I've been homeless on and off for a year), but thanks to the review threads, recommendation threads, Turtletrekker's Charting the Novel-verse thread, Thrawn & 8of5's chart, author Christopher L. Bennett's posts and Amazon reviews I'm going to attempt to provide a comprehensive guide to the various Trek series. Thanks to their hard work I'll (hopefully) be able to narrow this down for you to the very best and/or most important novels of each series. If I leave anything out feel free to make a note of it. Here we go.

Enterprise (post-series)
Rise of the Federation by Christopher L. Bennett

• Book I: A Choice of Futures (2013)
• Book II: Tower of Babel (2014)
• Book III: Uncertain Logic (2015)
• Book IV: Live by the Code (2016)
• Book V: TBA (TBA)

The Original Series
From History's Shadow by Dayton Ward (2013)

The Original Series (post-The Motion Picture)
Ex Machina by Christopher L. Bennett (2005)

The Original Series (post-film series)
Vulcan's Heart by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz (1999)

The Original Series Era Spin-Offs
Vanguard by David Mack and Kevin Dilmore & Dayton Ward

• Book I: Harbinger (2005) Mack
• Book II: Summon the Thunder (2006) Dilmore & Ward
• Book III: Reap the Whirlwind (2007) Mack
• Book IV: Open Secrets (2009) Ward
• Book V: Precipice (2009) Mack
• Anthology: Declassified (2011)
• Book VI: What Judgments Come (2011) Dilmore & Ward
• Book VII: Storming Heaven (2012) Mack

Mirror Universe: The Sorrows of Empire- The Expanded Version by David Mack (2007/2010)

The Lost Era Spin-Offs (post-TOS/pre-TNG)
Serpents Among the Ruins by David R. George III (2003)
Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow (2008)
The Art of the Impossible by Keith R.A. DeCandido (2003)

The Next Generation (pre-series)
The Buried Age by Christopher L. Bennett (2007)

The Next Generation (post-First Contact)
Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang (2002)
The "A Time to..." Series Finale Trilogy (2004)

• Book I: A Time to Kill by David Mack
• Book II: A Time to Heal by David Mack
• Book III: A Time for War, A Time for Peace by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Next Generation (post-film series)
The Destiny Trilogy by David Mack (2008)

• Book I: Gods of Night
• Book II: Mere Mortals
• Book III: Lost Souls

The Cold Equations Trilogy by David Mack (2012)

• Book I: The Persistence of Memory
• Book II: Silent Weapons
• Book III: The Body Electric

The Fall Duology (2013)

• Book I: The Poisoned Chalice by James Swallows
• Book II: Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward

The Light Fantastic by Jeffrey Lang (2014)
Takedown by John Jackson Miller (2015)
Armageddon's Arrow by Dayton Ward (2015)

Titan (The Next Generation Spin-Off)
Orion's Hounds by Christopher L. Bennett (2005)
The Destiny Trilogy by David Mack (2008)

• Book I: Gods of Night
• Book II: Mere Mortals
• Book III: Lost Souls

Synthesis by James Swallow (2009)
The Fall Duology (2013)

• Book I: The Poisoned Chalice by James Swallows
• Book II: Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward

Sight Unseen by James Swallow (2015)

Deep Space Nine (pre-series)
Anthology: The Lives of Dax (1999)

Deep Space Nine (post-series)
"Season 8", showran by Marco Palmieri

• Book I: Avatar, Book One by S.D. Perry (2001)
• Book II: Avatar, Book Two by S.D. Perry (2001)
• Book III: Section 31- Abyss by Jeffrey Lang and David Weddle (2001)
• Book IV: Gateways- Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith R.A. DeCandido (2001)
• Short Story Conclusion: Gateways- "Horn and Ivory" (2001)
  • Note: Collected in Gateways: What Lay Beyond
• Book V: Mission: Gamma- Twilight by David R. George III (2002)
• Book VI: Mission: Gamma- This Gray Spirit by Heather Jarman (2002)
• Book VII: Mission: Gamma- Cathedral by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (2002)
• Book VIII: Mission: Gamma- Lesser Evil by Robert Simpson (2002)
• Book IX: Rising Son by S.D. Perry (2003)
• Book X: Unity by S.D. Perry (2003)

The Typhon Pact Trilogy by David R. George III (2011-2012)

• Book I: Rough Beasts of Empire
• Book II: Plagues of Night
• Book III: Raise the Dawn

The Section 31 Saga by David Mack

• Book I: Typhon Pact- Zero Sum Game (2010)
• Book II: The Fall- A Ceremony of Losses (2013)
• Book III: Section 31- Disavowed (2014)
• Book IV: Section 31- Control (TBA)

Deep Space Nine Spin-Offs
DS9- A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson (2000)
DS9- The Left Hand of Destiny, Books I and II by Jeffrey Lang & J.G. Hertzler (2003)
Cardassian Union by Una McCormack

• Book I: DS9- Hollow Men (2005)
• Book II: DS9- The Never-Ending Sacrifice (2009)
• Book III: The Fall- The Crimson Shadow (2013)

Klingon Empire by Keith R.A. DeCandido

• Book I: TNG- Diplomatic Implausibility (2001)
• Book II: I.K.S. Gorkon- A Good Day to Die (2003)
• Book III: I.K.S. Gorkon- Honor Bound (2003)
• Book IV: I.K.S. Gorkon- Enemy Territory (2005)
• Book V: Klingon Empire- A Burning House (2008)

Voyager (pre-series)
Mosaic by Jeri Taylor (1996)

Voyager (post-series)
"Season 9" by Kirsten Beyer

• Book I: Full Circle (2009)
• Book II: Unworthy (2009)
• Book III: Children of the Storm (2011)
• Book IV: The Eternal Tide (2012)
• Book V: Protectors (2014)
• Book VI: Acts of Contrition (2014)
• Book VII: Atonement (2015)
• Book VIII: A Pocket Full of Lies (2016)
• Book IX: Architects of Infinity (2017)
• Book X: To Lose the Earth (2017)

The Next Generation Era Spin-Offs
New Frontier by Peter David

• Books I-IV: House of Cards/Into the Void/The Two Front War/End Game (1997)
  • Note: One novel originally released as four mini-novels; Later collected as "New Frontier"
• Book V: Martyr (1998)
• Book VI: Fire on High (1998)
• Book VII: The Captain's Table- Once Burned (1998)
• Book VIII: Double Helix- Double or Nothing (1999)
• Book IX: The Quiet Place (1999)
• Book X: Dark Allies (1999)
• Book XI: Excalibur- Requiem (2000)
• Book XII: Excalibur- Renaissance (2000)
• Book XIII: Excalibur- Restoration (2000)
• Book XIV: Gateways- Cold Wars (2001)
• Short Story Conclusion: Gateways- "Death After Life" (2001)
  • Note: Collected in Gateways: What Lay Beyond
• Book XV: Being Human (2001)
• Book XVI: Gods Above (2003)
• Book XVII: Stone and Anvil (2003)

Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Wildfire, Books I and II by David Mack (2002-2003)
Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido (2005)
Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions by David Mack (2011) sequel to The Sorrows of Empire

 

[OCD Geek]

And here's everything worth reading that isn't part of the Novel-verse/Litverse continuity. Again, let me know if I left out anything important and/or great. Or if something's out of order.

