Star Trek (Pocket Books) Books in Order
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Buy on Amazon1979 · Gene Roddenberry
The Great Bird of the Galaxy writes a Star Trek novel. The writer-producer who created Mr. Spock and all the other Star Trek characters, who invented…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Vonda N. McIntyre
The Enterprise is ordered to transport Dr. Georges Mordreaux, a brilliant physicist and dangerous criminal, from a starbase prison to a…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Robert E. Vardeman
The Klingon Gambit is a 1981 Star Trek novel by Robert E. Vardeman. Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to challenge the Klingon starship Terror…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · Howard Weinstein
An Enterprise shuttle crash-lands on the barren planet Sigma 1212 during a violent storm. Spock, McCoy, and Kailyn, the heir to the Shaddan throne,…
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1982 · Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
The Prometheus Design is a novel in the Star Trek: The Original Series book series, written by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath. It is set within…
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Buy on Amazon1982 · G. Harry Stine
The Abode of Life is a juvenile fiction novel set in the Star Trek: The Original Series universe, written by G. Harry Stine under the pseudonym Lee…
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Buy on Amazon1982 · Vonda N. McIntyre
Wrath of Khan (Star Trek Movie 2) is a 1982 novel by Vonda N. McIntyre. The galaxy's ultimate future rests with James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the…
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Buy on Amazon1983 · Sonni Cooper
Sabotage aboard the Enterprise leads Spock's investigation into defiance of the Federation and a bizarre alliance with the Romulan and Klingon…
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Buy on Amazon1983 · Sondra Marshak
"Star Trek: The Original Series" novel is a work of juvenile fiction. It centers on the fate of the galaxy and the lives of three individuals, who…
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Buy on Amazon1983 · M. S. Murdock
In this 1983 novel by M. S. Murdock, Romulans ravaged by a killer virus enter Canara seeking the only antidote, inciting a victorious Enterprise…
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Buy on Amazon1983 · A. C. Crispin
In this 1983 novel by A. C. Crispin, the Romulans attack the planet Gateway, where Federation scientists study the Guardian of Forever, a portal to…
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Buy on Amazon1983 · Robert E. Vardeman
The ship is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living, breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion Arm is stalled. Kirk needs his…
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Buy on Amazon1983 · Diane Duane
A 1983 novel by Diane Duane follows an alien scientist who creates the Intergalactic Inversion Drive, an advanced engine that surpasses warp drive.…
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Buy on Amazon1984 · David Dvorkin
The Enterprise has rushed to war-torn Trellisane. Kirk is on the bridge of a Klingon warship, McCoy is dining with cannibals, and the ship is…
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Buy on Amazon1984 · Greg Bear
A Star Trek novel by Greg Bear in which a sentient force of protostars called Corona takes control of a stranded team of Vulcan scientists. The USS…
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Buy on Amazon1984 · John M. Ford
Klingon Captain Krenn is a ruthless war strategist. He is on a mission to Earth when he learns a lesson in peace. He suddenly faces a secret battle…
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Buy on Amazon1984 · Diane Duane
A work of juvenile fiction in which Captain Kirk unites with his old enemy Ael t'Rlailiiu, a Romulan commander, to destroy a laboratory that is…
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Buy on Amazon1984 · Melinda Snodgrass
Captain Kirk and the Enterprise join forces with the Klingons after a time/space warp swallows a spaceship in the Taygeta V system. Spock suspects a…
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Buy on Amazon1984 · Jean Lorrah
Kirk and McCoy accompany Spock to the Vulcan Academy Hospital seeking experimental treatment for a badly wounded Enterprise crew member. With Spock's…
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Buy on Amazon1985 · Janet Kagan
Eaiou is a planet inhabited by catlike beings. The Eaiouans become ill and die, and humans are also being infected. Dr. Mc. Coy is distressed. Uhura…
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Buy on Amazon1985 · Laurence Yep
A 1985 novel by Laurence Yep. On the primitive, violent planet Angira, young Prince Vikram returns from Earth full of new ideas; when Sulu and Spock…
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Buy on Amazon1985 · Della Van Hise
The USS Enterprise is on patrol near the Romulan neutral zone when the crew begins experiencing strange dreams. Captain James T. Kirk and Science…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Dwellers in the Crucible
1985 · Margaret Wander Bonanno
Dwellers in the Crucible (1985) by Margaret Wander Bonanno is a Star Trek novel about Warrantors of Peace, hostages instantly killed if their home…
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Buy on Amazon1985 · Majliss Larson
Threatened by a deadly famine, the Klingon Empire is on the verge of igniting an interplanetary war. An earthquake destroys a Federation research…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · J. M. Dillard
