Top 10 Star Trek Novels?

[Kirks Lovechild]

I haven't read a Star Trek novel in years even though I do have a pretty big collection. I just finished a book and thought that it might be time to dive back into them. My only problem is I don't know where to start. My questions is, in your opinion, what are the top 10 Star Trek novels? It can be more than 10, but I just thought I would throw that number out there.

I've been talking to some friends and the titles I keep hearing are "Doctor's Orders", "Imzadi II", "Crossover", "Yesterday's Son", "Time for Yesterday", "Dreams of the Raven", and "Prime Directive". What do you think? Are those in the top 10? What titles would you add?

 

[UncleRogi]

Prime Directive... that should be the next film....
Though "Yesterday's Son" & "Time for Yesterday" are awesome.....

 

[UncleRogi]

Does anyone remember those 2 old pre-TMP books---
"The Price of the Pheonix" & "The Fate of the Pheonix"?
"SPOCK:Messiah" might be a good one too...














tmp books---

 

[casey]

I'll take a crack at this, at least based on what I have read.
In no particular order:
Destiny: Lost Souls, Destiny: Mere Mortals, Strangers From the Sky, Q Squared, Vendetta,Unity, Imzadi, Articles of the Federation, Ex Machina, Rising Son, Vanguar: Reap the Whirlwind.

I am sure I am missing things and I will probably change my mind about what belongs in here by tomorrow. In fact I just noticed I missed Destiny: Gods of Night.

 

[DarKush]

In No Particular Order:

1. Imzadi
2. Q-Squared
3. The Art of the Impossible
4. Federation
5. Vendetta
6. Serpents Among the Ruins
7. Full Circle
8. The Ashes of Eden
9. The Left Hand of Destiny (Books 1 & 2)
10. The Pandora Principle

Others Recommendations:
DS9
Objective: Bajor
Abyss
Unity
Avatar (Books 1 & 2)
Warpath (But I would read Worlds of DS9: Dominion and Ferenginar before it; it would probably be best to read all of the DS9 relaunch before reading Warpath actually)
A Stitch in Time (I never read this book, but it is highly recommended by many on this forum)

TNG:
A Death in Winter
Resistance
Greater than the Sum
Destiny Trilogy
The Devil's Heart

TOS
Cloak
The Rift
The Captain's Daughter
The Return

ENT
Last Full Measure
The Good that Men Do

There are a few lit-only Trek series you might enjoy: Starfleet Corps of Engineers, New Frontier, New Earth, Titan, Stargazer, Vanguard. I recommend New Frontiers, Titan, and Vanguard (Harbinger, the first novel at least)

 

[Rosalind]

Off the top of my head at the moment:

1. Destiny trilogy (ok, I cheat)
2. DS9: Mission Gamma (all four books, but book 1 was the best)
3. TOS: Crucible (book 1 and 2 are absolutely fabulous, I'm going through book 3 atm and enjoying it so far)
4. Lost Era: Serpents Among the Ruins
5. Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible
6. Titan: Orion's Hound
7. Titan: Sword of Damocles
8. Yesterday's Son & Time for Yesterday
9. Sarak
10. Articles of the Federation

Honourable mentions (because they didn't pop into my head fast enough):
- TNG: Greater than the Sum
- TNG: The buried age
- all the DS9 post finale books
- A burning house
- Q & A
- Metamorphosis

 

[The Nth Doctor]

In order:

1. A Stitch in Time
2. Once Burned
3. Immortal Coil
4. Cathedral
5. Q-Squared

After those five, it's bit blurred. The following books all compete for the last five spots:

Vulcan's Heart
The Art of the Impossible
Terok Nor trilogy (but especially Day of the Vipers)
Reunion
The Eugenics Wars, Books 1 & 2
Rogue
Tales of the Dominion War
No Limits
Q-in-Law
Q&A
I, Q

It's interesting to note that all of my top five favorites are character pieces of my favorite characters (Garak, Data, Calhoun, Bashir, Q).

 

[Nardpuncher]

In No Particular Order:

1. Imzadi
2. Q-Squared
3. The Art of the Impossible
4. Federation
5. Vendetta
6. Serpents Among the Ruins
7. Full Circle
8. The Ashes of Eden
9. The Left Hand of Destiny (Books 1 & 2)
10. The Pandora Principle

Others Recommendations:
DS9
Objective: Bajor
Abyss
Unity
Avatar (Books 1 & 2)
Warpath (But I would read Worlds of DS9: Dominion and Ferenginar before it; it would probably be best to read all of the DS9 relaunch before reading Warpath actually)
A Stitch in Time (I never read this book, but it is highly recommended by many on this forum)

TNG:
A Death in Winter
Resistance
Greater than the Sum
Destiny Trilogy
The Devil's Heart

TOS
Cloak
The Rift
The Captain's Daughter
The Return

ENT
Last Full Measure
The Good that Men Do

There are a few lit-only Trek series you might enjoy: Starfleet Corps of Engineers, New Frontier, New Earth, Titan, Stargazer, Vanguard. I recommend New Frontiers, Titan, and Vanguard (Harbinger, the first novel at least)

I agree with your top 10 list.

