Star Trek: The Next Generation Books in Order
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint
1987 · David Gerrold, D. C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry
A 1987 novel by David Gerrold based on the Star Trek franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, introducing a new starship and cast. The U.S.S.…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - Ghost Ship
1988 · Diane Carey
In 1995, a Soviet aircraft carrier is destroyed by a mysterious creature that then vanishes. Over three hundred years later, Counselor Deanna Troi…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - The Children of Hamlin
1988 · Carmen Carter
The Hamlin Massacre is a well-known event in Starfleet history. A Federation outpost on Hamlin was destroyed, with all its adult residents killed and…
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1988 · Gene DeWeese
The Peacekeepers is a 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation novel by Gene DeWeese. It is set at an undetermined point during the series' first season.…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - Survivors
1989 · Jean Lorrah
Treva is a Human colony on the edge of known space that was close to becoming a full member of the Federation. However, it is now caught in a violent…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - The Captains' Honor
1989 · David Dvorkin
A series of brutal attacks by the M'dok Empire has destroyed the planet Tenara, prompting the Enterprise and the Federation starship Centurion to…
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1989 · Michael Jan Friedman
The Enterprise finds a lifeless Federation research vessel orbiting a planet protected by an energy shield. Against the advice of his senior…
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1989 · John Vornholt
The USS Enterprise travels to Lorca, a planet with a feudal culture where people wear masks to indicate their rank. Captain Picard and an away team…
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1989 · Howard Weinstein
The 1989 novel by Howard Weinstein follows a Federation crew sent to deliver emergency famine relief to the planet Thiopa, the Federation's only…
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1989 · Peter David
In 1989, Peter David wrote a novel set in the Star Trek universe. The story takes place in the uncharted regions of the galaxy, where the Kreel, a…
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1990 · Peter David
A Rock and a Hard Place is a 1990 book by Peter David. It is book 10 of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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1990 · Keith Sharee
Gulliver's Fugitives is a 1990 book by Keith Sharee. It is book 11 of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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Buy on Amazon1990 · Howard Weinstein
This 1990 novel by Howard Weinstein depicts the people of Alaj and Etolos, bitter enemies for three centuries, forced to see each other as their only…
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1990 · Jean Lorrah
Metamorphosis is a 1990 book by Jean Lorrah. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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1990 · Carmen Carter, Michael Jan Friedman and Robert Greenberger
The planet Kirlos is an artificial world created by a long-dead race known as the Ariantu. It contains a wealth of undiscovered archaeological…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - The Eyes of the Beholders
1990 · A. C. Crispin
After several Federation and Klingon ships disappear while traveling a newly opened trade route, the U.S.S. Enterprise is sent to investigate.…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - Unification
1990 · Jeri Taylor
A 1991 novel by Jeri Taylor follows the story of Spock, who is believed to have defected to the Romulan Empire. Captain Picard and Lieutenant…
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Buy on Amazon1991 · John Vornholt
Contamination is a 1991 book by John Vornholt. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction, Literary…
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A USS Enterprise shuttle crewed by Data, Troi, and Wesley Crusher is captured by the Tenirans while surveying planet Domarus IV, then vanishes in a…
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When two powerful rival Tizarin families are to be joined through marriage, the USS Enterprise hosts the wedding. Captain Picard is initially pleased…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - Boogeymen
1991 · Mel Gilden
Eric Baldwin is the Federation's leading exologist, an expert in alien lifeforms, and a close friend of Captain Picard. His research has made him…
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1991 · Michael Jan Friedman
Dante Maxima VII, known as Imprima, is a world controlled by powerful Madragi, vast social-economic entities that shape the lives of millions.…
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1991 · Michael Jan Friedman
A 1991 novel by Michael Jan Friedman, the first Star Trek: The Next Generation hardcover, following blockbuster bestsellers like Spock's World.…
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1991 · Peter David
The Borg are a race composed of both organic and mechanical parts, feared throughout the galaxy. They seek technological perfection by assimilating…
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1992 · Laurell K. Hamilton
After two hundred years of civil war, the planet Oriana is in ruins. Most of its vegetation has vanished, the air is nearly unbreathable, and its…
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It began with Spock's World, the first Star Trek hardcover and an eight-week national bestseller. Next came The Lost Years, Prime Directive, Probe…
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1992 · Bill McCay and Eloise Flood
This 1992 novel by Bill McCay and Eloise Flood finds Captain Picard and his crew discovering a group of human slaves on a forbidding planet.…
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1992 · V. E. Mitchell
The Jarada are an insectoid species known for their strict adherence to protocol. When they unexpectedly offer to open diplomatic relations with the…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - Relics
1992 · Michael Jan Friedman
A 1992 novel by Michael Jan Friedman. Montgomery Scott, missing in space for seventy-five years, is found by the crew of the USS Enterprise…
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1992 · T. L. Mancour
