William Shatner Books in Order
William Shatner has written 33 books, published between 1979 and 2022. The first book is Shatner: Where No Man ... (1979) and the newest is Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1979–2022
- Pages on record
- 9,500 in 29 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 158–238 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,500 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
William Shatner, born on 22 March 1931, is a Canadian actor who played Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek from 1966 to 1994, from the second pilot of the original television series to Star Trek Generations. Shatner started in Canadian film and television before guest roles on American shows. The catalogue lists 33 Shatner books, from Shatner: Where No Man ... (1979) to Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder (2022), including TekWar (1989), Star Trek Memories (1993) and The Ashes of Eden (1995). Series include Quest for Tomorrow, Star Trek: Odyssey, Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Trilogy and Star Trek: Totality.
How many William Shatner books are there?
William Shatner has 33 books, released between 1979 and 2022. They include 5 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.
William Shatner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 William Shatner 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.
- 1Shatner: Where No Man ...1979 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/419793271/4
- 2Captain's Log: William Shatner's Personal Account of the Making of Star Trek V, the Final FrontierStar Trek: The Original #11989 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419892241/4
- 319893071/4
- 419912931/4
- 519913081/4
- 6Believe1992 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/419923211/4
- 719933061/4
- 81993–1/4
- 919943571/4
- 1019953092/4
- 1119963201/4
- 12I'm Working on That1996 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/419963921/4
- 1319963712/4
- 1419974161/4
- 1519974211/4
- 1619973702/4
- 1719983722/4
- 1819983091/4
- 1919993032/4
- 20Get a Life!1999 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/419993211/4
- 2119994001/4
- 2220004482/4
- 2320002231/4
- 2420023352/4
- 2520023521/4
- 2620063502/4
- 27Up Till Now2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 282010–1/4
- 29Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large2011 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/420112511/4
- 30Leonard2016 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420162881/4
- 31Spirit of the Horse: A Celebration in Fact and Fable2017 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/420172921/4
- 32Live Long and...What I Learned Along the Way2018 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/420182141/4
- 33Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
William Shatner 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.
Quest for Tomorrow in order
5 booksTekWar in order
4 books- 1. TekWar
- 2. TekLords
- 3. TekLab
- 4. Tek Vengeance
Star Trek: The Original books in order
3 books by William ShatnerStar Trek: Odyssey in order
3 books- 1. The Ashes of Eden
- 2. The Return
- 3. Avenger
Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Trilogy in order
3 books- 1. Spectre
- 2. Dark Victory
- 3. Preserver
War in order
2 books- 1. Man O'War
- 2. The Law of War
Star Trek: Totality in order
2 booksTekWar Chronicles in order
1 book- 1. Volume 1
Standalone books
10 books10 William Shatner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read William Shatner books in order?
You only need to read William Shatner books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with William Shatner
Start with Shatner: Where No Man ... (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest William Shatner book?
Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder (2022) is the newest William Shatner book released so far.
Is there a new William Shatner book coming?
No next William Shatner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
William Shatner at a glance
- Paused
- No new William Shatner title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- William Shatner books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,500 pages across the 29 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 321 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most William Shatner books, 18 of 33, were published in the 1990s.
What the William Shatner books are about
30 of the 33 William Shatner 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 12 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 12 of 30 books
- Interplanetary voyages 7 of 30 books
- Space ships 7 of 30 books
- CollectionID:STshatner 6 of 30 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 6 of 30 books
- Actors and actresses 5 of 30 books
- Biography 5 of 30 books
- James T. Kirk (Fictitious character) 5 of 30 books
- Science fiction, hard science fiction 5 of 30 books
- Cardigan, jake (fictitious character) 4 of 30 books
- Jake Cardigan (Fictitious character) 4 of 30 books
- Life on other planets 4 of 30 books