I'd tell the OP to take a grain of salt with all the Destiny recommendations you'll likely get. It was pretty good...but I think it's a tad over rated compared to how much people talk about it here.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I'd tell the OP to take a grain of salt with all the Destiny recommendations you'll likely get. It was pretty good...but I think it's a tad over rated compared to how much people talk about it here.

I agree on that count. Hell, I didn't like the general direction of the story or the level of predictability of the trilogy. The only thing I liked about it is what has come after it: A Singular Destiny is a very good book.

 

[UncleRogi]

Crucible book 1..McCoy
I dare any Star Trek fan to put that book down

Mine:
Prime Directive
Federation
Dark Mirror
How much for just the planet?
All Gateways
Challenger (This one is just awesome)
Ship of the Line
Imzadi
The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible
Immortal Coil
oops, # 11 "Strangers From the Sky"
I'm well read with my Star Trek.....
And yes I'm married...LOL

 

[LightningStorm]

My list (in order)

DS9: Millennium Trilogy
Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind
Vanguard: Open Secrets
Vanguard: Harbinger
VOY: Captain's Table: Fire Ship
VOY: Echoes
TNG: A Time to Kill/Heal
DS9: Warpath
TNG: A Time for War A Time for Peace
DS9: Fallen Heroes

Honorable mentions that just barely didn't make the list:
Articles of the Federation
MyrU Voyager: Places of Exile
MyrU TNG: Brave New World
MU TOS: The Sorrows of Empire
VOY: The Nanotech War

 

[UncleRogi]

Darn it!...Forgot "A Stitch in Time"....

Just 10? LOL

 

[Starbreaker]

It's been quite a while since I've read a Trek book. I'll try to remember my top 10

1. Mission Gamma: Twilight by David R. George III
2. The Millennium Trilogy by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
3. Behind Enemy Lines/Tunnel Through the Stars by John Vornholt
4. Q-Squared by Peter David
5. Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
6. Imzadi by Peter David
7. Metamorphosis - Jean Lorrah
8. The Devil's Heart by Carmen Carter
9. My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane
10. Crossover by Michael Jan Friedman

(pretty much the order)

 

[Paris]

Top 10, eh...

My list is full of stuff from the last 5 years or so... (in no particular order)

Full Circle
Articles of the Federation
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Destiny trilogy (as one)
The Lost Era: Art of the Impossible
The Lost Era: The Buried Age
Once Burned
A Burning House
Vanguard: Harbinger
Q & A

some honorable mentions:
Ex Machina
A Time to Kill
The Good that Men Do
Losing the Peace

Please keep in mind that there are still vast amounts of (from what i've heard) really good treklit that I have yet to read like the Crucible trilogy (people seem to love it), the SCE/COE series, and the third and fourth Vanguard books

 

[Warp Coil]

I'll take a crack at it....

Destiny (trilogy)
The Lost Era: Serpents Among the Ruins
TNG: Vendetta
TNG: Imzadi
TNG: Q-Squared
DS9: Fallen Heroes
DS9: Avatar, books 1-2
DS9: Mission Gamma: Cathedral
DS9: Unity
Titan: Taking Wing

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Well, here are my top 10:

"A Stitch in Time"
"Well of Souls"
"Day of the Vipers"
"The Buried Age"
"Orion's Hounds"
"Over a Torrent Sea"
"Catalyst of Sorrows"
"Unity"
"Millennium (omnibus, so I can count it as one, but it's technically three )
"Epiphany"(book three of the "Vulcan's Soul" trilogy).

 

[Defcon]

1. Fallen Heroes by Dafydd ab Hugh
2. The left Hand of Destiny Duology by J.G. Hertzler & Jeffrey Lang
3. A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson
4. In the Name of Honor by Dayton Ward
T5. Far Beyond the Stars by Steve Barnes
T5. Hollow Men by Una McCormack
T5. Ishmael by Barbara Hambly
T5. Mission Gamma 1 : Twilight by David R. George III
T9. A time for war, a time for peace by Keith R.A. DeCandido
T9. Serpents among the Ruins by David R. George III
T9. Wildfire by David Mack

 

[Mysterion]

In no real order:

The Wounded Sky
The Entropy Effect
The Galactic Whirlpool
Prime Directive
Rules of Engagement
Doctor's Orders
and the four books of the Vanguard series

 

[casey]

I really need to read Stitch in Time. It seems to be popping up on a lot of these lists.

 

[Taran'atar]

Off the top of my head:

1. A Stitch in Time (DS9)
2. Once Burned (New Frontier)
3. Wildfire (SCE)
4. Reap the Whirlwind (Vanguard)

Spoiler: Reap the Whirlwind

(I never thought I would see a Starfleet vessel perform an Exterminatus )

5. Articles of the Federation
6. Orion's Hounds (Titan)
7. Day of the Vipers (DS9)
8. Serpents Among the Ruins (Lost Era)
9. The Art of the Impossible (Lost Era)
10. Star Charts (Ok, not technically a novel, but it's just awesome )

Honorable Mentions to the DS9 Post Finale books which are all pretty much great and the Destiny trilogy.