General Star Trek

The General Star Trek Reading List contains many stories from the Star Trek Lit-verse that do not easily fall under a larger series title. This includes three major Lit-verse stories which were never given their own titled series, but do span multiple books with an ongoing story and characters. These three storylines are the return of Kirk in the 24th century, the presidency of Nan Bacco, and the adventures of the USS Aventine. Also included are smaller series which don't justify their own separate reading list, and don't fit within any of the other larger series, like Prometheus and Star Trek Online.  

In addition to these main storylines, several additional standalone stories are connected due to various references in other books, or to other books. These references are mentioned in the notes.

Five short stories are also connected, two from Enterprise Logs (which shares references among several connected novels), two from Deep Space Nine: The Lives of Dax (which ties into the Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series), and one from Tales of the Dominion War (which ties into four Lit-verse series.) Various references in parts of the anthology New Worlds, New Civilizations, and Star Trek #500 connect stories from those works. 

Dark blue denotes the stories most important to the rest of the Lit-verse: the main storylines of Kirk's return, Nan Bacco, the Aventine, and the Prometheus. Light blue denotes the expanded storyline. Read these for other works closely connected to the Lit-verse which don't fit on any other reading list. The white denotes every other connected story, regardless of continuity, not listed elsewhere on the site.

As always, not every reference to every other story is mentioned, just the one I chose as most important to show the expanding Lit-verse web.

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Klingons

  • IDW Comics Special.

  • References Kanjis from TNG: KAHLESS.

  • Takes place around thirteen centuries before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

The Veil at Valcour

  • Part 1 of the ENTERPRISE LOGS anthology.

  • Takes place three hundred and seventy-five years before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

World of Strangers

  • Part 2 of the ENTERPRISE LOGS anthology.

  • Takes place two hundred and nine years before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

The Aliens Are Coming!

  • General Star Trek story in the STRANGE NEW WORLDS III anthology.

  • Published as a separate ebook.

  • Events referenced in THE EUGENICS WARS, VOLUME 2.

  • Takes place one hundred and eighty-two years before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

Assignment: Earth

  • IDW Comics Miniseries.

  • Events continue in TOS: CREW- SHADOWS OF THE PAST.

  • Takes place around one hundred and eighty years before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

Assignment: One

  • General Star Trek story in STRANGE NEW WORLDS 8.

  • References the Aegis from TOS: ASSIGNMENT- ETERNITY.

  • Takes place one hundred and fifty years before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

The Immortality Blues

  • General Star Trek story in STRANGE NEW WORLDS 9.

  • Abramson's thoughts on the post-WWIII era referenced in ENT: RISE OF THE FEDERATION: UNCERTAIN LOGIC.

  • Takes place ninety-eight years before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

First Steps

  • Part 2 of THE LIVES OF DAX anthology, Lela Dax.

  • Takes place seventy-six years before STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

Starfleet: Year One

  • Lydia Littlejohn referenced in SCE: THE FUTURE BEGINS.

  • Fundamentally contradicted by STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.

Red Shirts

  • IDW Comics miniseries.

  • Features Revo, named in DEFIANT: HELL IS ONLY A WORD.

  • Takes place between TOS: "The Naked Time" and "Charlie-X."

The First Peer

  • Part 1 of the SEVEN DEADLY SINS anthology, Pride.

  • Takes place between TOS: "By Any Other Name" and "Return to Tomorrow."

Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor

  • Part 7 of THE LIVES OF DAX anthology, Joran Dax.

  • Takes place just after STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK.

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Nanoprobes

  • General Star Trek story in Wildstorm Comics's STAR TREK SPECIAL.

  • Darey Hawk referenced in SECTION 31: ROGUE.

  • Takes place between TNG: "Second Chances" and "Timescape."

The Return

  • First Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation crew.

  • Features Deep Space Nine character Julian Bashir.

  • Takes place just after STAR TREK: GENERATIONS.

Avenger

  • Second Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation crew.

  • Features Teilani from TOS: THE ASHES OF EDEN.

  • Takes place just after STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT.

Night of the Vulture

  • Part 2 of the TALES OF THE DOMINION WAR anthology.

  • Takes place during DS9: "Favor the Bold."

Spectre

  • Third Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation crew.

  • Takes place just before STAR TREK: INSURRECTION.

  • Features an alternate mirror universe.

Dark Victory

  • Fourth Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation crew.

  • Takes place just after STAR TREK: INSURRECTION.

  • Features an alternate mirror universe.

Preserver

  • Fifth Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation crew.

  • Features an alternate mirror universe.

Tempered By the Forge

  • Part 1 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Framing publication released just after DS9: THE LIVES OF DAX.

The Glories of the Hebitians

  • Part 2 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Toj'laths referenced in TLE: Well of Souls.

  • Framing publication released here.

Ashes, Ashes

  • Part 3 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • References Pandrilites from TNG: REUNION.

  • Framing publication released here.

The Footfalls of Tradition

  • Part 7 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Tessma referenced in THE LIVES OF DAX: OLD SOULS.

  • Framing publication released here.

The Specter of Jamestown

  • Part 8 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Framing publication released here.

Aversion

  • Part 9 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Rantic Lan featured in DS9: UNJOINED.

  • Framing publication released here.

Paradox of Virtue

  • Part 11 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Romulan exile colony referenced in TNG: DEATH IN WINTER.

  • Framing publication released here.

The Heart of Darkness

  • Part 14 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Framing publication released here.

