Star Trek Books in Order

How many Star Trek books are there?

Star Trek has 318 books, released between 1967 and 2026.

Star Trek Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 318 Star Trek 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 November 2026.

There are 318 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.

Star Trek Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Star Trek books run from Star Trek 1 (1967) to To Defy Fate (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Star Trek in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Where to start with Star Trek

Start with Star Trek 1 (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Star Trek book?

To Defy Fate (2026) is the newest Star Trek book released so far.

Is there a new Star Trek book coming?

No next Star Trek 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 at a glance

Still running

Star Trek is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.

Release pace

Star Trek books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

43,900 pages across the 150 of 318 books with a recorded length, a median of 281 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Star Trek books, 138 of 318, were published in the 2000s.

Attribution

Of the 318 titles, 24 are credited to Peter David, 24 to Dayton Ward, 21 to David Mack and 15 to Michael A. Martin. A further 105 writers are credited. 5 titles carry no credit.

When Star Trek books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Star Trek titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 138 titles.

What the Star Trek books are about

173 of the 318 Star Trek 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 85 of 173. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Science fiction 85 of 173 books
• Space opera 51 of 173 books
• Interplanetary voyages 46 of 173 books
• CollectionID:ST# 29 of 173 books
• Kirk, james t. (fictitious character) 29 of 173 books
• James T. Kirk (Fictitious character) 28 of 173 books
• Space ships 27 of 173 books
• CollectionID:STnov 21 of 173 books
• Life on other planets 21 of 173 books
• Media tie-in 18 of 173 books
• CollectionID:NFnum 17 of 173 books