The Star Trek: The Original Series “Rihannsu-verse”
(Note: Alternate continuity based off just The Original Series, The Animated Series & Original Cast films)
Prequel
The Final Reflection by John M. Ford (1984)

The Original Series (post-series/pre-The Motion Picture; “2nd” five-year mission)
Yesterday's Son by A.C. Crispin (1983)
Uhura's Song by Janet Kagen (1985)
The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane (1983)
Rihannsu, Book I: My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane (1984)
How Much for Just the Planet? by John M. Ford (1987)
Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane (1990)
Rihannsu, Book II: The Romulan Way by Diane Duane & Peter Morwood (1987)

The Original Series (post-The Motion Picture/pre-The Wrath of Khan)
Spock's World by Diane Duane (1988)
Rihannsu, Book III: Swordhunt/Honor Blade by Diane Duane (2000) Note: One novel released as two
Rihannsu, Book IV: The Empty Chair by Diane Duane (2006)
Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin (1988)

Peter David's Next Generation novels (Note: Its own continuity)
Q-in-Law (1991)
Q-Squared (1994)
Imzadi (1992)

Outside of Any Novel Continuity (Note: All completely seperate works)
The Original Series
Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III (2006)

The Original Series/The Next Generation
Federation by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1994)

Deep Space Nine
Fallen Heroes by Dafydd ab Hugh (1994)
The 34th Rule by David R. George III & Armin Shimerman (1999)

 

[ryan123450]

Both @VulcanMindBlown and @OCD Geek would probably enjoy checking out my Star Trek Litverse Reading Guide.

www.statreklitverse.yolasite.com

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Where do you want to start, VulcanMindBlown? I say start there. Find a ST novel that looks or sounds intriguing to you and dive in. If the author is doing his or her job well, you should have all the information you need to enjoy their story. Reading a Star Trek novel should be fun, not homework.

 

[Idran]

Where do you want to start, VulcanMindBlown? I say start there. Find a ST novel that looks or sounds intriguing to you and dive in. If the author is doing his or her job well, you should have all the information you need to enjoy their story. Reading a Star Trek novel should be fun, not homework.

That's fair, but there are people like me where what's fun is doing research and diving in randomly not as much.

 

[JD]

And here's everything worth reading that isn't part of the Novel-verse/Litverse continuity. Again, let me know if I left out anything important and/or great. Or if something's out of order.

The Star Trek: The Original Series “Rihannsu-verse”
(Note: Alternate continuity based off just The Original Series, The Animated Series & Original Cast films)
Prequel
The Final Reflection by John M. Ford (1984)

The Original Series (post-series/pre-The Motion Picture; “2nd” five-year mission)
Yesterday's Son by A.C. Crispin (1983)
Uhura's Song by Janet Kagen (1985)
The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane (1983)
Rihannsu, Book I: My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane (1984)
How Much for Just the Planet? by John M. Ford (1987)
Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane (1990)
Rihannsu, Book II: The Romulan Way by Diane Duane & Peter Morwood (1987)

The Original Series (post-The Motion Picture/pre-The Wrath of Khan)
Spock's World by Diane Duane (1988)
Rihannsu, Book III: Swordhunt/Honor Blade by Diane Duane (2000) Note: One novel released as two
Rihannsu, Book IV: The Empty Chair by Diane Duane (2006)
Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin (1988)

Peter David's Next Generation novels (Note: Its own continuity)
Q-in-Law (1991)
Q-Squared (1994)
Imzadi (1992)

Outside of Any Novel Continuity (Note: All completely seperate works)
The Original Series
Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III (2006)

The Original Series/The Next Generation
Federation by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1994)

Deep Space Nine
Fallen Heroes by Dafydd ab Hugh (1994)
The 34th Rule by David R. George III & Armin Shimerman (1999)

This is a really nice attempt, but you missed a lot of stuff, and have stuff in the wrong places.

 

[OCD Geek]

This is a really nice attempt, but you missed a lot of stuff, and have stuff in the wrong places.

Yeah, I've been meaning to bulk up my TOS section. I'm forced to do this on my cell this time, so the formatting may be a bit of a nightmare. If that's the case, I sincerely apologize.

The Trek Novel-verse/Lit-verse
The Original Series (pre-series/Pike Era)
Child of Two Worlds by Greg Cox (2015)

The Original Series (during series)
The Shocks of Adversity by William Leisner (2013)
The Latter Fire by James Swallow (2016)
Assignment: Eternity by Greg Cox (1998)
The Rings of Time by Greg Cox (2012)

The Original Series (during series)
Troublesome Minds by Dave Galanter (2009)
Crisis of Consciousness by Dave Galanter (2015)
(Note: exact placements unknown by both Memories Alpha AND Beta)

The Original Series (during series through post-The Motion Picture)
To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh by Greg Cox (2005)

The Original Series (post-The Motion Picture)
Ex Machina by Christopher L. Bennett (2004)

The Original Series (post-The Voyage Home)
Excelsior: Forged in Fire by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (2007)

The Original Series (post-film series)
Cast No Shadow by James Swallow (2011)
Vulcan's Heart by Josepha Sherman & Susan Schwartz (1999)

The Original Series Spin-Off
The [Spoilers???] Trilogy by Dayton Ward

• Book I: From History's Shadow (2013)
• Book II: Elusive Salvation (2016)
• Book III: TBA (TBA)

Here's an addition to TNG's section that I overlooked the first time around.
The Next Generation (post-film series)
Losing the Peace by William Leisner (2009)
(Note: place between the Destiny & Cold Equations trilogies)

Here's a time travel-based spin-off that I forgot. Placing it in any particular Trek Era seems rather pointless given the premise.
Trek Spin-Off
Department of Temporal Investigations by Christopher L. Bennett

• Novel: Forgotten Time (2012)
• Novella: The Collectors (2014)

Outside of Any Novel Continuity (all completely separate works)
The Original Series
Ishmael by Barbara Hambly (1985)
Prime Directive by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1990)
Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III (2006)

The Original Series (post-film series)
Sarek by A.C. Crispin (1994)

The Original Series/The Next Generation
Federation by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1994)

The "Rihannsu-verse" section is probably out of order and missing some novels by Diane Carey and Vonda McIntyre, but I'm tired and work tomorrow. I'll re-tackle that one another day.

