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The Next Generation Reading List is centered around the Post-Nemesis Series, which chronicles events following Star Trek: Nemesis. The A Time To... miniseries acts as a lead-in to these stories, as well as to the Titan series.  Accordingly there are two good "jumping on points" below.

Besides the Post-Nemesis Series, many additional novels, short stories, comics, and audiobooks are connected due to various references in other books, or to other books. These references are mentioned in the notes.

Other novels are connected by six crossover series: Invasion! (which is referenced several times in the Lit-verse),
Day of Honor (which shares references with several things in the Lit-verse), Double Helix (which ties into the New Frontier series), The Captain's Table (which is thematically connected to the Lit-verse spanning Tales From the Captain's Table), Section 31 (which ties into the Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series), and Gateways (which ties into the Deep Space Nine Post-Finale Series and the New Frontier series.)

Twelve other short stories or novellas are also connected: one from Enterprise Logs (which shares references among several connected novels), one from The Brave and the Bold duology (which ties into the Gorkon series), two from New Frontier: No Limits (which ties-in to the New Frontier series), six from Tales of the Dominion War (which ties into four Lit-verse series), and two from Seven Deadly Sins (which ties into two other Lit-verse series.)

Seventeen novels in other series crossover with The Next Generation: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: What's Past: Many Splendors, New Frontier: House of Cards, Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Belly of the Beast, Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book 1, Deep Space Nine: Avatar Book 2, Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Art of the Deal, Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Remembrance of Things Past Book 1, Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Remembrance of Things Past Book 2, Titan: Taking Wing, Articles of the Federation, Department of Temporal Investigations: Watching the Clock, Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire, Prometheus: Fire With Fire, Prometheus: The Root of All Rage, Deep Space Nine: The Missing, and Prometheus: In the Heart of Chaos, and Section 31: Control. Several comics are connected by the Telepathy War crossover event (which ties into the Starfleet Academy series.) The massive crossover event, The Fall, is included in its entirety, despite The Next Generation not featuring prominently in each novel.

Also included are the stories from The Sky's the Limit and the Slings and Arrows miniseries (both of which contain stories which share references with the A Time To... series.) Various references in parts of the Wildstorm Star Trek Special, the DC Specials #2-3, Unlimited #1, #4, and #8, Tokyopop's Boukenshin, and the anthology New Worlds, New Civilizations connect The Next Generation stories from those works.

The storylines of McCoy, Spock, and Scotty transfer to The Next Generation storyline starting with their appearances in the series, and their later adventures are included here. Scotty's storyline transfers to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers series at the end of the Dominion War. The Titan series spins off several characters from The Next Generation onto the USS Titan, and those characters' storylines leave this list at that point. IDW Comics' line of The Next Generation mirror universe stories were eventually rebranded simply The Mirror War, but that series is included here. At the end of The Next Generation Reading List all storylines transfer to the Picard Reading List.

In addition, there are a few The Next Generation novels which, along with many The Original Series novels, comprised the "Original Lit-verse" of the 1980s. This was a group of stories which were eventually linked together through references and shared characters. Closely connected to these books was the DC Comics series of the 1980s. Characters were sometimes shared between the two media. 

Several "Original Lit-verse" novels have been referenced in the modern continuity, more or less linking both bodies of work, though of course with continuity difficulties. The numbering system of the "Original Lit-verse" included here is strictly chronological and did not originate from the authors' or editors' intent. 

The earliest book eventually connected to the "Original Lit-verse" was published in 1977. The continuity flourished throughout the 1980s under editor Dave Stern. Around 1988, under the direction of Gene Roddenberry and Richard Arnold, a push was made to cut back on shared characters and references between novels. This was not a hard rule, and references between books and between comics continued at a slower pace through the mid 1990s under Stern and Kevin Ryan. I place the end of this era, and the advent of the modern Lit-verse, around 1995/1996, under editor John Ordover.

Of particular importance to the later Lit-verse was the novel Strike Zone. It continued the story of a character from The Original Series DC Comics and introduced characters and species that were used in other later Peter David novels. I have chosen not to follow continuity references between The Next Generation novels for the "Original Lit-verse" as it was mostly a The Original Series phenomenon, and following non-The Original Series continuity references would end up including even some Deep Space Nine novels of the time. This seems contrary to the spirit of the mostly 1980's based continuity.

The Next Generation Reading List stops after the Coda trilogy and the "subsequent" leaving of Jean-Luc Picard from the Enterprise for the Romulan rescue mission and all storylines transfer to the Picard Reading List.

