That's actually what i thought of doing, i just wasn't sure if that was actually close to chronological order.
Well, it's the order that fans who buy every ST novel on Day of Release, and devour them all immediately, read them in.
No Star Trek novels come out with a warning, "Don't read this until you've read a book that comes out in a few months time", so publication order is always a pretty safe bet.

The only time it doesn't work is if you have all MMPBs in front of you and didn't realise that one of them was originally a hardcover or trade PB release.