 

[somebuddyX]

"Time's Enemy" was pretty cool, which was part of the Fury crossover event, but they're not all required reading. Ashes of Eden was an interesting post-Trek VI pre-Generations look at Kirk and I liked it's post-Generations sequel The Return, but those shatnerverse novels got a bit convoluted after a while. Some of the Vulcan series of books, like Vulcan's Forge and Vulcan's Heart sound pretty cool but I've never read them. I want to go back and read some of those novels from before the 90s or so, like the Rihannsu ones, Ishmael, The Final Reflection, even Spock Must Die!

 

[Leto_II]

The Original Series (during series)
Troublesome Minds by Dave Galanter (2009)
Crisis of Consciousness by Dave Galanter (2015)
(Note: exact placements unknown by both Memories Alpha AND Beta)

It's pretty clear that Troublesome Minds seems to take place right near the very end of the 5YM, owing to Spock suddenly urgently being compelled to investigate the Kolinahr discipline (as a result of the novel's events). Crisis of Consciousness is set very shortly prior to the TOS episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?", since Carolyn Palamas has just recently joined the Enterprise crew as the novel begins.

(Also, don't forget Greg Cox's recent novel Foul Deeds Will Rise and ebook novella Miasma, as well as Margaret Wander Bonanno's Unspoken Truth, both set aboard the Enterprise-A during the "post-Voyage Home" phase of the continuity-chart, there. )

 

[Christopher]

It's pretty clear that Troublesome Minds seems to take place right near the very end of the 5YM, owing to Spock suddenly urgently being compelled to investigate the Kolinahr discipline (as a result of the novel's events). Crisis of Consciousness is set very shortly prior to the TOS episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?", since Carolyn Palamas has just recently joined the Enterprise crew as the novel begins.

And yet, IIRC, Crisis of Consciousness subtly alludes to the events of Troublesome Minds. I think Dave's comment on that was that the placement was ambiguous, that Spock may have had the idea to pursue Kolinahr in mind for some time before he chose to act on it.

 

[Idran]

If I remember right, he said he did intend for Troublesome Minds to come first, but he left it ambiguous in the way you describe on purpose to keep things flexible (and because he didn't want to have hard cross-book continuity in order to fit the TOS style), so it's a viable reading yeah.

 

[JD]

Let me help:

Enterprise (post-series)
Rise of the Federation by Christopher L. Bennett

• Book I: A Choice of Futures (2013)
• Book II: Tower of Babel (2014)
• Book III: Uncertain Logic (2015)
• Book IV: Live by the Code (2016)
• Book V: TBA (TBA)

The Rise of the Federation is actually the second era in the Enterprise relaunch, before that was a series that covered the Romular War and the events leading up to it.
Books:

• Last Full Measure by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (Relaunch prequel set during Season 3)
• The Good That Men Do by MAM & AM
• Kobayashi Maru by MAM & AM
• The Romulan War: Beneath The Raptor's Wing by MAM
• TRW: To Brave the Storm

The Original Series
From History's Shadow by Dayton Ward (2013)

I'm pretty sure there have been some other TOS books that tie into the Novelverse, but I'm not sure which they are

The Original Series (post-The Motion Picture)
Ex Machina by Christopher L. Bennett (2005)

CLB has also written two more books that take place in the era. The first one was part of the TOS Mere Anarchy e-book miniseries, which followed the TOS crew's interactions with a planet throughout their history.
Mere Anarchy:

1. Things Fall Apart by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore (pre-TOS)
2. The Center Cannot Hold by Mike W. Barr (during TOS)
3. Shadows of the Indignant by Dave Galanter (between TOS and The Motion Picture)
4. The Darkness Drops Again By CLB (between TMP and The Wrath of Khan)
5. The Blood Dimmed Tide by Howard Weinstein (between The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country)
6. It's Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander Bonanno (after the Generations prolouge)

Bennet's second TMP era story as also part of the 24the century Department of Temporal Investigations series I'll cover later.

The Original Series (post-film series)
Vulcan's Heart by Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz (1999)

Vulcan's Heart is actually part of a series informally known as the Vulcan's Noun series all of which are written by Sherman and Shwatz.
Books:

• Vulcan's Forge
• Vulcan's Heart

After the first two books the series becomes the Vulcan's Soul trilogy, which takes place after the Dominion War
Vulcan's Soul:

1. Exodus
2. Exiles
3. Epiphany

The Original Series Era Spin-Offs
Vanguard by David Mack and Kevin Dilmore & Dayton Ward

• Book I: Harbinger (2005) Mack
• Book II: Summon the Thunder (2006) Dilmore & Ward
• Book III: Reap the Whirlwind (2007) Mack
• Book IV: Open Secrets (2009) Ward
• Book V: Precipice (2009) Mack
• Anthology: Declassified (2011)
• Book VI: What Judgments Come (2011) Dilmore & Ward
• Book VII: Storming Heaven (2012) Mack

Along with the main novels there were also a crossover with the 23rd century SCE crew that acted as a prequel for the series.

• Distant Early Warning

The series also had an e-book novella follow up focused on the TOS characters

• In Tempest's Wake

After that, Ward & Dilmore and Mack launched a spinoff series focused on two starship crews after the end of Vanguard. The series flips back and forth with each book, with Mack writing one and Wardimore covering the other.
Seekers:

1. Second Nature by Mack
2. Point of Divergence by Wardimore
3. Long Shot by Mack
4. All That's Left by Waridmore

Mirror Universe: The Sorrows of Empire- The Expanded Version by David Mack (2007/2010)

The Sorrows of Empire was actually part of a bigger MU saga, the first two books featured three short novellas.
Mirror Universe:

• Glass Empires

1. Age of the Empress (Enterprise) by Wardimore, story by Mike Sussman (the writer of the Ent. Mirror Universe episodes)
2. The Sorrow of Empire novella version (TOS) by Mack
3. The Worst of Both Worlds (TNG) by Greg Cox

• Obsidian Alliances

1. The Mirror Scaled Serpent (Voy) by KRAD
   
2. Cutting Ties (New Frontier) by Peter David
3. Saturn's Children (DS9) by Sarah Shaw (actually an pseudonym for David Mack)

These were followed up by a short story collection that covered the other series not covered by the first two, and featured sequels to the some of the novellas.

