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I haven't read any ST books since the early Eighties (the only one I vaguely remember had something to do with the creation of a new universe & some screwy theory about the afterlife). But with every passing year I miss TNG and DS9 more and more. What are the best TNG era continuations to read, and in which order should they be read?
 
you don't HAVE to read anything in any order. stuff you need to know is usually detailed in the books you're reading...

having said that..

the 9 book A Time To series is set between Insurrection and Nemesis and is numbered:
A Time to be Born
A Time to Die
A Time to Sow
A Time to Harvest
A Time to Love
A Time to Hate
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, A Time for Peace

read them in order and it makes more sense.

Post Nemesis we have:
Death in Winter
Resistance
Q&A
Before Dishonor
Greater Than the Sum

then it's the three Destiny novels.

there's also the Titan series:
Taking Wing
The Red King
Orion's Hounds
Sword of Damoocles
Over a Torrent Sea (which takes place post Destiny)
 
So, Nemesis established that Riker would go off and captain the Titan, and once that status quo was established the books followed it. That created two ongoing series, a TNG series without Riker, Troi, or Data (with various new characters replacing them) and also a Titan series, with an all new crew.

There was also a very brief series, 4 novels and originally intended to be longer, about the Voyager crew after they returned home. That petered out, chronologically speaking, about 2 years in-universe before Nemesis.

At the end of last year, the Destiny Trilogy, a totally epic piece of whupass awesomesauce, tied those three series together as well as a minor thread from Enterprise (not necessary to have seen Enterprise at all, though, trust me) and made the greatest thing to happen to TrekLit in a really, really long time.

So the short answer to your question is: read Destiny. If you're just looking for a few books, jumping right in to Destiny is entirely possible, it'll bring you up to speed on anything you missed.

If you'd like the more comprehensive answer, here's everything else you might want to have under your belt to get all the continuity references in Destiny (again, I stress this is not at all necessary, but most of these books are also pretty great, so if you want to really immerse yourself, here's the plan, in a suggested order of reading):

Star Trek: A Time To Kill
Star Trek: A Time To Heal
Star Trek: A Time For War, A Time For Peace

These are the last three books in a 9-book series, but trust me, skip the first 6. They're fine, but they're not important. This series was written to lead up to the changes we see happening in Nemesis, and also establishes some pretty great stuff about the Federation government.

TNG: Death In Winter

This takes place right after Nemesis, and sort of fills a bunch of little continuity gaps right after that movie. Best read here, in the sequence, not with the rest of the TNG post-Nemesis books, which start up after jumping a few more months ahead.

Titan: Taking Wing
Titan: The Red King
Articles Of The Federation
Titan: Orion's Hounds
Titan: Sword Of Damocles

This is a suggested reading order, but you can move AotF later if you want; that's just where it was written. AotF is an interesting book, a year in the life of the Federation president. Pretty great stuff. The other four are, clearly, the first four books in the adventures of the Titan crew.

TNG: Resistance
TNG: Q & A
TNG: Before Dishonor
TNG: Greater Than The Sum

These are the adventures of Picard's crew post-Nemesis, and the last book leads right into Destiny. (In fact, if you want one book to read pre-Destiny to help fill you in on the changes, that's a good one; lots of fallout from earlier events, so lots of summarizing to get you up to speed.) This is probably the only set of books on this list that's variable in quality; a lot of people really dislike Resistance and Before Dishonor. Your mileage may vary.

Destiny: Gods Of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls

AWESOME.

Then, the follow-ups:

A Singular Destiny
Titan: Over A Torrent Sea
Voyager: Full Circle
TNG: Losing The Peace (just coming out now)

Full Circle takes all the lingering narrative strands from the previous, abandoned Voyager books and ties them off, then takes the crew of Voyager through the next 3 years, through the Destiny trilogy, and beyond. And it is fantastic. Don't read the earlier Voyager books, just read Full Circle. A Singular Destiny is another unconventional look at the Trek universe, following an original character as we examine the fallout of the Destiny trilogy. TNG and Titan books are more traditional.

There are also many other brilliant ongoing series in Treklit right now, in particular Vanguard (an original crew aboard a space station in the TOS era), the DS9 Relaunch (following after the finale of that show, in-universe still about 4 years before the events of Destiny), and New Frontier (a wackier, wilder look at Trek that's just published its 17th novel). But if you're looking for the major, TNG-based continuity, that's what there is.
 
I haven't read any ST books since the early Eighties (the only one I vaguely remember had something to do with the creation of a new universe & some screwy theory about the afterlife). But with every passing year I miss TNG and DS9 more and more. What are the best TNG era continuations to read, and in which order should they be read?

I'd start with the cover and then read until I got to the last page.:vulcan:
 
The way to read trek.....

Get a copy of Voyage of the Imagination. Then start reading in chronological order.
 
At the end of last year, the Destiny Trilogy, a totally epic piece of whupass awesomesauce, tied those three series together as well as a minor thread from Enterprise (not necessary to have seen Enterprise at all, though, trust me) and made the greatest thing to happen to TrekLit in a really, really long time.

Hey Thrawn...I hope you don't mind, but i'm totally using whupass awesomesauce as my new catch phrase :techman:. Absolutely brilliant, and absolutely on the nose when it comes to Mack's opus ;)
 
Thanks everyone, this'll keep me busy. I took one look at my Amazon results (when I searched for Star Trek) and felt overwhelmed, so it's good to have such a detailed road map.
 
The way to read trek.....

Get a copy of Voyage of the Imagination. Then start reading in chronological order.

That's my preferred reading order as well. Strictly speaking, unless the books are 'Book 1 of <whatever number>,' they're usually filled with all the facts needed to pick up any of them off the shelf and start reading without being completely lost. That said, the newer novels are far more linked together than they used to be, and refer back to one another, so you get a fuller picture by reading them in a fashion approaching chronological, but it's not a requirement.
 
The way to read trek.....

Get a copy of Voyage of the Imagination. Then start reading in chronological order.

That's my preferred reading order as well. Strictly speaking, unless the books are 'Book 1 of <whatever number>,' they're usually filled with all the facts needed to pick up any of them off the shelf and start reading without being completely lost. That said, the newer novels are far more linked together than they used to be, and refer back to one another, so you get a fuller picture by reading them in a fashion approaching chronological, but it's not a requirement.
No, it's not a requirement. But for example, I just finished Full Circle and found it was enhanced by having read the previous 4 VoyR books. So while it's not a requirement, it will make what you are reading even better.
 
The DS9-R needs to get itself together. When it's no longer the first recommendation on everyone's lips, the thing is clearly falling behind....
 
The DS9-R needs to get itself together. When it's no longer the first recommendation on everyone's lips, the thing is clearly falling behind....

The OP asked specifically about TNG books, so the lack of mention of DS9-R books to this point is hardly cause for concern.
 
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