A 1986 Star Trek novel by Jeanne Kalogridis. The tranquil planet of Aritani comes under attack by a vicious, unknown enemy; the Enterprise finds…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · Brad Ferguson
Massive computer malfunctions strike the Enterprise as Kirk learns that the peaceful planet Centaurus, home to McCoy's daughter Joanna, has been…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · Diane Carey
Dreadnought! is a 1986 Star Trek: The Original Series novel written by Diane Carey. It is written in the first person from the perspective of…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · J. M. Dillard
Long before the Federation, a powerful force that began with possession and madness and ended in murder invaded the galaxy. A Starfleet research…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · Diane Carey
While on shore leave on Earth, Captain Kirk is accosted by Starfleet Security guards wanted for questioning about the theft of transwarp, the…
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Buy on Amazon1986 · Vonda N. McIntyre
Enterprise, The First Adventure is a 1986 novel by Vonda N. McIntyre. James T. Kirk, the youngest man to captain a starship in Federation history,…
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Buy on Amazon1987 · Howard Weinstein
A routine diplomatic mission to the water-world Akkalla turns into a dangerous search for the missing Spock and Chekov, drawing Admiral Kirk into a…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Dreams of the Raven
1987 · Carmen Carter
The U.S.S. Enterprise responds to a merchant ship's distress call, but the mission turns dangerous when the crew faces an unknown and terrifying…
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Buy on Amazon1987 · Diane Duane
An undercover Federation agent operates in Romulan territory, facing a critical decision. She must choose between preserving her secret identity or…
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Buy on Amazon1987 · John M. Ford
On the planet Direidi, the greatest known deposit of dilithium crystals has been discovered. Under the Organian Peace Treaty, the Federation and the…
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Buy on Amazon1987 · J. M. Dillard
The Enterprise is called to the Federation Outpost Tanis for a class one medical emergency. Upon arrival, the crew finds two of the outpost's three…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Strangers From the Sky
1987 · Margaret Wander Bonanno
In the twenty-first century, Earth must decide whether to welcome or fight the Vulcans after their spacecraft crash-lands in the South Pacific during…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Jean Lorrah
IDIC—Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations—is a core philosophy for Vulcans, representing their belief in tolerance and unity. In a Vulcan…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Time for Yesterday
1988 · A. C. Crispin
Time in the galaxy has stopped, indicating the Guardian of Forever is malfunctioning. Starfleet Command sends Admiral James T. Kirk, Spock of Vulcan,…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · David Dvorkin
A 1988 Star Trek novel by David Dvorkin. In a remote area of Federation space, the Enterprise picks up a distress signal from a Klingon vessel, the…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Barbara Paul
The Three-Minute Universe is a science fiction novel by American author Barbara Paul, set within the Star Trek: The Original Series franchise. It is…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Memory Prime is a 1988 novel by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Memory Prime, a location housing several computer research libraries, hosts the…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Gene DeWeese
Centuries ago an unknown race from beyond the galaxy created interstellar gates and disappeared without a trace. The Enterprise, having used the…
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Buy on Amazon1988 · Diane Carey
A 1988 novel by Diane Carey follows Commander George Samuel Kirk in an adventure set before the era of Captain Kirk. The story takes place in the…
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Buy on Amazon1989 · D. C. Fontana
This 1989 novel by D. C. Fontana tells the story of Spock's first assignment aboard the USS Enterprise. It serves as a prequel to the original Star…
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Buy on Amazon1989 · Michael Jan Friedman
The starship USS Hood responds to a distress signal from a long-lost research expedition led by Dr. Roger Korby. Though Korby is dead, his colleagues…
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Buy on Amazon1989 · Judy Klass
Captain Kirk's negotiations with the ruling Council of Youngers on the planet Boaca Six break down when a Boacan vessel is destroyed by an…
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1989 · Julia Ecklar
The Kobayashi Maru is a 1989 Star Trek science fiction novel written by Julia Ecklar. It features characters from The Original Series who are…
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Buy on Amazon1989 · Diane Duane
Commander Spock, a Vulcan serving as first officer on the USS Enterprise, is called back to his homeworld of Vulcan when a crisis forces the planet's…
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Buy on Amazon1989 · J. M. Dillard
This 1989 novel by Jeanne Kalogridis tells the story of Captain Kirk's final hours in command of the USS Enterprise, and how he, Mr. Spock, and Dr.…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Rules of Engagement
1990 · Peter Morwood
Sudden revolution on the planet Dekkanar brings Captain Kirk and the Enterprise to evacuate Federation personnel, under strict orders to assist only,…