Mother's Day

  • Part 15 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Framing publication released here.

Second Chances

  • Part 17 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • Hembec referenced in TOS: FORGED IN FIRE.

  • Framing publication released here.

At Times of Peril

  • Part 18 of the NEW WORLDS, NEW CIVILIZATIONS anthology.

  • References the Dedderac from TOS: MY BROTHER'S KEEPER- ENTERPRISE.

  • Framing publication released just before DS9: A STITCH IN TIME.

Captain's Peril

  • Sixth Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation crew.

The Next Generation: A Time For War, A Time For Peace

  • First Nan Bacco novel.

  • The Next Generation Nemesis Lead in Series, Book 9.

  • Takes place just before STAR TREK: NEMESIS.

Articles of the Federation

  • Second Nan Bacco novel.

  • A sequel to TNG: A TIME FOR WAR, A TIME FOR PEACE.

  • Takes place over the entire year following STAR TREK: NEMESIS.

Captain's Blood

  • Seventh Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation and Titan crews.

  • Features Voyager characters Janeway and the Doctor.

Captain's Glory

  • Eighth Return of Kirk novel.

  • Features The Next Generation and Titan crews.

  • Features Voyager characters Janeway and the Doctor.

Destiny: Gods of Night

  • Third Nan Bacco novel.

  • First USS Aventine novel.

  • Book 1 of the trilogy.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

Destiny: Mere Mortals

  • Fourth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Second USS Aventine novel.

  • Book 2 of the trilogy.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

Destiny: Lost Souls

  • Fifth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Third USS Aventine novel.

  • Book 3 of the trilogy.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

A Singular Destiny

  • Sixth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Fourth USS Aventine novel.

  • Essentially, Typhon Pact, Book 0.

  • Features the Starfleet Corps of Engineers and IKS Gorkon crews briefly.

Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire

  • Features Nan Bacco.

  • Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series, Book 23.

  • Book 3 of the crossover series.

  • Features The Next Generation character Spock.

  • Takes place over the period since MERE MORTALS, ending here.

Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game

  • Seventh Nan Bacco novel.

  • Fifth USS Aventine novel.

  • Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series, Book 24.

  • Book 1 of the crossover series.

Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony

  • Eighth Nan Bacco novel.

  • The Next Generation, Post-Nemesis Series Book 10.

  • Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series, Book 25.

  • Book 4 of the crossover series.

  • Features Deep Space Nine character Thirishar ch'Thane and continues the Andorian reproductive crisis storyline.

Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night

  • Ninth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series, Book 26.

  • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 13.

  • Book 5 of the crossover series.

Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn

  • Tenth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series, Book 27.

  • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 14.

  • Book 6 of the crossover series.

Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship

  • Sixth USS Aventine novel.

  • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 15.

  • Book 7 of the crossover series.

  • Features Nan Bacco and Deep Space Nine character Garak briefly.

The Next Generation: Cold Equations- Silent Weapons

  • Eleventh Nan Bacco novel.

  • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 17.

  • Book 2 of the trilogy.

The Fall: Revelation and Dust

  • Twelfth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Book 1 of the crossover series.

  • Features the USS Aventine crew.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

The Fall: The Crimson Shadow

  • Essentially, thirteenth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Book 2 of the crossover series.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses

  • Essentially, fourteenth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Seventh USS Aventine novel.

  • Book 3 of the crossover series.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice

  • Essentially, fifteenth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Book 4 of the crossover series.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms

  • Essentially, sixteenth Nan Bacco novel.

  • Book 5 of the crossover series.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

Prometheus: Fire With Fire

  • Prometheus, Book 1.

  • Features the Deep Space Nine crew.

  • Features several The Next Generation characters.

Titan: Absent Enemies

  • Titan, Book 17.

  • Features the USS Aventine crew.

  • Ebook exclusive.

Prometheus: The Root of All Rage

  • Prometheus, Book 2.

  • Features several The Next Generation characters.

The Next Generation: Takedown

  • Eighth USS Aventine novel.

  • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 26.

  • Titan, Book 18.

Prometheus: In the Heart of Chaos

  • Prometheus, Book 3.

  • Features several The Next Generation characters.

Prey: The Hall of Heroes

  • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 30.

  • Titan, Book 22.

  • Book 3 of the trilogy.

  • Features the USS Aventine crew.

  • Features the IKS Gorkon crew briefly.

  • A sequel to TNG: THE STRUGGLE WITHIN.

Coda: Moments Asunder

  • Ninth USS Aventine novel.

  • Book 1 of the trilogy.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow

  • Tenth USS Aventine novel.

  • Book 2 of the trilogy.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

Coda: Oblivion's Gate

  • Eleventh USS Aventine novel.

  • Book 3 of the trilogy.

  • Massive Crossover Event.

The Needs of the Many

  • Star Trek Online novel.

  • References Nan Bacco from TNG: A TIME FOR WAR, A TIME FOR PEACE.

  • Takes place in the 25th Century.

What's a Q to You?

  • General Star Trek story in IDW Comics' STAR TREK #500.

  • Takes place in the 29th Century.

The Last Starship

  • IDW Comics series.

  • References the USS Theseus from TOS: YEAR FIVE- GUIDE OF FIRE.

  • Takes place in the 31st Century.

Lost and Founder

  • Deep Space Nine story in STAR TREK EXPLORER #8.

  • References Vedek Kira from THE FALL: REVELATION AND DUST.

  • Takes place in the 45th Century.
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