ranking all the star trek novels i've read (so far)

nimu

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13 books  

from best to worst.

some of these i've read in a portuguese edition but i'm listing all of them in their respective english editions for the sake of uniformity.

Yesterday's Son [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Yesterday's Son
author: A.C. Crispin Pocket Books 1999 - 8
With the help of the Vulcan leader T'Pau, Spock gets permission to use the Guardian of Forever, a portal through time constructed by a long-vanished race, to venture into the past. On another trip into history, on the planet Sarpeidon, Spock had loved a woman who could not return with him to the future, and now Spock wishes to see the son she bore him, 5,000 years earlier. But a Romulan attack on the Guardian's planet could interfere, unless the Enterprise can keep the Guardian out of their hands.
Intellivore [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Intellivore
author: Diane Duane Pocket Books 1997 - 4
The Great Rift lies between the Sagitarius and Orion arms of the galaxy. Stars are scarce there, beyond the authority of the Federation, and legends abound of lost civilizations and of ancient monsters that prey on those who dare to venture into the vast darkness between the stars. When several ships and colonies mysteriously disappear into the Rift, the U.S.S. Enterprise leads an expedition to investigate various disturbing reports. Accompanied by two other Federation starships, Picard and his fellow captains discover a bizarre menace of unimaginable power. And the only way to trap this destructive entity is to use the Enterprise as bait.
My Enemy, My Ally [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: My Enemy, My Ally
author: Diane Duane Pocket Books 2000 - 8
Ael t'Rllaillieu is a noble – and dangerous – Romulan commander. But when the Romulans kidnap Vulcans to genetically harness their mind power, Ael decides on treason. Captain Kirk, her old enemy, joins her in a secret pact to destroy the research laboratory and free the captive Vulcans. When the Romulans discover their plan, the Neutral Zone seethes with schemes and counter-schemes, sabotage and war!
Vulcan's Forge [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Vulcan's Forge
author: Josepha Sherman / Susan Shwartz Pocket Books 1998 - 3
Just over a year ago, Captain James T. Kirk was lost in the Nexus while saving the USS Enterprise-B from destruction. Aboard the science ship USS Intrepid II, Captain Spock, commanding some of his old crewmates, must face the loss of his closest friend. But while still in mourning for one friend he must come to the aid of another.

Spock's childhood friend David Rabin, now a captain, has been assigned to a harsh desert world much like Vulcan, where the Federation is determined to protect the lives of the inhabitants. But Rabin's efforts are being sabotaged and he has asked for Spock's help against the unknown forces that may destroy the society he has come to save.

While reflecting on his youthful adventure with Rabin the adventure that set him on the path to Starfleet Spock joins with him to face an enemy out of their shared past and confront deadly Romulan treachery. In the process, Spock will decide if the path of his life now leads back toward the family traditions he had once sought to escape.
Sanctuary [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Sanctuary
author: John Vornholt / Dave Stern Pocket Books 1992
The planet Sanctuary — A fabled world in unexplored space which is thought to be the last refuge of the persecuted, home to both the justly and unjustly accused. Though its name has been translated into every language in the galaxy, Starfleet has never known its exact location.

When the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise is assigned to capture a dangerous criminal named Auk Rex, their pursuit takes them to an unexplored sector of space. Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy continue the pursuit in a shuttlecraft, following Auk Rex to the surface of the planet, Sanctuary. Soon, Kirk and his crew are locked in a life and death struggle on the mysteriouus planet, which harbors deadly secrets and never releases its visitors.
Mutiny on the Enterprise [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Mutiny on the Enterprise
author: Robert E. Vardeman Pocket Books 1983 - 10
The ship is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living, breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion Arm is stalled. Kirk has never needed his crew more. But a lithe, alien women is casting a spell of pacifism — and now mutiny — over the crew. Suddenly Captain Kirk's journey for peace has turned into terrifying war—to retake command of his ship!
nimu: currently reading~
Dreadnought! [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Dreadnought!
author: Diane Carey Pocket Books 1986 - 5
"Star Empire" is the Federation's most powerful new weapon—a dreadnought, first in a class of super-starships—capable of outgunning a dozen Klingon cruisers, or subduing a galaxy.