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Buy on Amazon1990 · Carolyn Clowes
A Romulan bird-of-prey drifts into Federation territory, dead in space. Starfleet orders it brought to Earth, but it carries a deadly cargo soon…
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Buy on Amazon1990 · Diane Duane
Captain Kirk leaves Doctor McCoy in command of the Enterprise after receiving complaints about his leadership style. Kirk travels to the planet…
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Buy on Amazon1990 · V. E. Mitchell
Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise are tasked with transporting a diplomatic party, a routine mission that quickly becomes…
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Buy on Amazon1990 · Dana Kramer-Rolls
A dispute over a planet and its primitive people leads Captain Kirk and a Klingon commander to battle each other. Their fight is interrupted by an…
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Buy on Amazon1990 · Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens
Starfleet's highest law has been broken, and its most honored captain is in disgrace. The starship Enterprise, once celebrated, is now in pieces, and…
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Buy on Amazon1991 · Michael Jan Friedman
A routine survey of Alpha Octavius Four turns disastrous when Spock is attacked and poisoned by a huge creature and Kirk's landing party is trapped…
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Buy on Amazon1991 · Peter David
In 1991, Peter David wrote a novel in which every thirty-three years, a rift in space connects the Federation with the Calligar, a distant alien…
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Buy on Amazon1991 · Margaret Wander Bonanno
Probe is an epic novel that continues the story of the USS Enterprise and her crew after the events of Star Trek IV. It focuses on the mysterious…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger
The U.S.S. Enterprise faces a deadly alien fleet. Gamma Xaridian, a peaceful Federation research colony, is the third Federation world attacked by a…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · L. A. Graf
The USS Enterprise is sent to the icebound planet Nordstral to investigate an outbreak of insanity. Upon arrival, the crew uncovers a more dangerous…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · John Vornholt
The planet Sanctuary is a fabled world in unexplored space, said to be the last refuge for both the justly and unjustly accused, its exact location…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · L. A. Graf
This 1992 novel by L.A. Graf has the Enterprise called to Starbase Sigma 1 on the outskirts of the Andorian-Orion system, hoping to act as a…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Diane Carey
A 1992 novel by Diane Carey. As James T. Kirk prepares to retire from Starfleet, events draw him back to Faramond, a world he last visited at sixteen…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country
1992 · J. M. Dillard
Star Trek VI, the Undiscovered Country is a 1992 Star Trek novel in which the Klingon Empire faces collapse after its primary energy source is…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Melissa Crandall
Star Trek #63: while on a routine mission, the USS Enterprise encounters a derelict Romulan space station adrift within Federation borders. The crew…
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1993 · Mel Gilden
The Starship Trap is a 1993 book by Mel Gilden. It is part of the series Star Trek. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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Buy on Amazon1993 · V. E. Mitchell
A 1993 novel by V.E. Mitchell. While exploring ancient ruins on the uninhabited planet Careta IV, Captain Kirk's landing party discovers strange…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Victor Milán
Okeanos is a water world settled by Federation separatists centuries ago. It is now caught in a power struggle between the native population and the…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - The Great Starship Race
1993 · Diane Carey
When the alien Rey make contact with the Federation, they invite various space-faring cultures to their world for a celebration. This leads to the…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - The Fearful Summons
1993 · Denny Martin Flinn
Captain Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior and his crew are kidnapped. When Federation negotiations fail, Captain James T. Kirk and former officers of the…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Shadows on the Sun
1993 · Michael Jan Friedman
Dr. McCoy, a former doctor with a past filled with personal loss, joins Starfleet to escape his pain. More than forty years later, he is on the USS…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - The Patrian Transgression
1994 · Simon Hawke
The USS Enterprise is sent to Patria I to review the planet's application for Federation membership. Captain Kirk and his landing party uncover a…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Barbara Hambly
The crew of the Nautilus, a battered starship of mysterious origin, is beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise, claiming to be freedom fighters from…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Howard Weinstein
The 1994 novel by Howard Weinstein follows the starship Enterprise as it transports a Federation ambassador to the planet Empyrea, a colony of…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · A. C. Crispin
Spock and his father, Sarek, work together to stop a plan that could destroy the Federation. Sarek is deeply troubled because his wife, Amanda, is…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · J. M. Dillard