• Shards and Shadows

1. Ill Winds (April-era TOS) by Wardimore
2. The Greater Good (Piker-era TOS) by MWB
3. The Black Flag (Van) by James Swallow
4. The Traitor (STG) by Michael Jan Friedman
5. The Sacred Chalice (The Worst of Both Worlds sequel) by Rudy Josephs
6. Bitter Fruit (The Mirror Scaled Serpent sequel) by Susan Wright
7. Family Matters (Klingon Empire) by KRAD
8. Homecoming (NF) by PD
9. A Terrible Beauty (Keiko Ishikawa/O'Brien) by Jim Johnson
10. Empathy (Titan) by CLB
11. For Want of a Nail (K'Ehleyr & Barclay) by DM

• Following Shards and Shadow the expanded version The Sorrows of Empire was released.
• Rise Like Lions by DM tied up most of the storylines introduced by the MU novellas and short stories and also set up future stories.

The Lost Era Spin-Offs (post-TOS/pre-TNG)
Serpents Among the Ruins by David R. George III (2003)
Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow (2008)
The Art of the Impossible by Keith R.A. DeCandido (2003)
The Next Generation (pre-series)
The Buried Age by Christopher L. Bennett (2007)

There were several more TLE novels you missed, and Day of the Vipers is the first book in a trilogy. While it was mainly marked as TNG, TBA is also a TLE novel.

• The Sundered by MAM & AM
• Well of Souls by Ilsa J. Bick
• Deny Thy Father by Jeff Mariotte
• Catalyst of Sorrows by MWB
• Terok Nor trilogy

1. Day of the Vipers by James Swallow
   
2. Night of the Wolves by SD Perry & Britta Dennison
   
3. Dawn of the Eagles by SDP & BD

• One Constant Star by DRGIII

You missed the Stargazer series, which covers the beginnings of Picard's captaincy of the USS Stargazer. All of the SGZ stories are written by Michael Jan Friedman.

• TNG: Reunion (TNG series era book that introduced the characters who would go on to star in SGZ.
• TNG: Requiem (another series era novel that features the SGZ crew in the prologue)
• The Valiant (marked as a TNG book, but actually the first Stargazer novel)
• Double Helix/TNG: The First Virture (Stargazer story that served as a prolouge for the Double Helix miniseries)
• Gauntlet (Fist book actually marked as SGZ)
• Progenitor
• Three
• Oblivion
• Enigma
  
• Maker

The Tales of The Domion War, Tales from the Captain's Table anthologies also feature SGZ short stories.

The Next Generation (post-First Contact)
Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang (2002)

There are several more TNG books from that era that I know tie into the novelverse. The first one is the second book in the Gateways miniseries, which saw each of the then current series deal with the Iconian Gateways.

• Gateways (The crossover featured DS9 Relaunch and NF novels):

1. One Small Step (TOS) by Susan Wright
2. Chainmail (Challenger) by Diane Carey (This is the second book of the Challenger series, which was itself a spin-off from the TOS miniseries New Earth. I believe it was intended to be an ongoing series, but never made it past this book)
3. Doors Into Chaos (TNG) by Robert Greenberger
4. Demons of Air and Darkness (DS9 Relaunch)
   
5. No Man's Land (Voy) by Christie Golden
6. Cold Wars (NF) by PD
   
7. What Lay Beyond by all of the above (Each book ended with a cliffhanger that was resolved in a novella featured here)

Around this time we also got a Section 31 minsieries with took a similar approach with the title agency.

• Cloak (TOS) by SDP
• Rogue (TNG) by MAM & AM (introduces a character who would go on to appear in DS9, and be a major character in TTN)
• Abyss (DS9 Relaunch) by David Weddle (a regular writer on the DS9 TV series, Battlestar Galactica and others) & Jeffrey Lang
• Shadow (Voy) by Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch

• Gemworld Bk 1 & 2 by John Vornholt(this duology features Melora Pazlar, who was introduced in a DS9 episode and then became a main character on Titan.)
• Maximum War Bk 1 & 2 by Dave Galanter & Greg Brodeur (features a character who later appeared in the DS9 Relaunch, and I believe it's events have been referred to in later books)
• Q Continuum trilogy by GC (I believe we have gotten references to these)

1. Q-Space
2. Q-Zone
3. Q-Strike

The "A Time to..." Series Finale Trilogy (2004)

• Book I: A Time to Kill by David Mack
• Book II: A Time to Heal by David Mack
• Book III: A Time for War, A Time for Peace by Keith R.A. DeCandido

These were the last three books in a nine book series leading into the events of Nemesis.

• A Time To...

1. Be Born by JV
2. Die by JV
3. Sow by Wardimore
4. Harvest by Wardimore
5. Love by RG
6. Hate by RG
7. Kill by DM
8. Heal by DM
9. For War, For Peace by KRAD

You also missed a bunch of TNG novels set between Nemesis & Destiny

• Death in Winter by MJF
• Resistance by JM Dillard
• Q & A by KRAD
• Before Dishnor by PD
• Greater than the Sum by CLB

The Next Generation (post-film series)
The Destiny Trilogy by David Mack (2008)

• Book I: Gods of Night
• Book II: Mere Mortals
• Book III: Lost Souls

Destiny is not just a TNG trilogy, it is a massive crossover featuring characters from TNG, DS9, Titan, and Enterprise. It was a huge game changer for the entire novelverse from that point on.

• Losing the Peace by William Leisner is TNG's follow up on Destiny

The Typhon Pact Miniseries comes between LTP and TCE. While the books were all marked as TP, they were pretty much just books in their respective series that deal the newly introduced group, The Typhon Pact.

• A Singular Destiny by KRAD was a standalone novel focused on a new character that dealt with the post Destiny universe, and set up the Typhon Pact.
• TP: Paths of Disharmony by DW
  
• Indistinguishable from Magic by David McIntee was a standalone TNG novel focused on Geordi La Forge
  
• TP: The Struggle Within by CLB (e-book novella)

The Cold Equations Trilogy by David Mack (2012)

• Book I: The Persistence of Memory
• Book II: Silent Weapons
• Book III: The Body Electric

• The Stuff of Dreams by JS (e-book novella)

The Fall Duology (2013)

• Book I: The Poisoned Chalice by James Swallows
• Book II: Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward

The Fall was another miniseries similar to Typhon Pact with each book focusing on a specific group of characters following a big event in the first book. The Poisoned Chalice was not a TNG book, it was the series Titan entry.

