Best tie-in novels by year
Here’s an updated list, including novels I read in the last 2 years.
Legend:
| B5 | Babylon 5 | |
| BSG | Battlestar Galactica | |
| DS9 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | |
| ST | Star Trek crossover | |
| TITAN | Star Trek: Titan | |
| TNG | Star Trek: The Next Generation | |
| TOS | Star Trek: The Original Series | |
| VOY | Star Trek: Voyager | |
| Winner | Runner Ups | |||
| Year | Author | Title | Author | Title |
| 2016 | John Jackson Miller | ST: Prey — The Hall of Heroes | Greg Cox | TOS: Legacies — Captain to Captain |
| Jeffrey Lang | DS9: Force and Motion | |||
| David Mack | TOS: Legacies — Best Defense | |||
| John Jackson Miller | ST: Prey — Hell’s Heart | |||
| John Jackson Miller | ST: Prey — The Jackal’s Trick | |||
| Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore | TOS: Legacies — Purgatory’s Key | |||
| 2015 | David R. George III | DS9: Ascendance | Greg Cox | TOS: Child of Two Worlds |
| David R. George III | DS9: Sacraments of Fire | |||
| Una McCormack | DS9: The Missing | |||
| John Jackson Miller | TNG: Takedown | |||
| James Swallow | TITAN: Sight Unseen | |||
| Dayton Ward | TNG: Armageddon’s Arrow | |||
| 2014 | Jeffrey Lang | TNG: The Light Fantastic | Greg Cox | TOS: No Time Like the Past |
| 2013 | Una McCormack | ST: The Fall — The Crimson Shadow | Tony Daniel | TOS: Devil’s Bargain |
| David R. George III | TOS: Allegiance in Exile | |||
| David R. George III | ST: The Fall — Revelation and Dust | |||
| David Mack | ST: The Fall — A Ceremony of Losses | |||
| James Swallow | ST: The Fall — The Poisoned Chalice | |||
| Dayton Ward | ST: The Fall — Peaceable Kingdoms | |||
| 2012 | David Mack | TNG: Cold Equations — The Persistence of Memory | Christopher Bennett | ST: Department of Temporal Investigations — Forgotten History |
| David R. George III | ST: Typhon Pact — Plagues of Night | |||
| David R. George III | ST: Typhon Pact — Raise the Dawn | |||
| David Mack | TNG: Cold Equations — Silent Weapons | |||
| David Mack | TNG: Cold Equations — The Body Electric | |||
| Michael A. Martin | TITAN: Fallen Gods | |||
| Una McCormack | ST: Typhon Pact — Brinkmanship | |||
| 2011 | Christopher Bennett | ST: Department of Temporal Investigations — Watching the Clock | David R. George III | ST: Typhon Pact — Rough Beasts of Empire |
| Dayton Ward | ST: Typhon Pact — Paths of Disharmony | |||
| 2010 | Michael A. Martin | ST: Typhon Pact — Seize the Fire | David Mack | ST: Typhon Pact — Zero Sum Game |
| 2009 | Mike W. Barr & others | TOS: Mere Anarchy | Keith R. A. DeCandido | ST: A Singular Destiny |
| Dave Galanter | TOS: Troublesome Minds | |||
| William Leisner | TNG: Losing the Peace | |||
| 2008 | David Mack | ST: Destiny Book 3 — Lost Souls | Christopher Bennett | TNG: Greater than the Sum |
| David Mack | ST: Destiny Book 1 — Gods of Night | |||
| David Mack | ST: Destiny Book 2 — Mere Mortals | |||
| 2007 | David R. George III | TOS Crucible: Kirk – The Star to Every Wandering | Peter David | TNG: Before Dishonor |
| Keith R. A. DeCandido | TNG: Q & A | |||
| J. M. Dillard | TNG: Resistance | |||
| Steven Harper | BSG: Unity | |||
| Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz | TOS: Vulcan’s Soul, Book Three — Epiphany | |||
| Geoffrey Thorne | TITAN: Sword of Damocles | |||
| 2006 | David R. George III | TOS Crucible: McCoy — Provenance of Shadows | Christopher Bennett | TITAN: Orion’s Hounds |
| Margaret Wander Bonnano | TOS: Burning Dreams | |||
| Peter David | BSG: Sagittarius is Bleeding | |||
| Diane Duane | TOS: Rihannsu, Book Five — The Empty Chair | |||
| David R. George III | TOS Crucible: Spock – The Fire and the Rose | |||
| Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz | TOS: Vulcan’s Soul, Book Two — Exiles | |||
| 2005 | Michael Jan Friedman | TNG: Death in Winter | Christopher Bennett | TOS: Ex Machina |
| Gene DeWeese | ST: Engines of Destiny | |||
| Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels | TITAN: Taking Wing | |||
| Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels | TITAN: The Red King | |||
| 2004 | Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz | TOS: Vulcan’s Soul, Book One — Exodus | ||
| 2003 | Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels | ST: The Lost Era — The Sundered | Christie Golden | VOY: The Farther Shore |
