Best novel(s)?

[GHS]

Steve Mollman used to have a Trek novel ranking site (before he defected to join the ranks of writers himself). It predated some of the newer novels getting mentoned above. The novels getting the most votes on it included:

Uhura’s Song
Stitch in Time
Immortal Coil
Strangers from the Sky
Imzadi
Sarek
Federation

 

[shanejayell]

WAY too many books.... uhm.

The Pandora Principle
The Destiny Trillogy (Really, almost anything by David Mack)
Articles of Federation (Ditto for Keith R.A. DeCandido)
Q-Squared
Full Circle

 

[David Mack]

I'm flattered to be listed by so many of you. But I'll just chalk it up to short memories not recalling the greatness of John Vornholt, Daffyd ab Hugh, Diane Duane, and many others who were writing great Trek novels before I ever put pen to paper ... :-)

 

[Sci]

I'm flattered to be listed by so many of you. But I'll just chalk it up to short memories not recalling the greatness of John Vornholt, Daffyd ab Hugh, Diane Duane, and many others who were writing great Trek novels before I ever put pen to paper ... :-)

I recall all of them. I don't enjoy Vornholt's or ab Hugh's writing at all. Far as I'm concerned, your entries on my list were not earned due to poor memory.

 

[sgsmitty]

I am currently reading the first Titan novel, good stuff. As for my favorite Star Trek novels... 'Prime Directive', 'The Lost Years" to name a couple.

 

[JD]

My favorites are the Titan series, Vanguard series, and the Post-Finale DS9 books.

(added links to Memory Beta) and I'd like to add Serpents Among the Ruins (Be carefull this has a detailed summary), Imzadi, (this too) Articles of the Federation, and The Art of the Impossible (another summary).

 

[Mike Farley]

I believe that the very best Star Trek novel ever is generally accepted to be The Price of the Phoenix by Marshak and Culbreath.

 

[Locutus]

I believe that the very best Star Trek novel ever is generally accepted to be The Price of the Phoenix by Marshak and Culbreath.

Don't forgot it's sequel, The Fate of the Phoenix!

 

[TrekNut87]

Tough choice, but my favorites would have to be:

The Crucible trilogy
Serpents Among the Ruins
Pathways
A Stitch in Time
Rising Son
The Dark Matters trilogy

 

[Mike Farley]

I believe that the very best Star Trek novel ever is generally accepted to be The Price of the Phoenix by Marshak and Culbreath.

Don't forgot it's sequel, The Fate of the Phoenix!

An inferior work unworthy of their talents.

 

[wahwahkits]

Crucible:McCoy
Before Dishonor
Greater Than The Sum
The Entropy Effect
The Ashes Of Eden
Titan: Taking Wing
Destiny bks 1-3

 

[Ood Sigma]

My favorites...

Star Trek: Destiny
VOY: Full Circle
DS9: Millenium
TNG: Q&A
TOS: Sarek
VOY: Echoes
SCE: Sargasso Sector
NF: Stone & Anvil
TOS: Crucible: Kirk - The Star to Every Wandering
TTN: Orion's Hounds
Vanguard: Harbinger
Klingon Empire: A Burning House
DS9: Olympus Descending

I could list a ton more, but that's a fairly even slice of my favorites.

 

[KimMH]

Only one listed in prior posts I don't agree with; ss far as recent work goes I greatly enjoyed Greg Cox's Eugenics War Trilogy and the String Theory Trilogy. Vulcan Soul trilogy was stupendous. Serpent among the Ruins was noteworthy as well as Full Circle and A Burning House. KRAD, Beyer and Mack are galactic treasures.

 

[JD]

My favorites are the Titan series, Vanguard series, and the Post-Finale DS9 books.

(added links to Memory Beta) and I'd like to add Serpents Among the Ruins (Be carefull this has a detailed summary), Imzadi, (this too) Articles of the Federation, and The Art of the Impossible (another summary).

Tough choice, but my favorites would have to be:

The Crucible trilogy
Serpents Among the Ruins
Pathways
A Stitch in Time
Rising Son
The Dark Matters trilogy

Gah, I can't belive I forgot A Stitch in Time.

 

[ltcmmanderdata]

the shatner books the return and specter were awesome

 

[Kopernikus]

TOS: Prime Directive by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
TOS: Federation by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
TOS: Ex Machina by Christopher L. Bennett
TOS: Crucible, Book 1 of 3: Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III
Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind by David Mack
The Lost Era: The Sundered by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
The Lost Era: Serpents among the Ruins by David R. George III
The Lost Era: The Art of The Impossible by Keith R.A. DeCandido
TNG: A Time for War, A Time for Peace by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Titan: Orion's Hounds by Christopher L. Bennett
Voyager: Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer
Myriad Universes: Places of Exile by Christopher L. Bennett from the Infinity's Prism-Anthology
Myriad Universes: The Chimes at Midnight by Geoff Trowbridge from the Echoes and Refractions-Anthology
Crossover: Articles of the Federation by Keith R.A. DeCandido

 

[JD]

My favorites are the Titan series, Vanguard series, and the Post-Finale DS9 books.

(added links to Memory Beta) and I'd like to add Serpents Among the Ruins (Be carefull this has a detailed summary), Imzadi, (this too) Articles of the Federation, and The Art of the Impossible (another summary).

Tough choice, but my favorites would have to be:

The Crucible trilogy
Serpents Among the Ruins
Pathways
A Stitch in Time
Rising Son
The Dark Matters trilogy

Gah, I can't belive I forgot A Stitch in Time.

Oh, and the Mirror and Myriad Universe books. (I've only read four of the six MyrU stories, but they were good enough I'm comfortable including the whole series). Of course not all of the stories in the two series are of equal quality, but so far none they've all been good enought to be included.

 

[kythe]

I've always loved Diane Duane's books, such as Spock's World and the Rihannsu series. I've noticed some of her books have been mentioned before, so I'll just "second" them.

 

[Hoshi_Mayweather]

There are two that stand out as 'brilliant'...(And by brilliant, I mean the authors take Star Trek from the cookie cutter mold and expand on the characters and situations).

Those two are:

*To Reign in Hell
*Crucible: McCoy

I have to say I enjoy the Errand of Vengeance novels as well...(and looking to read the Errand of Fury series soon).

 

[Thrawn]

I'm flattered to be listed by so many of you. But I'll just chalk it up to short memories not recalling the greatness of John Vornholt, Daffyd ab Hugh, Diane Duane, and many others who were writing great Trek novels before I ever put pen to paper ... :-)

I've been spending a year reading Trek novels from all across the publishing timeline, and while I've enjoyed Duane, those other two haven't written anything in the same league as Destiny or your Vanguard entries. Not even close.