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. Dark green denotes the Original Lit-verse. Light green denotes the DC Comics, which were interconnected with the Original Lit-verse novels. The white denotes every other connected story, regardless of continuity.

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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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  • Meet With Triumph and Disaster
  • Encounter at Farpoint
  • Double Helix: Infection
  • Growing Pains
  • Acts of Compassion
  • Ghost Ship
  • Survivors
  • Strike Zone
  • Return to Raimon
  • Murder, Most Foul
  • The Derelict
  • The Hero Factor
  • The Legacy of Elanor Dain
  • Redshift
  • Metamorphosis
  • Mirror Broken: Prelude
  • A Call to Darkness
  • A Rock and a Hard Place
  • New Frontier: All That Glisters...
  • Mirror Broken, Issue One
  • Mirror Broken, Issue Two
  • Mirror Broken, Issue Three
  • Spock vs. Q
  • Spock vs. Q: The Sequel
  • Mirror Broken: Origin of Data
  • Doomsday World
  • Mirror Broken, Issue Four
  • Serafin's Survivors
  • Shadows in the Garden
  • Mirror Broken, Issue Five
  • The Pilot
  • The Battle Within
  • The Pay Off!
  • The Noise of Justice
  • The Imposter
  • Whoever Fights Monsters
  • The Hand of the Assassin
  • Q-in-Law
  • Holiday on Ice
  • Prisoners of the Ferengi
  • Fortune's Light
  • Among the Clouds
  • I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing
  • The Weapon
  • Ripe For Plunder
  • The Picardian Knot
  • Federation
  • Changeling
  • Loyalty
  • Reunion
  • Through the Mirror
  • Terra Incognita
  • The Mirror War, Issue Zero
  • The Mirror War, Issue One
  • The Mirror War, Issue Two
  • Contamination
  • The Mirror War, Issue Three
  • The Mirror War: Data
  • The Mirror War: Geordi
  • Sensation
  • The Mirror War, Issue Four
  • The Modala Imperative
  • Dark Mirror
  • Vendetta
  • Starfleet Corps of Engineers: What's Past- Many Splendors
  • Unification
  • Family Reunion
  • Strangers in Strange Lands
  • The Final Battle
  • The Remembered One
  • The Rift!
  • Kingdom of the Damned
  • Thinking of You
  • Captain's Log: Jellico
  • Imzadi
  • Assimilation²
  • The Way of the Warrior
  • Devil's Brew!
  • The Dogs of War
  • War Drums
  • Shore Leave in Shanzibar
  • Consorting with the Devil
  • Dirty Work
  • Out of Time
  • Debtor's Planet
  • Pliable Truths
  • Day of Honor: Ancient Blood
  • Turncoats
  • New Frontier: 'Q'uandary
  • Double Helix: Red Sector
  • The Romulan Stratagem
  • Requiem
  • Engines of Destiny
  • Work is Hard
  • Klingon
  • Possession
  • Dyson Sphere
  • Children of Chaos
  • Mother of Madness
  • Brothers in Darkness
  • The Choice
  • Cry Vengeance
  • Q-Squared
  • Balance of Power
  • Friends and Other Strangers
  • The Bajoran and the Beast
  • Dreams Die
  • The Last Verse
  • Ordinary Days
  • Old Debts
  • Shadows Have Offended
  • Twould Ring the Bells of Heaven
  • Directives
  • Alien Spotlight: Andorians- The Old Ways
  • Convergence
  • War and Madness
  • Intellivore
  • Pandora's Prodigy
  • Double Helix: Quarantine
  • Inheritance
  • Crossover
  • Gateway
  • The Unconquered
  • Kahless
  • The Captain's Table: Dujonian's Hoard
  • Artificiality
  • The Abandoned
  • Perchance to Dream
  • Invasion!: The Soldiers of Fear
  • Full Circle
  • The Wake
  • Triangle: Imzadi II
  • Terra Tonight
  • Friends With the Sparrows
  • The Boy
  • Ship of the Line
  • Slings and Arrows: A Sea of Troubles
  • Slings and Arrows: The Oppressor's Wrong
  • The Captain and the King
  • Slings and Arrows: The Insolence of Office
  • The Mirror War, Issue Five
  • The Mirror War, Issue Six
  • The Mirror War, Issue Seven
  • The Mirror War, Issue Eight
  • The Mirror War: Troi
  • Slings and Arrows: That Sleep of Death
  • Starfleet Academy: Return to the Forbidden Planet
  • Starfleet Academy: A Prelude to War
  • Slings and Arrows: A Weary Life
  • Slings and Arrows: Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment
  • X-Men: Second Contact
  • Section 31: Rogue
  • Gods, Fate, and Fractals
  • Starfleet Academy: Judgment
  • Telepathy War
  • New Frontier: House of Cards
  • What Dreams May Come
  • The Dominion War: Behind Enemy Lines
  • The Dominion War: Tunnel Through the Stars