The USS Enterprise answers a distress call and discovers the damaged alien vessel Freedom, crewed by the Vemlans. Their captain, Jared, asks for help…
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1992 · John Vornholt
War Drums is a 1992 book by John Vornholt. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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1993 · David Bischoff
While responding to a distress call from a scientific station in a remote part of the galaxy, the U.S.S. Enterprise encounters a mysterious alien…
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1993 · Rebecca Neason
Captain Picard and his crew are drugged and captured upon arriving on Capulon IV, a planet preparing to join the Federation. They must escape their…
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1993 · John Peel
When Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise investigate a Human planet hidden in a massive stellar cloud, they find a world…
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1993 · Michael Jan Friedman
Twenty-five years ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard negotiated with the Gorn, an aggressive race. On the anniversary of that success, Picard and the USS…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - The Romulan Prize
1993 · Simon Hawke
Hermeticus 2 is a planet known only to a few within the Federation due to its extreme secrecy. A Romulan spy uncovers information about the planet,…
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The Devil's Heart is a legendary object of unsurpassed power, considered by magic-believing worlds to be Darkness's mightiest talisman and by worlds…
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Captain Picard and the crew of the starship Enterprise have explored many new worlds and faced numerous challenges over seven years, making Star…
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1994 · Peter David
Q-Squared is a non-canon Star Trek novel by Peter David that was published in 1994. It spent five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.…
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The story begins with the launch of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) and the mysterious disappearance of Captain James T. Kirk. Seventy-eight years…
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1994 · Dafydd Ab Hugh
When a famous Federation scientist dies, his son sells his inventions to the highest bidder, including medical devices, engineering advances, and a…
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1994 · Diane Duane
Stardate 44010.2 takes place in the twenty-fourth century, when humanity has joined the United Federation of Planets, a galactic civilization that…
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1994 · W.R. Thompson
When a Vulcan space probe reports that the Ferengi are transforming the people of Megara from a primitive agricultural society into a technologically…
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1994 · Dave Galanter
The Hidran race and the Klingon Empire have been in conflict for seventy years, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard is sent to the planet Velex to negotiate…
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1994 · Susan Wright
The crew of the USS Enterprise is on a mission to save the planet Lessenar from environmental collapse when they face an emotional attack from…
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"Crossover" is a Star Trek novel written by Michael Jan Friedman. It follows Starfleet Ambassador Spock as he works to unite the Romulan Empire and…
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1995 · Simon Hawke
The U.S.S. Enterprise is sent to the planet K'Trall, which is beginning to recover from years of brutal suppression. When a rogue ship starts…
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Buy on AmazonStar Trek The Next Generation - Into the Nebula
1995 · Gene DeWeese
Exploring an unknown region of space, the USS Enterprise encounters strange nebular dust and discovers a planet called Krantin whose plant, animal,…
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1995 · Brad Ferguson
In the middle of a routine mapping mission, Captain Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise encounter a culture that is close to developing warp…
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1995 · Robert Greenberger
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1996 · John Vornholt
While its saucer section undergoes repairs, the U.S.S. Enterprise tests a new experimental saucer designed to survive a planetary crash. Riker, Data,…
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A 1996 book by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, the third in Simon & Schuster Interactive's Star Trek series, testing mastery of Klingon…
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1996 · Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski
With their sun about to go nova, the people of Epictetus III face annihilation. The USS Enterprise is leading a rescue operation, but evacuating…
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1996 · Kij Johnson and Greg Cox
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1996 · Dean Wesley Smith
Decades after the original starship Enterprise warded off the conquering Furies, who once owned the entire Alpha Quadrant, Captain Picard and his…
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1996 · J. M. Dillard
Eighty years ago, bodiless entities brought a plague of violence to Vulcan until they were trapped in special containers. Now, on the eve of a…
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This 1997 novel by Diane Carey centers on Worf, who goes undercover to infiltrate a planetary criminal network on Sindikash during the sacred Day of…
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1997 · J. M. Dillard
First Contact is a 1997 book by J. M. Dillard. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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1997 · Lois Tilton
When Lelys, ambassador of the plague-ridden colony planet Orakisa, seeks help from the Federation, the USS Enterprise responds. Captain Picard and…
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1998 · J. M. Dillard
Insurrection is a 1998 book by J. M. Dillard. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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A 1998 novel by Greg Cox follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they face the enigmatic being known as Q. Q has…
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1998 · Peter David