• Crimson Shadow by Una McCormack
• Peaceable Kingdoms by DW

The Light Fantastic by Jeffrey Lang (2014)
Takedown by John Jackson Miller (2015)
Armageddon's Arrow by Dayton Ward (2015)

You missed the first two Titan novels, a two parter by MAM & AM

• Taking Wing
• The Red King

Titan (The Next Generation Spin-Off)
Orion's Hounds by Christopher L. Bennett (2005)

The Destiny Trilogy by David Mack (2008)

• Book I: Gods of Night
• Book II: Mere Mortals
• Book III: Lost Souls

• The Sword of Damocles by Geoffrey Thorn comes between Orion's Hounds and Destiny.
• Over a Torrent Sea by CLB comes between Destiny and Synthesis

Synthesis by James Swallow (2009)

• TP: Seize the Fire

The Fall Duology (2013)

• Book I: The Poisoned Chalice by James Swallows
• Book II: Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward

Peaceable Kingdoms is TNG not TTN

• Absent Enemies by John Jackson Miler (e-book novella)

Sight Unseen by James Swallow (2015)

Deep Space Nine (pre-series)
Anthology: The Lives of Dax (1999)

Deep Space Nine (post-series)
"Season 8", showran by Marco Palmieri

• Book I: Avatar, Book One by S.D. Perry (2001)
• Book II: Avatar, Book Two by S.D. Perry (2001)
• Book III: Section 31- Abyss by Jeffrey Lang and David Weddle (2001)
• Book IV: Gateways- Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith R.A. DeCandido (2001)
• Short Story Conclusion: Gateways- "Horn and Ivory" (2001)
  • Note: Collected in Gateways: What Lay Beyond
• Book V: Mission: Gamma- Twilight by David R. George III (2002)
• Book VI: Mission: Gamma- This Gray Spirit by Heather Jarman (2002)
• Book VII: Mission: Gamma- Cathedral by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (2002)
• Book VIII: Mission: Gamma- Lesser Evil by Robert Simpson (2002)
• Book IX: Rising Son by S.D. Perry (2003)
• Book X: Unity by S.D. Perry (2003)

The Worlds of DS9 miniseries followed Unity. Each book contain two novellas that focused on a specific group of characters and was based around a planet or group.

• Volume 1

1. Cardassia: The Lotus Flower by UM
2. Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman

• Volume 2

1. Trill: Unjoined by MAM &AM
2. Bajor: Fragments & Omens by J. Noah Kym (Kym's bio is rather vague, so some have theories this is a psuedonym)

• Volume 3

1. Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed by KRAD
2. The Dominion: Olympus Descending by DRGIII

• Warpath by DM
  
• Fearful Symmetry by Olivia Woods
• The Soul Key by OW (this and FS both tie into the Mirror Universe saga)
• TP: Zero Sum Game by DM takes place here

The Typhon Pact Trilogy by David R. George III (2011-2012)

• Book I: Rough Beasts of Empire
• Book II: Plagues of Night
• Book III: Raise the Dawn

The three books listed above weren't specially marked as a trilogy. RBOE was a stand alone entry in the TP series, and the other two were a duology that followed some of it's events, and also tied together events from some of the other TP novels.

• TF: Revelation and Dust by DRG III specifically follows up on the events of the three TP books.

The Section 31 Saga by David Mack

• Book I: Typhon Pact- Zero Sum Game (2010)
• Book II: The Fall- A Ceremony of Losses (2013)
• Book III: Section 31- Disavowed (2014)
• Book IV: Section 31- Control (TBA)

Deep Space Nine Spin-Offs
DS9- A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson (2000)
DS9- The Left Hand of Destiny, Books I and II by Jeffrey Lang & J.G. Hertzler (2003)
Cardassian Union by Una McCormack

• Book I: DS9- Hollow Men (2005)
• Book II: DS9- The Never-Ending Sacrifice (2009)
• Book III: The Fall- The Crimson Shadow (2013)

I haven't read it yet myself, but I'm thinking The Crimson Shadow would probably be best read with the other The Fall books

Klingon Empire by Keith R.A. DeCandido

• Book I: TNG- Diplomatic Implausibility (2001)
• Book II: I.K.S. Gorkon- A Good Day to Die (2003)
• Book III: I.K.S. Gorkon- Honor Bound (2003)
• Book IV: I.K.S. Gorkon- Enemy Territory (2005)
• Book V: Klingon Empire- A Burning House (2008)

Voyager (pre-series)
Mosaic by Jeri Taylor (1996)

• If you include Mosaic you should probably include Taylor's follow up Pathways. It's worth noting these books are not part of the novelverse since they were contradicted by later canon.
  
• I believe the Sting Theory trilogy, set between Seasons either 4 & 5 is specifically referred to in the Relaunch.

1. Cohesion by Jeffrey Lang
2. Fusion by Kristing "NYTBSMFin'" Beyer (not her official credit, but it is our affectionate nickname for her here)
   
3. Evolution by Heather Jarman

Voyager (post-series)
"Season 9" by Kirsten Beyer

• Book I: Full Circle (2009)
• Book II: Unworthy (2009)
• Book III: Children of the Storm (2011)
• Book IV: The Eternal Tide (2012)
• Book V: Protectors (2014)
• Book VI: Acts of Contrition (2014)
• Book VII: Atonement (2015)
• Book VIII: A Pocket Full of Lies (2016)
• Book IX: Architects of Infinity (2017)
• Book X: To Lose the Earth (2017)

The Next Generation Era Spin-Offs
New Frontier by Peter David

• Books I-IV: House of Cards/Into the Void/The Two Front War/End Game (1997)
  • Note: One novel originally released as four mini-novels; Later collected as "New Frontier"
• Book V: Martyr (1998)
• Book VI: Fire on High (1998)
• Book VII: The Captain's Table- Once Burned (1998)
• Book VIII: Double Helix- Double or Nothing (1999)
• Book IX: The Quiet Place (1999)
• Book X: Dark Allies (1999)
• Book XI: Excalibur- Requiem (2000)
• Book XII: Excalibur- Renaissance (2000)
• Book XIII: Excalibur- Restoration (2000)
• Book XIV: Gateways- Cold Wars (2001)
• Short Story Conclusion: Gateways- "Death After Life" (2001)
  • Note: Collected in Gateways: What Lay Beyond
• Book XV: Being Human (2001)
• Book XVI: Gods Above (2003)
• Book XVII: Stone and Anvil (2003)

Following Stone and Anvil the NF series jumped to the post-nemesis era and continued

• After the Fall
• Missing in Action
• Turnaround (IDW Comics miniseries, ties into MU:NF stories, but also contradicts the non-NF MU stories)
• Treason
• Blind Man's Bluff
• The Return (3 part e-book miniseries)

Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Wildfire, Books I and II by David Mack (2002-2003)

The two part Wildfire storyline are the 23rd and 24th novellas in the SCE e-book novella series. Following the 66th novella, the series changed it's title to Corps of Engineers, and stopped numbering the books. There were 8 more novellas following the name change.
The first 66 novellas were collected into paperback omnibuses.