| Christie Golden | VOY: Homecoming | |||
| 2002 | Christie Golden | TOS: The Last Roundup | Jeffrey Lang | TNG: Immortal Coil |
| Dayton Ward | TOS: In the Name of Honor | |||
| 2001 | Jeanne Cavelos | B5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages — Invoking Darkness | Jeanne Cavelos | B5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages — Casting Shadows |
| Jeanne Cavelos | B5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages — Summoning Light | |||
| S. D. Perry | DS9: Avatar, Book One | |||
| S. D. Perry | DS9: Avatar, Book Two | |||
| John Vornholt | TNG: Genesis Wave, Book Two | |||
| 2000 | Peter David | B5: Legions of Fire — Out of the Darkness | Peter David | B5: Legions of Fire — Armies of Light and Dark |
| Diane Duane | TOS: Rihannsu, Book Four: Honor Blade | |||
| Diane Duane | TOS: Rihannsu, Book Three: Swordhunt | |||
| Andrew J. Robinson | DS9: A Stitch in Time | |||
| William Shatner & others | TOS: Preserver | |||
| John Vornholt | TNG: Genesis Wave, Book One | |||
| 1999 | J. Gregory Keyes | B5: Final Reckoning — The Fate of Bester | Peter David | B5: Legions of Fire — The Long Night of Centauri Prime |
| Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz | TOS: Vulcan’s Heart | J. Gregory Keyes | B5: Deadly Relations — Bester Ascendant | |
| William Shatner & others | TOS: Dark Victory | |||
| Armin Shimerman & David R. George III | DS9: The 34th Rule | |||
| 1998 | Peter David | TNG: Triangle — Imzadi II | Christie Golden | VOY: Seven of Nine |
| J. Gregory Keyes | B5: Dark Genesis — The Birth of the Psi Corps | |||
| Jerry Oltion | TOS: The Captain’s Table — Where Seas Meets Sky | |||
| William Shatner & others | TOS: Spectre | |||
| 1997 | Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz | TOS: Vulcan’s Forge | Diane Carey | TNG: Ship of the Line |
| William Shatner & others | TOS: Avenger | |||
| John Vornholt | TOS: Mind Meld | |||
| 1996 | Diane Carey | TOS: Invasion — First Strike | L. A. Graf | DS9: Invasion — Time’s Enemy |
| Dafydd ab Hugh | VOY: Invasion — The Final Fury | |||
| William Shatner & others | TOS: The Return | |||
| Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch | TNG: Invasion — The Soldiers of Fear | |||
| 1995 | William Shatner & others | TOS: The Ashes of Eden | Diane Carey & Dr. James I. Kirkland | TOS: First Frontier |
| Peter David | TOS: The Captain’s Daughter | |||
| J. M. Dillard | TOS: Recovery | |||
| Michael Jan Friedman | TNG: Crossover | |||
| 1994 | A. C. Crispin | TOS: Sarek | L. A. Graf | TOS: Traitor Winds |
| Peter David | TNG: Q-Squared | Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | TOS: Federation | |
| 1993 | ||||
| 1992 | Peter David | TNG: Imzadi | Diane Carey | TOS: Best Destiny |
| John Vornholt | TOS: Sanctuary | |||
| 1991 | Peter David | TNG: Q-in-Law | Peter David | TOS: The Rift |
| Peter David | TNG: Vendetta | |||
| 1990 | Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | TOS: Prime Directive | Peter David | TNG: A Rock and a Hard Place |
| Diane Duane | TOS: Doctor’s Orders | |||
| Jean Lorrah | TNG: Metamorphosis | |||
| 1989 | J. M. Dillard | TOS: The Lost Years | Peter David | TNG: Strike Zone |
| Michael Jan Friedman | TOS: Double, Double | |||
| Michael Jan Friedman | TNG: A Call to Darkness | |||
| 1988 | Diane Duane | TOS: Spock’s World | A. C. Crispin | TOS: Time For Yesterday |
| D. C. Fontana | TOS: Vulcan’s Glory | |||
| Jean Lorrah | TOS: The IDIC Epidemic | |||
| Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens | TOS: Memory Prime | |||
| 1987 | John M. Ford | TOS: How Much For Just the Planet? | Margaret Wander Bonnano | TOS: Strangers From the Sky |
| 1986 | Vonda N. McIntyre | TOS: Enterprise — The First Adventure | Diane Carey | TOS: Battlestations! |
| Diane Carey | TOS: Dreadnaught! | |||
| J. M. Dillard | TOS: Demons | |||
| J. M. Dillard | TOS: Mindshadow | |||
| 1985 | Barbaba Hambly | TOS: Ishmael | Margaret Wander Bonnano | TOS: Dwellers in the Crucible |
| Della Van Hise | TOS: Killing Time | |||
| Janet Kagan | TOS: Uhura’s Song | |||
| 1984 | Diane Duane | TOS: My Enemy, My Ally | John M. Ford | TOS: The Final Reflection |
| Jean Lorrah | TOS: The Vulcan Academy Murders | |||
| Melinda Snodgrass | TOS: The Tears of the Singers | |||
| 1983 | A. C. Crispin | TOS: Yesterday’s Son | ||
| 1982 | ||||
| 1981 | Vonda N. McIntyre | TOS: The Entropy Effect | ||