Even in the 24th century, three is definitely a crowd. "Imzadi" is a word from the planet Betazed, meaning "beloved" and symbolizing a deep,…
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1998 · John Vornholt
The Dominion, led by the Jem'Hadar and Changelings, has formed an alliance with the Cardassian military and taken control of Deep Space Nine.…
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1998 · Greg Cox
The 1998 novel by Greg Cox follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they face the enigmatic cosmic entity Q. Q has…
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1998 · Greg Cox
The novel follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they face a new and dangerous threat. Q, a mischievous being…
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1998 · John Vornholt
Tunnel Trough the Stars is a 1998 book by John Vornholt. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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1999 · John de Lancie and Peter David
I, Q is a 1999 Star Trek novel written by John de Lancie and Peter David. Set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe, the story follows Q,…
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This 1999 novel by John Vornholt features Tom Riker, an identical duplicate of the Enterprise's first officer, serving as a Starfleet medical courier…
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1999 · Peter David
For more than a decade, unknown enemies have unleashed deadly biological weapons across the Alpha Quadrant, inflicting epidemics on the Romulans,…
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1999 · John Gregory Betancourt
An insidious alien conspiracy winds through the Alpha Quadrant and Starfleet history, beginning near the start of Picard's command. During the…
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1999 · Diane Carey
This 1999 novel by Diane Carey depicts a sinister conspiracy spreading across the Delta Quadrant and years of Starfleet history, resurfacing to…
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1999 · Michael Jan Friedman
An insidious plot for revenge has spanned years in Jean-Luc Picard's life, and this book reveals how the vendetta began. A series of terrorist…
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2000 · John Vornholt
Gemworld, Book Two is a 2000 book by John Vornholt. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Science Fiction.
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2000 · John Vornholt
Sparkling like a three-dimensional snowflake in the depths of space, Gemworld was once a Federation marvel, home to six alien races living in peace…
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2001 · Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin
Section 31 is the self-appointed protector of the Federation: amoral, shrouded in secrecy, and answerable to no one, a rogue shadow group committed…
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2002 · J. M. Dillard
Nemesis is a Star Trek science fiction novel set in a fictional world. Its characters and plot are loosely connected to the television series Star…
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2002 · Jeffrey Lang
Data is a highly advanced android, created by a brilliant and unconventional mind, who believes he is the only one of his kind. He is self-aware,…
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2003 · S. P. Somtow
A 2003 novel by S. P. Somtow. The people of Thanet believe the world ends in fire every five thousand years, and the Last Days are again upon them as…
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A 2005 Star Trek novel by Michael Jan Friedman. When Captain Jean-Luc Picard learns Doctor Beverly Crusher has been declared missing and presumed…
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2007 · J. M. Dillard
"Resistance" is a Star Trek: The Next Generation novel written by J.M. Dillard. It takes place after the 2002 film Star Trek: Nemesis and follows the…
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2007 · Peter David
The Borg, an enemy that cannot be reasoned with, strive to assimilate all biological distinctiveness and wipe out individuality. After the Federation…
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2007 · Keith R. A. DeCandido
Nearly two decades ago, Jean-Luc Picard assumed command of the U.S.S. Enterprise™ NCC-1701-D. He understood the significance of the name, as previous…
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2008 · Christopher L. Bennett
The starship USS Rhea discovers a cluster of carbon planets emitting quantum energies. A landing party encounters unusual life-forms on one planet.…
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2009 · William Leisner
Lieutenant Jasminder Choudhury, chief of security on the U.S.S. Enterprise, has survived the Borg invasion, but her homeworld, Deneva, has been…
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2012 · David Alan Mack
A War of Lies takes place three years after a devastating Borg invasion, leaving Starfleet stretched thin during a cold war with the Typhon Pact. A…
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2012 · David Alan Mack
This Star Trek novel by David Alan Mack begins a new trilogy from the author of Star Trek: Destiny. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew…
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2014 · Jeffrey Lang
Data, an advanced artificial life-form, was lost four years prior. His creator, Noonien Soong, sacrificed himself to bring Data back to life and also…
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2024 · Dayton Ward
Pliable Truths is a 2024 book by Dayton Ward. It is part of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Catalog genres: Crossover Fiction, Science…
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Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You
Year unknown · Michael Schuster and Steve Mollmann
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Star Trek: The Next Generation books in?
Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “Star Trek The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint”.
How many books are in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series?
We list 106 books , published between 1987–2024.
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Sub-series within Star Trek: The Next Generation
Distinct reading paths inside the wider series — each has its own page and order.
- The Next Generation – The Second Decade · 6 books
- Double Helix · 6 books
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