The Next Generation Reading Lists are just my subjective versions of several condensed suggested reading lists, depending on the number of books you might want to get. Below are the top ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty The Next Generation novels you should read.
Ten Series Era Novels
The Buried Age
Reunion
Q-in-Law
Federation
Vendetta
Dark Mirror
Imzadi
Q-Squared
Intellivore
Crossover
The Ten Essential Post-Nemesis Novels
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Twenty Novel Version (With Focus on the Series Era)
The Buried Age
Reunion
Q-in-Law
Federation
Vendetta
Dark Mirror
Imzadi
Q-Squared
Intellivore
Crossover
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Twenty Novel Version (With Focus on the Enterprise-E Era)
The Sky's the Limit
Slings and Arrows (ebook miniseries)
Immortal Coil
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Resistance
Before Dishonor
Greater Than the Sum
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
The Light Fantastic
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Thirty Novel Version (With Focus on the Series Era)
The Buried Age
Reunion
Q-in-Law
Federation
Vendetta
Dark Mirror
Imzadi
Requiem
Q-Squared
Intellivore
Crossover
The Captain's Table: Dujonian's Hoard
Triangle: Imzadi II
The Sky's the Limit
Slings and Arrows (ebook miniseries)
Immortal Coil
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
The Light Fantastic
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Thirty Novel Version (With Focus on the Enterprise-E Era)
The Sky's the Limit
Slings and Arrows (ebook miniseries)
Immortal Coil
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Articles of the Federation
Resistance
Q&A
Before Dishonor
Greater Than the Sum
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Losing the Peace
Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
The Fall: Revelation and Dust
The Fall: The Crimson Shadow
The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses
The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice
The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
The Light Fantastic
Available Light
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Forty Novel Version (With Focus on the Series Era)
The Buried Age
Survivors
Metamorphosis
A Call to Darkness
Reunion
Q-in-Law
Federation
Dark Mirror
Vendetta
Imzadi
Requiem
Q-Squared
Intellivore
Crossover
The Captain's Table: Dujonian's Hoard
Triangle: Imzadi II
The Sky's the Limit
Slings and Arrows (ebook miniseries)
Immortal Coil
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Death in Winter
Resistance
Q&A
Before Dishonor
Greater Than the Sum
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Losing the Peace
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
The Light Fantastic
Available Light
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Forty Novel Version (With Focus on the Enterprise-E Era)
The Sky's the Limit
Slings and Arrows (ebook miniseries)
Section 31: Rogue
Immortal Coil
A Time to Be Born
A Time to Die
A Time to Sow
A Time to Harvest
A Time to Love
A Time to Hate
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Death in Winter
Articles of the Federation
Resistance
Q&A
Before Dishonor
Greater Than the Sum
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Losing the Peace
Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
The Fall: Revelation and Dust
The Fall: The Crimson Shadow
The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses
The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice
The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
The Light Fantastic
Armageddon's Arrow
Hearts and Minds
Available Light
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Fifty Novel Version (With Focus on the Series Era)
The Valiant
The Lost Era: Deny Thy Father
The Buried Age
Survivors
Metamorphosis
A Call to Darkness
A Rock and a Hard Place
Reunion
Q-in-Law
Federation
Vendetta
Dark Mirror
Imzadi
Requiem
Q-Squared
Intellivore
Crossover
The Captain's Table: Dujonian's Hoard
Triangle: Imzadi II
The Sky's the Limit
Slings and Arrows (ebook miniseries)
Section 31: Rogue
Immortal Coil
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Death in Winter
Articles of the Federation
Resistance
Q&A
Before Dishonor
Greater Than the Sum
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Losing the Peace
Indistinguishable From Magic
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
The Light Fantastic
Takedown
Armageddon's Arrow
Headlong Flight
Hearts and Minds
Available Light
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate
Fifty Novel Version (With Focus on the Enterprise-E Era)
The Sky's the Limit
Slings and Arrows (ebook miniseries)
The Return
Section 31: Rogue
Immortal Coil
A Time to Be Born
A Time to Die
A Time to Sow
A Time to Harvest
A Time to Love
A Time to Hate
A Time to Kill
A Time to Heal
A Time for War, a Time for Peace
Death in Winter
Articles of the Federation
Resistance
Q&A
Before Dishonor
Greater Than the Sum
Destiny: Gods of Night
Destiny: Mere Mortals
Destiny: Lost Souls
Losing the Peace
Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony
Indistinguishable From Magic
Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night
Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn
Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory
Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
Cold Equations: The Body Electric
The Fall: Revelation and Dust
The Fall: The Crimson Shadow
The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses
The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice
The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
The Light Fantastic
Takedown
Armageddon's Arrow
Prey: Hell's Heart
Prey: The Jackal's Trick
Prey: The Hall of Heroes
Headlong Flight
Hearts and Minds
Available Light
Collateral Damage
Coda: Moments Asunder
Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
Coda: Oblivion's Gate