The IKS Gorkon Reading List is centered around the series of novels which follow the adventures of the Klingon vessel Gorkon. Several stories featured this crew before the formal launch of the series. The series was rebranded and relaunched as 'Klingon Empire' for the final book. Accordingly, there are several good "jumping on points" below.

In addition to the main novel line, two short stories are connected: one from Tales of the Dominion War, and one from Tales From the Captain's Table, both of which share multiple references with several things in the Lit-verse. Various characters from the series have since appeared in other novels, and they are included here.

Dark blue denotes the primary narrative. Read these for the bare bones story. Light blue denotes the expanded storyline. Read any or all of these to go a bit deeper. The grey denotes cameos of IKS Gorkon characters in other Lit-verse novels.

Hover for notes. 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.

  • A Song Well Sung
    • Part 10 of the TALES OF THE DOMINION WAR anthology.
    • Takes place between DS9: "When It Rains..." and DS9: "Tacking into the Wind."
  • The Next Generation: Diplomatic Implausibility
    • IKS Gorkon, Book 0.
    • Features the Gorkon crew.
    • Takes place just after DS9: "What You Leave Behind."
    • Good jumping on point.
  • The Final Artifact
    • IKS Gorkon, Book 1/2.
    • Part 2 of the BRAVE AND THE BOLD, BOOK TWO crossover duology.
    • Features the Gorkon crew.
    • Features The Next Generation crew.
    • Takes place between DS9: TWILIGHT and DS9: CATHEDRAL.
  • A Good Day to Die
    • IKS Gorkon, Book 1.
    • Takes place just after DS9: CATHEDRAL.
    • Good jumping on point.
  • Honor Bound
    • IKS Gorkon, Book 2.
    • Takes place just before DS9: LESSER EVIL.
  • Enemy Territory
    • IKS Gorkon, Book 3.
    • Takes place between DS9: LESSER EVIL and DS9: UNITY.
  • loDnl'pu' vavpu' je
    • Part 4 of the TALES FROM THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE anthology.
    • Framing story takes place here, between DS9: UNITY and DS9: UNJOINED.
  • Klingon Empire: A Burning House
    • IKS Gorkon, Book 4.
    • Takes place between DS9: PARADIGM and DS9: SATISFACITON IS NOT GUARANTEED.
  • The Next Generation: Q&A
    • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 2.
    • Features the IKS Gorkon crew briefly.
    • Takes place four years after the end of the series.
  • A Singular Destiny
    • Typhon Pact, Book 0.
    • Fourth USS Aventine novel.
    • Features the IKS Gorkon crew briefly.
    • Features the Starfleet Corps of Engineers crew briefly.
    • Takes place five years after the end of the series.
  • Prey: The Hall of Heroes
    • The Next Generation Post-Nemesis Series, Book 30.
    • Book 3 of the trilogy.
    • Features the IKS Gorkon crew briefly.
    • Takes place ten years after the end of the series.