Star Trek: The Next Generation Books in Order
There are 178 Star Trek: The Next Generation books, published between 1987 and 2021: 176 in the 15 main-line series and 2 related titles. The first book is Encounter at Farpoint (1987) and the newest main-line book is Shadows Have Offended (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 178
- Published
- 1987–2021
- Confirmed
- 112 of 178 titles
- Pages on record
- 34,186 in 123 of 178 books
- Reading time
- 570–855 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 34,186 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 123 of 178 titles with a page count on record.
Star Trek: The Next Generation is catalogued as a character entry gathering 178 tie-in books published between 1987 and 2021, from Encounter at Farpoint (1987) to Shadows Have Offended (2021). Credit is spread across many writers: Michael Jan Friedman on 18 titles, John Vornholt and Peter David on 15 each, David Mack on 10, Diane Carey on 7, and Robert Greenberger, Dean Wesley Smith and Dayton Ward on 5 each. Subjects include science fiction, space opera, interplanetary voyages, space ships, media tie-in publishing and the fictional characters Jean-Luc Picard, Data and Worf. Related listings take in Starfleet Academy, episode novelizations, graphic novels, The Lost Era, The Dominion War, Invasion, Gateways and Section 31.
How many Star Trek: The Next Generation books are there?
Star Trek: The Next Generation has 178 books, released between 1987 and 2021. 176 of them belong to the 15 main-line series (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: The Next Generation (Original), Star Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy and others), and 2 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 178 Star Trek: The Next Generation 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.
- 11987–3/4
- 21988–3/4
- 31988–3/4
- 41988–3/4
- 51989–3/4
- 619892533/4
- 719891343/4
- 819892733/4
- 919892773/4
- 1019892553/4
- 1119903713/4
- 1219902453/4
- 1319902443/4
- 1419902823/4
- 1519902883/4
- 1619902433/4
- 171990–3/4
- 181991–3/4
- 1919914003/4
- 2019913433/4
- 2119912733/4
- 2219912443/4
- 2319912523/4
- 2419912423/4
- 2519923423/4
- 261992–3/4
- 2719922763/4
- 2819922783/4
- 2919922803/4
- 301992–3/4
- 3119922763/4
- 32Worf's First AdventureStar Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy #11993 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/419931192/4
- 3319931112/4
- 3419932783/4
- 3519931112/4
- 3619933093/4
- 37Who Killed Captain Kirk?Star Trek: The Next Generation (Original) #91993 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/419931763/4
- 3819933373/4
- 3919932733/4
- 4019932793/4
- 4119932773/4
- 4219932753/4
- 43All Good Things...Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Novelizations #41994 · 248 pages · confirmed 3/419942483/4
- 44Capture the FlagStar Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy #41994 · 114 pages · confirmed 2/419941142/4
- 45Atlantis StationStar Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy #51994 · 116 pages · confirmed 2/419941162/4
- 46The Best of Star Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: The Next Generation (Original) #111994 · 191 pages · confirmed 3/419941913/4
- 4719944343/4
- 4819942773/4
- 4919942743/4
- 5019942763/4
- 5119942653/4
- 52Mystery of the Missing CrewStar Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy #61995 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419951282/4
- 53Secret of the Lizard PeopleStar Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy #71995 · 113 pages · confirmed 2/419951132/4
- 5419951112/4
- 5519951162/4
- 5619953053/4
- 5719952963/4
- 5819952773/4
- 591995–3/4
- 6019952743/4
- 6119952883/4
- 621996–2/4
- 631996–2/4
- 641996–2/4
- 6519961282/4
- 6619961032/4
- 671996–3/4
- 6819962773/4