• Have Tech Will Travel
• Miracle Workers
• Some Assembly Required
• No Surrender
• Foundations (introduces the 23 SCE crew on the USS Lovel, these characters were also featured in Vanguard)
• Wildfire
• Breakdowns
• Aftermath (at this point the paperback collections changed the series title to Corps of Engineers, even though the original novellas were still SCE)

Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido (2005)

AoTF is a stand along story focused on the first year of a new UFP Presidents time in office between Nemesis and Destiny.

Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions by David Mack (2011) sequel to The Sorrows of Empire

Already covered this one earlier.

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Yeah, I've been meaning to bulk up my TOS section. I'm forced to do this on my cell this time, so the formatting may be a bit of a nightmare. If that's the case, I sincerely apologize.

The Trek Novel-verse/Lit-verse
The Original Series (pre-series/Pike Era)
Child of Two Worlds by Greg Cox (2015)

The Original Series (during series)
The Shocks of Adversity by William Leisner (2013)
The Latter Fire by James Swallow (2016)
Assignment: Eternity by Greg Cox (1998)
The Rings of Time by Greg Cox (2012)

The Original Series (during series)
Troublesome Minds by Dave Galanter (2009)
Crisis of Consciousness by Dave Galanter (2015)
(Note: exact placements unknown by both Memories Alpha AND Beta)

The Original Series (during series through post-The Motion Picture)
To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh by Greg Cox (2005)

Assignment: Eternity, Rings of Time, and To Reign in Hell all tie into Cox's Khan duology The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh. TEW follows Khan's rise to power and eventual exile from Earth. Assignment: Eternity features Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln, who went on to be major characters in TEW, one of the characters who appeared in TEW went on to also appear in TRoT. TRiH is a follow up on TEW which follows Khan between Space Seed & TWoK

The Original Series (post-The Voyage Home)
Excelsior: Forged in Fire by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (2007)

The Original Series (post-film series)
Cast No Shadow by James Swallow (2011)
Vulcan's Heart by Josepha Sherman & Susan Schwartz (1999)

The Original Series Spin-Off
The [Spoilers???] Trilogy by Dayton Ward

• Book I: From History's Shadow (2013)
• Book II: Elusive Salvation (2016)
• Book III: TBA (TBA)

Here's an addition to TNG's section that I overlooked the first time around.
The Next Generation (post-film series)
Losing the Peace by William Leisner (2009)
(Note: place between the Destiny & Cold Equations trilogies)

Here's a time travel-based spin-off that I forgot. Placing it in any particular Trek Era seems rather pointless given the premise.
Trek Spin-Off
]Department of Temporal Investigations by Christopher L. Bennett

• Novel: Forgotten Time (2012)
• Novella: The Collectors (2014)

You missed the first novel Watching the Clock and the second novel is Forgotten History, not Forgotten Time. The series actually takes place pretty solidly in the post-Destiny 24th century, just with bits of time travel and flashbacks to other eras.

Outside of Any Novel Continuity (all completely separate works)
The Original Series
Ishmael by Barbara Hambly (1985)
Prime Directive by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1990)
Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III (2006)

The Original Series (post-film series)
Sarek by A.C. Crispin (1994)

The Original Series/The Next Generation
Federation by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1994)

The "Rihannsu-verse" section is probably out of order and missing some novels by Diane Carey and Vonda McIntyre, but I'm tired and work tomorrow. I'll re-tackle that one another day.

Damn, this just took me about 2.5 - 3 hours to put together, I think this is officially the longest I have every worked on a single post.

 

[ryan123450]

I'm pretty sure there have been some other TOS books that tie into the Novelverse, but I'm not sure which they are

http://startreklitverse.yolasite.com/the-original-series.php

Damn, this just took me about 2.5 - 3 hours to put together, I think this is officially the longest I have every worked on a single post.

You got alot closer in this list than OCDTrek did, but theres even more, depending on how far you want to let the web of references branch out. I've spent hundreds of hours building what I hope is the master list.

http://startreklitverse.yolasite.com

 

[borgboy]

I would recommend starting your Enterprise reading with the Mangles and Martin books as they're excellent.
The DS9 relaunch is also excellent.
It's not connected to it, but I'm currently re-reading the DS9 Millennium trilogy. It's set near the end of season 6 and has a really epic scope yet still grounded in interesting characterization, involving a secret section of DS9, lost mythical orbs and the cast time traveling to a dystopian Federation losing a war and facing the end of the universe, includes fun cameos from TNG and Voyager characters. The Pale Moonlight, set in the middle of season 6, is also a great read, the definitive Dominion War novel.

 

[JD]

http://startreklitverse.yolasite.com/the-original-series.php



You got alot closer in this list than OCDTrek did, but theres even more, depending on how far you want to let the web of references branch out. I've spent hundreds of hours building what I hope is the master list.

http://startreklitverse.yolasite.com

Oh, yeah, I know there's more, but I think my post is a pretty good idea of the core novelverse books.

 

[OCD Geek]

Let me help:

The Rise of the Federation is actually the second era in the Enterprise relaunch, before that was a series that covered the Romular War and the events leading up to it.
Books:

• Last Full Measure by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels (Relaunch prequel set during Season 3)
• The Good That Men Do by MAM & AM
• Kobayashi Maru by MAM & AM
• The Romulan War: Beneath The Raptor's Wing by MAM
• TRW: To Brave the Storm

I'm pretty sure there have been some other TOS books that tie into the Novelverse, but I'm not sure which they are


CLB has also written two more books that take place in the era. The first one was part of the TOS Mere Anarchy e-book miniseries, which followed the TOS crew's interactions with a planet throughout their history.
Mere Anarchy:

1. Things Fall Apart by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore (pre-TOS)
2. The Center Cannot Hold by Mike W. Barr (during TOS)
3. Shadows of the Indignant by Dave Galanter (between TOS and The Motion Picture)
4. The Darkness Drops Again By CLB (between TMP and The Wrath of Khan)
5. The Blood Dimmed Tide by Howard Weinstein (between The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country)
6. It's Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander Bonanno (after the Generations prolouge)

Bennet's second TMP era story as also part of the 24the century Department of Temporal Investigations series I'll cover later.


Vulcan's Heart is actually part of a series informally known as the Vulcan's Noun series all of which are written by Sherman and Shwatz.
Books:

• Vulcan's Forge
• Vulcan's Heart

After the first two books the series becomes the Vulcan's Soul trilogy, which takes place after the Dominion War
Vulcan's Soul:

1. Exodus
2. Exiles
3. Epiphany

Along with the main novels there were also a crossover with the 23rd century SCE crew that acted as a prequel for the series.

