What is the Reading order of Star Trek novels?

Answer 1

As there have been hundreds of Star Trek novels published, a comprehensive list in reading order would be rather lengthy. Instead, please refer to the recently-published Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion by Jeff Ayers. It includes a timeline that places all the novels in chronological order along with the television series and movies. (http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=23&pid=518773&er=9781416503491) See also the Wikipedia entry on Star Trek novels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_novels

Answer 2

If you're referring specifically to the novels that carry the story onward past the end of the TV series, they are the following:

The Left Hand of Destiny (books 1 and 2)

The Lives of Dax (anthology)

A Stitch In Time

Avatar (books 1 and 2)

Section 31: Abyss

Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness

"Horn and Ivory" (short story in Gateways: What Lay Beyond)

Mission Gamma: Twilight

Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit

Mission Gamma: Cathedral

Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil

Rising Son

Unity

Worlds of Deep Space Nine: Vols. 1-3

Warpath

Fearful Symmetry

The Soul Key

The Never-Ending Sacrifice

Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire

Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game

Note that many of these tie-in with other novels that chronicle the exploits of the characters from TNG or Voyager, but they can be easily read on their own. Also, Ezri Dax is a major character in the Destiny trilogy, which leads into the events of the Typhon Pact novels.