On the eve of her maiden voyage, "Star Empire" is stolen by terrorists who demand a rendezvous with the Starship Enterprise ™—and with Lieutenant Piper, stationed aboard Kirk's ship on her first training cruise. Now Piper must discover why her friends from Starfleet are among the terrorists... and why they insist the ship was stolen not to attack the Federation—but to save it!
Battlestations! [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Battlestations!
author: Diane Carey Pocket Books 1999 - 8
Back on Earth enjoying a well-deserved shore leave, Captain Kirk is rudely accosted by a trio of Starfleet Security guards. It seems he is wanted for questioning in connection with the theft of transwarp—the Federation's newest, most advanced propulsion system. Could Captain Kirk, Starfleet's most decorated hero, be guilty of stealing top-secret technology? With the aid of Mr. Spock, Lt. Cmdr. Piper begins a desperate search for the scientists who developed transwarp—a search that leads her to an isolated planet, where she discovers the real—and very dangerous—traitor!
Best Destiny [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Best Destiny
author: Diane Carey Pocket 1993 - 11
As James T. Kirk prepares to retire from a long and illustrious Starfleet career, events in a distant part of the Federation draw him back to a part of the galaxy he had last visited as a young man, a mysterious world called Faramond whose name takes Kirk on a journey back to his youth.

At sixteen, Kirk is troubled, estranged from his father, and has a bleak future. However, a trip into space with Kirk's father George and Starfleet legend Captain Robert April changes James Kirk's life forever, when a simple voyage becomes a deadly trap. Soon Kirk and his father find themselves fighting for their lives against a vicious and powerful enemy.

Before the voyage ends, father and son will face life and death together, and James T. Kirk will get a glimpse of the future and his own best destiny .
The Rift [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: The Rift
author: Peter David Pocket Books 1991 - 11
Every thirty-three years, a rift in space connects the Federation with a mysterious race called the Calligar who live on a planet hundreds of light years away -- much too far to travel in a Starship. Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise™ are dispatched to transport a Federation delegation of diplomats, scholars and scientists who will travel to Calligar directly during the brief period of time that the rift will be open.
Mr. Spock leads the Federation party as they travel by shuttle through the rift just as a group of the aliens arrive in Federation space. The meetings go smoothly until the Calligar take Spock's party hostage and Kirk discovers that the aliens are keeping a deadly secret. With angry Tellarite and Andorain fleets ready to attack the Calligar, Kirk must save Spock and the others before war breaks out and the rift closes for another fifty years.
Vulcan's Heart [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: Vulcan's Heart
author: Josepha Sherman / Susan Shwartz Pocket Books 2000 - 5
Ambassador Spock secretly journeys to the planet Romulus at the request of a Romulan commander to help her prevent a catastrophe that could ignite the entire quadrant and becomes enmeshed in the treacherous intrigues of the Romulan empire, while Commander Saavik and Captain Jean-Luc Picard set out to rescue him. Reprint.
The Lives of Dax [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: The Lives of Dax
author: Marco Palmieri Star Trek 1999 - 12
Statesman, scholar, scientist. Engineer, officer, ambassador. Mother, father... and murderer. Virtually immortal, the symbiotic Trill named Dax — an alien creature who must join with a humanoid host to survived — has experienced nine very different lives over 357 years of Star Trek history.Part historical epic, part anthology, The Lives of Dax tells the story of each of those incarnations, ranging from the formative days of the Federation to the terror of the war. The first all-professional Star Trek ever published, The Lives of Dax features stories from award-winning authors such as Steven Barnes, Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, L.A. Graf, and many others.

Packed with major Star Trek guest stars and surprises, designed to appeal to fans of every version of Gene Roddenberry's star-spanning saga, The Lives of Dax is one the most important — and unique — events in Star Trek publishing history.
nimu: want to read
A Stitch in Time [Book] Goodreads
part of Work: A Stitch in Time
author: Andrew J. Robinson Simon & Schuster 2000
An unique and intense tale following Elim Garak as he attempts to stitch the ravaged society of Cardassia back together. For nearly a decade Garak has longed for just one thing—to go home. Exiled on a space station, surrounded by aliens who loathe and distrust him, going back to Cardassia has been Garak's one dream. Now, finally, he is home. But home is a world whose landscape is filled with death and destruction. Desperation and dust are constant companions and luxury is a glass of clean water and a warm place to sleep. Ironically, it is a letter from one of the aliens on that space station, Dr. Julian Bashir, that inspires Garak to look at the fabric of his life.

Elim Garak has been a student, a gardener, a spy, an exile, a tailor, even a liberator. It is a life that was charted by the forces of Cardassian society with very little understanding of the person, and even less compassion. But it is the tailor that understands who Elim Garak was, and what he could be. It is the tailor who sees the ruined fabric of Cardassia, and who knows how to bring this ravaged society back together. This is strange, because a tailor is the one thing Garak never wanted to be. But it is the tailor whom both Cardassia and Elim Garak need. It is the tailor who can put the pieces together, who can take a stitch in time.
nimu: want to read
Created date: July 12, 2025