• Distant Early Warning

The series also had an e-book novella follow up focused on the TOS characters

• In Tempest's Wake

After that, Ward & Dilmore and Mack launched a spinoff series focused on two starship crews after the end of Vanguard. The series flips back and forth with each book, with Mack writing one and Wardimore covering the other.
Seekers:

1. Second Nature by Mack
2. Point of Divergence by Wardimore
3. Long Shot by Mack
4. All That's Left by Waridmore

The Sorrows of Empire was actually part of a bigger MU saga, the first two books featured three short novellas.
Mirror Universe:

• Glass Empires

1. Age of the Empress (Enterprise) by Wardimore, story by Mike Sussman (the writer of the Ent. Mirror Universe episodes)
2. The Sorrow of Empire novella version (TOS) by Mack
3. The Worst of Both Worlds (TNG) by Greg Cox

• Obsidian Alliances

1. The Mirror Scaled Serpent (Voy) by KRAD
   
2. Cutting Ties (New Frontier) by Peter David
3. Saturn's Children (DS9) by Sarah Shaw (actually an pseudonym for David Mack)

These were followed up by a short story collection that covered the other series not covered by the first two, and featured sequels to the some of the novellas.

• Shards and Shadows

1. Ill Winds (April-era TOS) by Wardimore
2. The Greater Good (Piker-era TOS) by MWB
3. The Black Flag (Van) by James Swallow
4. The Traitor (STG) by Michael Jan Friedman
5. The Sacred Chalice (The Worst of Both Worlds sequel) by Rudy Josephs
6. Bitter Fruit (The Mirror Scaled Serpent sequel) by Susan Wright
7. Family Matters (Klingon Empire) by KRAD
8. Homecoming (NF) by PD
9. A Terrible Beauty (Keiko Ishikawa/O'Brien) by Jim Johnson
10. Empathy (Titan) by CLB
11. For Want of a Nail (K'Ehleyr & Barclay) by DM

• Following Shards and Shadow the expanded version The Sorrows of Empire was released.
• Rise Like Lions by DM tied up most of the storylines introduced by the MU novellas and short stories and also set up future stories.

There were several more TLE novels you missed, and Day of the Vipers is the first book in a trilogy. While it was mainly marked as TNG, TBA is also a TLE novel.

• The Sundered by MAM & AM
• Well of Souls by Ilsa J. Bick
• Deny Thy Father by Jeff Mariotte
• Catalyst of Sorrows by MWB
• Terok Nor trilogy

1. Day of the Vipers by James Swallow
   
2. Night of the Wolves by SD Perry & Britta Dennison
   
3. Dawn of the Eagles by SDP & BD

• One Constant Star by DRGIII

You missed the Stargazer series, which covers the beginnings of Picard's captaincy of the USS Stargazer. All of the SGZ stories are written by Michael Jan Friedman.

• TNG: Reunion (TNG series era book that introduced the characters who would go on to star in SGZ.
• TNG: Requiem (another series era novel that features the SGZ crew in the prologue)
• The Valiant (marked as a TNG book, but actually the first Stargazer novel)
• Double Helix/TNG: The First Virture (Stargazer story that served as a prolouge for the Double Helix miniseries)
• Gauntlet (Fist book actually marked as SGZ)
• Progenitor
• Three
• Oblivion
• Enigma
  
• Maker

The Tales of The Domion War, Tales from the Captain's Table anthologies also feature SGZ short stories.


There are several more TNG books from that era that I know tie into the novelverse. The first one is the second book in the Gateways miniseries, which saw each of the then current series deal with the Iconian Gateways.

• Gateways (The crossover featured DS9 Relaunch and NF novels):

1. One Small Step (TOS) by Susan Wright
2. Chainmail (Challenger) by Diane Carey (This is the second book of the Challenger series, which was itself a spin-off from the TOS miniseries New Earth. I believe it was intended to be an ongoing series, but never made it past this book)
3. Doors Into Chaos (TNG) by Robert Greenberger
4. Demons of Air and Darkness (DS9 Relaunch)
   
5. No Man's Land (Voy) by Christie Golden
6. Cold Wars (NF) by PD
   
7. What Lay Beyond by all of the above (Each book ended with a cliffhanger that was resolved in a novella featured here)

Around this time we also got a Section 31 minsieries with took a similar approach with the title agency.

• Cloak (TOS) by SDP
• Rogue (TNG) by MAM & AM (introduces a character who would go on to appear in DS9, and be a major character in TTN)
• Abyss (DS9 Relaunch) by David Weddle (a regular writer on the DS9 TV series, Battlestar Galactica and others) & Jeffrey Lang
• Shadow (Voy) by Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch

• Gemworld Bk 1 & 2 by John Vornholt(this duology features Melora Pazlar, who was introduced in a DS9 episode and then became a main character on Titan.)
• Maximum War Bk 1 & 2 by Dave Galanter & Greg Brodeur (features a character who later appeared in the DS9 Relaunch, and I believe it's events have been referred to in later books)
• Q Continuum trilogy by GC (I believe we have gotten references to these)

1. Q-Space
2. Q-Zone
3. Q-Strike

These were the last three books in a nine book series leading into the events of Nemesis.

• A Time To...

1. Be Born by JV
2. Die by JV
3. Sow by Wardimore
4. Harvest by Wardimore
5. Love by RG
6. Hate by RG
7. Kill by DM
8. Heal by DM
9. For War, For Peace by KRAD

You also missed a bunch of TNG novels set between Nemesis & Destiny

• Death in Winter by MJF
• Resistance by JM Dillard
• Q & A by KRAD
• Before Dishnor by PD
• Greater than the Sum by CLB

Destiny is not just a TNG trilogy, it is a massive crossover featuring characters from TNG, DS9, Titan, and Enterprise. It was a huge game changer for the entire novelverse from that point on.

• Losing the Peace by William Leisner is TNG's follow up on Destiny

The Typhon Pact Miniseries comes between LTP and TCE. While the books were all marked as TP, they were pretty much just books in their respective series that deal the newly introduced group, The Typhon Pact.

• A Singular Destiny by KRAD was a standalone novel focused on a new character that dealt with the post Destiny universe, and set up the Typhon Pact.
• TP: Paths of Disharmony by DW
  
• Indistinguishable from Magic by David McIntee was a standalone TNG novel focused on Geordi La Forge
  
• TP: The Struggle Within by CLB (e-book novella)

• The Stuff of Dreams by JS (e-book novella)

The Fall was another miniseries similar to Typhon Pact with each book focusing on a specific group of characters following a big event in the first book. The Poisoned Chalice was not a TNG book, it was the series Titan entry.

