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A.C. Crispin Books in Order

23 books are credited to A.C. Crispin, published between 1983 and 2014; 1 of them appeared after A.C. Crispin's death in 2013. The first book is Yesterday's Son (1983) and the newest is Time Horse (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1983–2014
Confirmed
6 of 23 titles
Pages on record
2,556 in 8 of 23 books
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A.C. Crispin (5 April 1950 - 6 September 2013), born Ann Carol Crispin, was an American science fiction writer with 23 published novels. Star Trek and Star Wars novelisations account for part of that output, and Crispin also created the original StarBridge sequence. The catalogue opens with Yesterday's Son (1983) and takes in Time for Yesterday (1986), Starbridge (1989), Silent Dances (1990) and The Eyes of the Beholders (1990). Tie-ins to the television programme V sit in the listing too, among them East Coast Crisis (1984) and Death Tide (1985). The Han Solo Trilogy and Exiles of Boq'urain are the other series headings.

How many A.C. Crispin books are there?

A.C. Crispin has 23 books, released between 1983 and 2014. 1 of them were published after A.C. Crispin's death in 2013. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

A.C. Crispin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 A.C. Crispin books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of East Coast Crisis by A.C. Crispin, book 2 of the V series (1984)
  2. Cover of Death Tide, book 4 of the V series (1985)
  3. Cover of The Eyes of the Beholders by A.C. Crispin, book 13 of the Star Trek: The Next Generation series (1990)
  4. Cover of The Paradise Snare by A.C. Crispin, book 1 of the Han Solo Trilogy (1997)
  5. Cover of The Hutt Gambit by A.C. Crispin, book 2 of the Han Solo Trilogy (1997)
  6. Cover of Alien Resurrection by A.C. Crispin, book 4 of the Alien Movie series (1997)
  7. Cover of Rebel Dawn by A.C. Crispin, book 3 of the Han Solo Trilogy (1998)
  8. Cover of Storms of Destiny by A.C. Crispin, book 1 of the Exiles Of Boq'urain series (2005)
  1. 1
    Yesterday's SonStar Trek: TOS (Original) #71983 · confirmed 3/4
    1983–
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  2. 2
    V: The Original MiniseriesV #11984 · 283 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984283
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  3. 3
    East Coast CrisisV #21984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  4. 4
    Sylvester1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  5. 5
    Death TideV #41985 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985192
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  6. 6
    Time for YesterdayStar Trek: TOS (Original) #221986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
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  7. 7
    StarbridgeStarbridge #11989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  8. 8
    Silent DancesStarbridge #21990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  9. 9
    The Eyes of the BeholdersStar Trek: The Next Generation #131990 · 243 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990243
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  10. 10
    Shadow WorldStarbridge #31991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  11. 11
    Serpent's GiftStarbridge #41992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  12. 12
    Silent SongsStarbridge #51994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  13. 13
    SarekStar Trek: TOS (Original) #521994 · confirmed 3/4
    1994–
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  14. 14
    Ancestor's WorldStarbridge #61996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  15. 15
    The Paradise SnareHan Solo Trilogy #11997 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997306
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  16. 16
    The Hutt GambitHan Solo Trilogy #21997 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997340
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  17. 17
    Alien ResurrectionAlien Movie #41997 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997256
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  18. 18
    Rebel DawnHan Solo Trilogy #31998 · 389 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998389
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  19. 19
    Voices of ChaosStarbridge #71998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  20. 20
    Sand and StarsStar Trek: The Next Generation #712004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  21. 21
    Storms of DestinyExiles Of Boq'urain #12005 · 547 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005547
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  22. 22
    Pirates of the CaribbeanPirates Of The Caribbean #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  23. 23
    Time Horse2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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A.C. Crispin books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Starbridge in order

7 books
  1. 1. Starbridge
  2. 2. Silent Dances
  3. 3. Shadow World
  4. 4. Serpent's Gift
  5. 5. Silent Songs
  6. 6. Ancestor's World
  7. 7. Voices of Chaos

V in order

3 books
  1. 1. V: The Original Miniseries
  2. 2. East Coast Crisis
  3. 4. Death Tide

Han Solo Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Paradise Snare
  2. 2. The Hutt Gambit
  3. 3. Rebel Dawn

Star Trek: TOS (Original) in order

3 books
  1. 7. Yesterday's Son
  2. 22. Time for Yesterday
  3. 52. Sarek

Star Trek: The Next Generation books in order

2 books by A.C. Crispin
  1. 13. The Eyes of the Beholders
  2. 71. Sand and Stars

Exiles Of Boq'urain in order

1 book
  1. 1. Storms of Destiny

Pirates Of The Caribbean in order

1 book
  1. 2. Pirates of the Caribbean

Alien Movie in order

1 book
  1. 4. Alien Resurrection

Standalone books

2 books

2 A.C. Crispin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read A.C. Crispin books in order?

You only need to read A.C. Crispin books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with A.C. Crispin

Start with Yesterday's Son (1983), the earliest published title.

What is the newest A.C. Crispin book?

Time Horse (2014) is the newest A.C. Crispin book released so far.

Is there a new A.C. Crispin book coming?

No next A.C. Crispin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

A.C. Crispin at a glance

Died
A.C. Crispin died in 2013, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to A.C. Crispin are still being published after A.C. Crispin's death in 2013; the newest appeared in 2014.
Release pace
A.C. Crispin books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,556 pages across the 8 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most A.C. Crispin books, 12 of 23, were published in the 1990s.

What the A.C. Crispin books are about

9 of the 23 A.C. Crispin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.