The Simple General Star Trek Reading Lists are just my subjective versions of several condensed suggested reading lists for each of the two major General Star Trek arcs, President Nan Bacco and the USS Aventine, depending on the number of  books you might want to get. Below are the top ten and twenty novels with those characters that you should read.

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    President Bacco Ten Novel Version

    1. The Next Generation: A Time For War, A Time For Peace
    2. Articles of the Federation
    3. Destiny: Gods of Night
    4. Destiny: Mere Mortals
    5. Destiny: Lost Souls
    6. A Singular Destiny
    7. Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game
    8. Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony
    9. The Next Generation: Cold Equations- Silent Weapons
    10. The Fall: Revelation and Dust

    President Bacco Twenty Novel Version

    1. The Next Generation: The Gorn Crisis
    2. The Next Generation: A Time For War, A Time For Peace
    3. Articles of the Federation
    4. Destiny: Gods of Night
    5. Destiny: Mere Mortals
    6. Destiny: Lost Souls
    7. A Singular Destiny
    8. Department of Temporal Investigations: Watching the Clock
    9. Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
    10. Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game
    11. Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony
    12. Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night
    13. Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn
    14. Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
    15. The Next Generation: Cold Equations- Silent Weapons
    16. The Fall: Revelation and Dust
    17. The Fall: The Crimson Shadow
    18. The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses
    19. The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice
    20. The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
    USS Aventine Ten Novel Version

    1. Destiny: Gods of Night
    2. Destiny: Mere Mortals
    3. Destiny: Lost Souls
    4. A Singular Destiny
    5. Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game
    6. Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
    7. The Next Generation: Takedown
    8. Coda: Moments Asunder
    9. Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
    10. Coda: Oblivion's Gate

    USS Aventine Twenty Novel Version

    1. Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book One
    2. Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book Two
    3. Deep Space Nine: Mission- Gamma: Twilight
    4. Deep Space Nine: Mission- Gamma: Cathedral
    5. Destiny: Gods of Night
    6. Destiny: Mere Mortals
    7. Destiny: Lost Souls
    8. A Singular Destiny
    9. Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game
    10. Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
    11. The Fall: Revelation and Dust
    12. The Fall: The Crimson Shadow
    13. The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses
    14. The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice
    15. The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
    16. Titan: Absent Enemies
    17. The Next Generation: Takedown
    18. Coda: Moments Asunder
    19. Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
    20. Coda: Oblivion's Gate