This 1995 Star Trek novel by J.M. Dillard concludes a saga begun in The Lost Years, continued in A Flag Full of Stars and Traitor Winds. Admiral…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - The Captain's Daughter
1995 · Peter David
When Demora Sulu, a Starfleet officer known for her excellence, attacks her commanding officer, he kills her in self-defense. The incident shocks…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · William Shatner
The Ashes of Eden is a 1995 Star Trek novel co-written by William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens, and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, part of the…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - The Rings of Tautee
1996 · Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
When an entire solar system begins to disintegrate into cosmic rubble, Captain Kirk suspects that rumors of a new Klingon superweapon are true. The…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · James E. Gunn and Theodore Sturgeon
Timshel was once a popular vacation destination known for its culture, natural beauty, and friendly people. It has since isolated itself from the…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · William Shatner, Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
The Return is a Star Trek novel by William Shatner, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, and Judith Reeves-Stevens. A Vulcan ambassador visits the grave of his…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · William Shatner
William Shatner, known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, wrote Star Trek: Avenger, a 1997 novel. The story follows Kirk, who was…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Day of Honor - Treaty's Law
1997 · Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
The Klingon Day of Honor is celebrated throughout the empire, though every tradition began somewhere. The Federation and the Klingon Empire both…
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1998 · William Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Spectre is a 1998 novel by William Shatner, part of the Shatnerverse, an informal nickname for a series of loosely connected Star Trek novels written…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Across the Universe
1999 · Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski
The Hawking left Earth in the 21st century on a one-way mission to colonize a distant world. Due to relativistic effects of pre-warp travel, the crew…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · William Shatner
William Shatner, known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, has written a new novel titled Star Trek: Dark Victory. The story follows Kirk…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Jerry Oltion
Rimillia is a planet that does not spin on its axis, causing extreme temperature differences between its day and night sides. Only a narrow region of…
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2001 · S. D. Perry
Star Trek: Section 31 is a 2025 science fiction television film directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeny for Paramount+. It is the…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · William Shatner
William Shatner, known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek, wrote a novel that continues the story of Kirk after his presumed death in…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · William Shatner and Judith Reeves-Stevens
In this 2003 novel by William Shatner, set after Star Trek: Nemesis, Ambassador Spock is assassinated at a Romulan peace rally. Retired Admiral James…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · William Shatner, Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens
During Kirk's five-year mission, a mysterious alien threat called "The Totality" began a stealthy invasion of the Milky Way. Having twice before…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · William Shatner
The Dominion War has ended, and the Federation is at peace. James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard travel to Bajor to explore the ruins of an ancient…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Margaret Wander Bonanno
Before James T. Kirk, another captain commanded the USS Enterprise: Christopher Pike, a man driven to perfection whose science officer Spock would…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Crucible, McCoy - Provenance of Shadows
2006 · David R. George III
In a single moment, the lives of three men are changed forever. This instant, marked by both salvation and loss, leads to the destruction and…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Crucible, Spock - The Fire and the Rose
2006 · David R. George III
In a single moment, the lives of three men are changed forever. This moment, marked by both salvation and loss, leads to the destruction and then the…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek - Crucible, Kirk - The Star to Every Wandering
2007 · David R. George III
In a single moment, the lives of three men are changed forever. That instant, marked by both salvation and loss, leads to the destruction and then…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Star Trek (Pocket Books) books in?
Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”.
How many books are in the Star Trek (Pocket Books) series?
We list 99 books , published between 1979–2007.
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Sub-series within Star Trek (Pocket Books)
Distinct reading paths inside the wider series — each has its own page and order.
- Shatnerverse · 9 books
- Totality Trilogy · 3 books
- Die Beginnings · 3 books
- Crucible · 3 books
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