• Crimson Shadow by Una McCormack
• Peaceable Kingdoms by DW

You missed the first two Titan novels, a two parter by MAM & AM

• Taking Wing
• The Red King

• The Sword of Damocles by Geoffrey Thorn comes between Orion's Hounds and Destiny.
• Over a Torrent Sea by CLB comes between Destiny and Synthesis

• TP: Seize the Fire

Peaceable Kingdoms is TNG not TTN

• Absent Enemies by John Jackson Miler (e-book novella)

The Worlds of DS9 miniseries followed Unity. Each book contain two novellas that focused on a specific group of characters and was based around a planet or group.

• Volume 1

1. Cardassia: The Lotus Flower by UM
2. Andor: Paradigm by Heather Jarman

• Volume 2

1. Trill: Unjoined by MAM &AM
2. Bajor: Fragments & Omens by J. Noah Kym (Kym's bio is rather vague, so some have theories this is a psuedonym)

• Volume 3

1. Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed by KRAD
2. The Dominion: Olympus Descending by DRGIII

• Warpath by DM
  
• Fearful Symmetry by Olivia Woods
• The Soul Key by OW (this and FS both tie into the Mirror Universe saga)
• TP: Zero Sum Game by DM takes place here

The three books listed above weren't specially marked as a trilogy. RBOE was a stand alone entry in the TP series, and the other two were a duology that followed some of it's events, and also tied together events from some of the other TP novels.

• TF: Revelation and Dust by DRG III specifically follows up on the events of the three TP books.

I haven't read it yet myself, but I'm thinking The Crimson Shadow would probably be best read with the other The Fall books

• If you include Mosaic you should probably include Taylor's follow up Pathways. It's worth noting these books are not part of the novelverse since they were contradicted by later canon.
  
• I believe the Sting Theory trilogy, set between Seasons either 4 & 5 is specifically referred to in the Relaunch.

1. Cohesion by Jeffrey Lang
2. Fusion by Kristing "NYTBSMFin'" Beyer (not her official credit, but it is our affectionate nickname for her here)
   
3. Evolution by Heather Jarman

Following Stone and Anvil the NF series jumped to the post-nemesis era and continued

• After the Fall
• Missing in Action
• Turnaround (IDW Comics miniseries, ties into MU:NF stories, but also contradicts the non-NF MU stories)
• Treason
• Blind Man's Bluff
• The Return (3 part e-book miniseries)

The two part Wildfire storyline are the 23rd and 24th novellas in the SCE e-book novella series. Following the 66th novella, the series changed it's title to Corps of Engineers, and stopped numbering the books. There were 8 more novellas following the name change.
The first 66 novellas were collected into paperback omnibuses.

• Have Tech Will Travel
• Miracle Workers
• Some Assembly Required
• No Surrender
• Foundations (introduces the 23 SCE crew on the USS Lovel, these characters were also featured in Vanguard)
• Wildfire
• Breakdowns
• Aftermath (at this point the paperback collections changed the series title to Corps of Engineers, even though the original novellas were still SCE)

AoTF is a stand along story focused on the first year of a new UFP Presidents time in office between Nemesis and Destiny.

Already covered this one earlier.

Assignment: Eternity, Rings of Time, and To Reign in Hell all tie into Cox's Khan duology The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh. TEW follows Khan's rise to power and eventual exile from Earth. Assignment: Eternity features Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln, who went on to be major characters in TEW, one of the characters who appeared in TEW went on to also appear in TRoT. TRiH is a follow up on TEW which follows Khan between Space Seed & TWoK





You missed the first novel Watching the Clock and the second novel is Forgotten History, not Forgotten Time. The series actually takes place pretty solidly in the post-Destiny 24th century, just with bits of time travel and flashbacks to other eras.


Damn, this just took me about 2.5 - 3 hours to put together, I think this is officially the longest I have every worked on a single post.[/QUOTE]

My goal wasn't to give a complete listing of all the core works of the Lit-verse. It was to give a listing of all the novels that are considered the absolute best of the best. I figured that trying to get into some long-running franchises (particularly Star Trek, Doctor Who and James Bond) can be somewhat daunting do to the sheer amount projects that have been made over the years. Let alone trying to get into a massive Expanded Universe like those of Star Trek, Star Wars and Doctor Who.

If someone were to ask me, "Where do I start with the Star Trek shows and movies?" I wouldn't tell them that it's all part of the same continuity and they should pick at random. What if their random choice was Threshold, Star Trek V or Nemesis? They'd probably never give Star Trek a try again!

I'd guide them to the following:
The Original Series (Seasons 1-2, The Enterprise Incident, TAS: Yesteryear)

The Movie Series (Treks II-IV and VI)

The Next Generation (Q Who?, The Measure of a Man, Seasons 3-6, All Good Things..., Star Trek: First Contact)

Deep Space Nine (Emissary, Duet, Necessary Evil, Seasons 2-7 starting with Blood Oath)

Voyager (Year of Hell, Timeless, Scorpion, Blink of an Eye, Message in a Bottle, maybe a couple others)

Enterprise (Broken Bow, The Andorian Incident, The Expanse, Seasons 3-4 minus These Are the Voyages)

As for Watching the Clock and The Eugenics Wars Duology, I left them out do to their Amazon numbers not being anywhere near most of Greg and Christopher's other related works. Some reviewers loved them as much as the rest of their work; some felt that they suffered from too much continuity porn.

With Destiny, I know that it's a crossover event between all the series, but it's mostly about TNG and Titan. There's a subplot involving Enterprise character, but it's in another time period and only involves a couple ENT characters. And DS9 was still on a post-Palmieri hiatus so all the charactera were still kind of off limits. Expect for Ezri, but no one cared about Ezri until David Mack got his hands on her with Destiny.

As for The Typhon Pact/Fall books, I grouped them where I felt they most made sense. Some are standalone adventures (like the Garak novel The Crimson Shadow), while others are left incomplete stories without some others. Like how the Titan novel The Poisoned Chalice ends on a cliffhanger that sets up (and is continued/resolved in) Peaceable Kingdoms. Thus it's a duology that's part of both series. It's an old school "tune into the other show to find out how our heroes get out of this one" kind of crossover event.

And some are the same exact ongoing storyline. David R. George III's DS9 Typhon Pact "Trilogy" may not have originally been designed to be one, but it sure as hack reads that way.

As for the rest, it seems to be the general consensus that Wildfire was the best of SCoE, New Frontier fell apart after Stone and Anvil (which works nicely as a finale), the Martin/Mangels ENT novels and Golden VOY novels aren't that great (and aren't necessary to understand Bennett and Beyer's superior novels), DS9: "Season 8" got muddled and inconsistent after Unity, Titan is VERY hit-and-miss (I tried to provide just the hits), the TNG "A Time to..." series is rough going outside of the final three, and the post-series Time to.../pre-Destiny TNG novels aren't all that good.