Authors you can’t go wrong with, part 7
This list continues from part 6.
Peter S. Beagle
Beagle also wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Sarek.”
- Masterpiece
- The Last Unicorn
- Good book
- A Fine and Private Place
Christopher L. Bennett
Bennett’s Star Trek books are always worth reading.
- Great books
- TOS: Ex Machina
- TNG: Greater than the Sum
- TITAN: Orion’s Hounds
- ST: Department of Temporal Investigations — Watching the Clock
- ST: Department of Temporal Investigations — Forgotten History
- ST: Typhon Pact #5 — The Struggle Within
- Good book
- TITAN: Over a Torrent Sea
Margaret Wander Bonanno
Bonanno has written some terrific Star Trek books, as well as one (Probe) that was rewritten against her wishes.
- Great books
- TOS: Burning Dreams
- TOS: Dwellers in the Crucible
- TOS: Strangers From the Sky
Diane Carey
Carey was a prolific Star Trek author in the old days.
- Great books
- TOS: Battlestations!
- TOS: Best Destiny
- TOS: Dreadnaught!
- TOS: First Frontier (with Dr. James I. Kirkland)
- TOS: Invasion #1 — First Strike
- TNG: Ship of the Line
Christie Golden
With her Star Trek novels, Golden has focused on the Voyager series but also wrote a fitting final adventure for the Original Series crew.
- Great books
- TOS: The Last Roundup
- VOY: The Farther Shore
- VOY: Homecoming
- VOY: Seven of Nine
Nalo Hopkinson
Hopkinson’s books are infused with her Carribean upbringing.
- Great books
- Brown Girl in the Ring
- Midnight Robber
Jean Lorrah
Outside the Star Trek universe Lorrah is probably most famous for her Sime/Gen series with Jacqueline Lichtenberg.
- Great books
- TOS: The IDIC Epidemic
- TOS: The Vulcan Academy Murders
- TNG: Metamorphosis
James Morrow
Morrow’s books will make you laugh and think.
- Great books
- Only Begotten Daughter
- Towing Jehovah
Jo Walton
I’ve also read some of Walton’s nonfiction book What Makes This Book So Great.
- Masterpiece
- Tooth and Claw
- Great book
- Among Others
Peter Watts
Watts’ books are somewhat difficult to read but they contain fascinating ideas.
- Great books
- Blindsight
- Starfish