- 6919962713/4
- 7019962883/4
- 711996–3/4
- 721996–3/4
- 7319962793/4
- 7419962753/4
- 7519972803/4
- 761997–3/4
- 771997–3/4
- 7819972773/4
- 7919971093/4
- 8019971282/4
- 81The Haunted StarshipStar Trek: The Next Generation - Starfleet Academy #131997 · 115 pages · confirmed 2/419971152/4
- 8219973203/4
- 8319972763/4
- 8419972393/4
- 8519972783/4
- 8619982672/4
- 8719982712/4
- 8819982742/4
- 891998–2/4
- 9019982722/4
- 9119982742/4
- 9219982692/4
- 9319982692/4
- 9419982712/4
- 9519982622/4
- 961998–2/4
- 971998–2/4
- 98The Best and the BrightestStar Trek: The Next Generation (Original) #161998 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/419982773/4
- 9919982653/4
- 10019982703/4
- 1011998–3/4
- 1021999–3/4
- 10319992493/4
- 10419992353/4
- 1051999–3/4
- 1061999–3/4
- 1071999–3/4
- 1081999–3/4
- 1091999–3/4
- 11019992703/4
- 11120002793/4
- 1122000–3/4
- 1132000–3/4
- 1142000–3/4
- 1152001962/4
- 11620012372/4
- 11720013623/4
- 11820013342/4
- 11920012502/4
- 12020012112/4
- 1212001–2/4
- 12220012922/4
- 12320012922/4
- 12420012322/4
- 12520013202/4
- 12620013732/4
- 1272001–3/4
- 1282001–3/4
- 1292001–3/4
- 1302001–3/4
- 1312001–3/4
- 1322002–2/4
- 1332002–3/4
- 13420022633/4
- 1352002–3/4
- 1362002–3/4
- 1372003–2/4
- 13820033712/4
- 13920033562/4
- 14020034682/4
- 14120033512/4
- 1422003–2/4
- 14320032623/4
- 14420033093/4
- 1452004–2/4
- 1462004–2/4
- 14720043162/4
- 14820043322/4
- 1492004–2/4
- 15020043702/4
- 1512004–2/4
- 1522004–2/4
- 15320043462/4
- 154A Time for War, A Time for PeaceStar Trek: The Next Generation: A Time To... #92004 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/420043442/4
- 1552004–3/4
- 15620053363/4
- 15720064332/4
- 15820074392/4
- 15920074003/4
- 16020073203/4
- 16120074163/4
- 16220083522/4
- 16320084532/4
- 16420083843/4
- 1652012–2/4
- 16620123042/4
- 1672013–2/4
- 1682013–3/4
- 1692014–2/4
- 17020144002/4
- 17120143703/4
- 1722014–3/4
- 17320153683/4
- 17420173682/4
- 17520173523/4
- 17620174003/4
- 17720193683/4
- 1782021–3/4
Where to start with Star Trek: The Next Generation
Start with Encounter at Farpoint (1987), the earliest published book in the 15 main-line series.
What is the newest Star Trek: The Next Generation book?
Shadows Have Offended (2021) is the newest book in the 15 main-line series.
Is there a new Star Trek: The Next Generation book coming?
No next Star Trek: The Next Generation book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Star Trek: The Next Generation at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line Star Trek: The Next Generation title has appeared for 5 years. The last was Shadows Have Offended (2021).
- Release pace
- Star Trek: The Next Generation books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 34,186 pages across the 123 of 178 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Star Trek: The Next Generation books, 100 of 178, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 178 titles, 18 are credited to Michael Jan Friedman, 16 to John Vornholt, 15 to Peter David and 10 to David Mack. A further 77 writers are credited. 6 titles carry no credit.
What the Star Trek: The Next Generation books are about
125 of the 178 Star Trek: The Next Generation 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 79 of 125. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 79 of 125 books
- Interplanetary voyages 50 of 125 books
- Star Trek fiction 46 of 125 books
- Space opera 38 of 125 books
- CollectionID:TNG# 36 of 125 books
- Media tie-in 27 of 125 books
- Data (fictitious character) 19 of 125 books
- CollectionID:TNGorig 18 of 125 books
- Picard, jean-luc (fictitious character) 13 of 125 books
- Space ships 13 of 125 books
- Worf (fictitious character) 13 of 125 books
Series that include Star Trek: The Next Generation books
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.