  • X-Men: Planet X
  • Immortal Coil
  • The Q Continuum: Q-Space
  • The Q Continuum: Q-Zone
  • The Q Continuum: Q-Strike
  • The Gorn Crisis
  • The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned
  • Blood Sacrifice
  • Suicide Note
  • Mirror Eyes
  • The Battle of Betazed
  • Twilight's Wrath
  • Four Lights
  • Eleven Hours Out
  • Safe Harbours
  • The Human Factor
  • Double Helix: Double or Nothing
  • I, Q
  • Gemworld, Book One
  • Gemworld, Book Two
  • Diplomatic Implausibility
  • Maximum Warp: Dead Zone
  • Maximum Warp: Forever Dark
  • Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Belly of the Beast
  • 225 Years of Service
  • Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book One
  • Deep Space Nine: Avatar, Book Two
  • Gateways: Doors into Chaos
  • Gateways: The Other Side
  • Divided We Fall
  • The Final Artifact
  • Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Art of the Deal
  • The Genesis Wave, Book One
  • The Genesis Wave, Book Two
  • The Genesis Wave, Book Three
  • Genesis Force
  • Vulcan's Soul: Exodus
  • Vulcan's Soul: Exiles
  • Vulcan's Soul: Epiphany
  • Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Remembrance of Things Past, Book One
  • Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Remembrance of Things Past, Book Two
  • Star Trek: Godshock
  • Star Trek: The Red Path
  • Defiant, Issue One
  • Defiant, Issue Two
  • Prelude to Day of Blood
  • Defiant, Issue Three
  • Defiant, Issue Four
  • Defiant, Issue Five
  • Star Trek Annual 2023
  • Day of Blood
  • Defiant Annual 2024
  • Defiant: Another Piece of the Action, Part One
  • Star Trek: A Savage World of Glass and Bone
  • Defiant: Another Piece of the Action, Part Two
  • Defiant: Another Piece of the Action, Part Three
  • Star Trek: Pleroma, Part One
  • Defiant: Another Piece of the Action, Part Four
  • Star Trek Annual 2024
  • Star Trek: Pleroma, Part Two
  • Defiant: Hell is Only A Word
  • Defiant: The Stars of Home
  • Star Trek: Pleroma, Part Three
  • Star Trek: Pleroma, Part Four
  • Star Trek: Pleroma, Part Five
  • Star Trek: Pleroma, Part Six
  • The Final Masterpiece
  • A Time to Be Born (Good jumping on point)
  • A Time to Die
  • A Time to Sow
  • A Time to Harvest
  • A Time to Love
  • A Time to Hate
  • 'Til Death
  • A Time to Kill
  • A Time to Heal
  • A Time For War, A Time For Peace
  • Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You
  • On the Spot
  • Death in Winter (Good jumping on point)
  • Titan: Taking Wing
  • Articles of the Federation
  • Resistance
  • Q&A
  • Before Dishonor
  • Q Are Cordially Uninvited...
  • Hive
  • Revenant
  • Greater Than the Sum
  • Destiny: Gods of Night (Master jumping on point for mutiple series)
  • Destiny: Mere Mortals
  • Destiny: Lost Souls
  • Losing the Peace
  • Department of Temporal Investigations: Watching the Clock
  • Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
  • Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony
  • Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within
  • Indistinguishable From Magic
  • Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night
  • Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn
  • Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
  • Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory (Good jumping on point)
  • Cold Equations: Silent Weapons
  • Cold Equations: The Body Electric
  • The Stuff of Dreams
  • The Fall: Revelation and Dust (Master jumping on point for multiple series)
  • The Fall: The Crimson Shadow
  • The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses
  • The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice
  • The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms
  • Prometheus: Fire With Fire
  • The Light Fantastic
  • Prometheus: The Root of All Rage
  • Takedown
  • Deep Space Nine: The Missing
  • Prometheus: In the Heart of Chaos
  • Armageddon's Arrow
  • Prey: Hell's Heart
  • Prey: The Jackal's Trick
  • Prey: The Hall of Heroes
  • Headlong Flight
  • Section 31: Control
  • Hearts and Minds
  • Available Light
  • Collateral Damage
  • Coda: Moments Asunder
  • Coda: The Ashes of Tomorrow
  • Coda: Oblivion's Gate
  • The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard