Best tie-in novels by year

Here’s an update to this list.

  Winner Runner Ups
Year Author Title Author Title
2020 Una McCormack PICARD: The Last Best Hope    
2019 David Mack TNG: Collateral Damage Greg Cox TOS: The Antares Maelstrom
      Dave Galanter DISCO: Dead Endless
      Una McCormack DISCO: The Way to the Stars
      John Jackson Miller DISCO: The Enterprise War
      Dayton Ward TNG: Available Light
2018 Dayton Ward DISCO: Drastic Measures James Swallow DISCO: Fear Itself
2017 David A. Goodman The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard Christopher L. Bennett TOS: The Face of the Unknown
      Christopher L. Bennett ENT: Rise of the Federation — Patterns of Interference
      David R. George III DS9: The Long Mirage
      David R. George III DS9: Gamma — Original Sin
      David Mack TITAN: Fortune of War
      David Mack DISCO: Desperate Hours
      Una McCormack DS9: Enigma Tales
      Dayton Ward TNG: Headlong Flight
      Dayton Ward TNG: Hearts and Minds
2016 Christopher L. Bennett ENT: Rise of the Federation — Live by the Code 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
      John Jackson Miller ST: Prey — The Hall of Heroes
      James Swallow TOS: The Latter Fire
      Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore TOS: Legacies — Purgatory’s Key
2015 David A. Goodman The Autobiography of James T. Kirk Christopher L. Bennett ENT: Rise of the Federation — Uncertain Logic
      Greg Cox TOS: Child of Two Worlds
      Tony Daniel TOS: Savage Trade
      Dave Galanter TOS: Crisis of Consciousness
      David R. George III DS9: Sacraments of Fire
      David R. George III DS9: Ascendance
      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 Christopher L. Bennett ENT: Rise of the Federation — Tower of Babel
      Greg Cox TOS: Foul Deeds Will Rise
      Greg Cox TOS: No Time Like the Past
      David R. George III ST: The Lost Era — One Constant Star
      Rudy Josephs TNG: Q are Cordially Uninvited…
2013 Una McCormack ST: The Fall — The Crimson Shadow Christopher L. Bennett ENT: Rise of the Federation — A Choice of Futures
      Tony Daniel TOS: Devil’s Bargain
      David R. George III TOS: Allegiance in Exile
      David R. George III ST: The Fall — Revelation and Dust
      William Leisner TOS: The Shocks of Adversity
      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 L. Bennett ST: Department of Temporal Investigations — Forgotten History
      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
      Dayton Ward TOS: That Which Divides
2011 Christopher L. Bennett ST: Department of Temporal Investigations — Watching the Clock Christopher L. Bennett ST: Typhon Pact — The Struggle Within
      David R. George III ST: Typhon Pact — Rough Beasts of Empire
      Michael A. Martin ENT: The Romulan War — To Brave the Storm
      David A. McIntee TNG: Indistinguishable from Magic
      Dayton Ward ST: Typhon Pact — Paths of Disharmony
2010 Margaret Wander Bonanno Unspoken Truth David Mack ST: Typhon Pact — Zero Sum Game
      Michael A. Martin ST: Typhon Pact — Seize the Fire
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
      Michael A. Martin ENT: The Romulan War — Beneath the Raptor’s Wing
      James Swallow TITAN: Synthesis
2008 David Mack ST: Destiny Book 3 — Lost Souls Christopher L. Bennett TNG: Greater than the Sum
      David Mack ST: Destiny Book 1 — Gods of Night
      David Mack ST: Destiny Book 2 — Mere Mortals
      Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels ST: Excelsior — Forged in Fire
      Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels ENT: Kobayashi Maru
2007 David R. George III TOS Crucible: Kirk – The Star to Every Wandering Christopher L. Bennett TNG: The Buried Age
      Peter David TNG: Before Dishonor
      Keith R. A. DeCandido TNG: Q & A
      J. M. Dillard TNG: Resistance
      Steven Harper BSG: Unity
      Michael A. Martin & Andy Engels ENT: The Good That Men Do
      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 L. 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
      Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels ENT: Last Full Measure
      Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz TOS: Vulcan’s Soul, Book Two — Exiles
      Dave Stern ENT: Rosetta
2005 Michael Jan Friedman TNG: Death in Winter Christopher L. 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 Margaret Wander Bonanno ST: The Lost Era — Catalyst of Sorrows
2003 David R. George III ST: The Lost Era — Serpents Among the Ruins Ilsa J. Bick ST: The Lost Era — Well of Souls
      Keith R. A. DeCandido ST: The Lost Era — The Art of the Impossible
      Christie Golden VOY: The Farther Shore
      Christie Golden VOY: Homecoming
      J. M. Dillard ENT: Surak’s Soul
      Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels ST: The Lost Era — The Sundered
      Jeff Mariotte ST: The Lost Era — Deny Thy Father
2002 Jeffrey Lang TNG: Immortal Coil Christie Golden TOS: The Last Roundup
      Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Katheryn Rusch ENT: By the Book
      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 Diane Carey TOS: New Earth — Challenger
      Diane Carey TOS: New Earth — Wagon Train to the Stars
      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
      Christie Golden VOY: Dark Matters — Cloak and Dagger
      Christie Golden VOY: Dark Matters — Ghost Dance
      Christie Golden VOY: Dark Matters — Shadow of Heaven
      L. A. Graf TOS: New Earth — Rough Trails
      Kathy Oltion & Jerry Oltion TOS: New Earth — The Flaming Arrow
      Andrew J. Robinson DS9: A Stitch in Time
      Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith TOS: New Earth — Thin Air
      William Shatner & others TOS: Preserver
      Dean Wesley Smith with Diane Carey TOS: New Earth — Belle Terre
      John Vornholt TNG: Genesis Wave, Book One
1999 J. Gregory Keyes B5: Final Reckoning — The Fate of Bester John Gregory Betancourt TNG: Double Helix — Infection
  Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz TOS: Vulcan’s Heart Diane Carey TNG: Double Helix — Red Sector
      Peter David B5: Legions of Fire — The Long Night of Centauri Prime
      Peter David TNG: Double Helix — Double or Nothing
      Michael Jan Friedman & Christie Golden TNG: Double Helix — The First Virtue
      J. Gregory Keyes B5: Deadly Relations — Bester Ascendant
      William Shatner & others TOS: Dark Victory
      Armin Shimerman & David R. George III DS9: The 34th Rule
      Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch TNG: Double Helix — Vectors
      John Vornholt TNG: Double Helix — Quarantine
1998 Peter David TNG: Triangle — Imzadi II Diane Carey VOY: The Captain’s Table — Fire Ship
      Greg Cox TNG: The Q Continuum — Q-Space
      Greg Cox TNG: The Q Continuum — Q-Strike
      Greg Cox TNG: The Q Continuum — Q-Zone
      Peter David NF: The Captain’s Table — Once Burned
      Michael Jan Friedman TNG: The Captain’s Table — Dujonian’s Hoard
      Christie Golden VOY: Seven of Nine
      L. A. Graf TOS: The Captain’s Table — War Dragons
      J. Gregory Keyes B5: Dark Genesis — The Birth of the Psi Corps
      Jerry Oltion ST: The Captain’s Table — Where Seas Meets Sky
      William Shatner & others TOS: Spectre
      Dean Wesley Smith & Kirstine Kathryn Rusch DS9: The Captain’s Table — The Mist
      Jeri Taylor VOY: Pathways
1997 Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz TOS: Vulcan’s Forge Diane Carey TNG: Ship of the Line
      Christie Golden VOY: Marooned
      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
      Christie Golden VOY: The Murdered Sun
      Dafydd ab Hugh VOY: Invasion — The Final Fury
      Kij Johnson & Greg Cox TNG: Dragon’s Honor
      William Shatner & others TOS: The Return
      Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch TNG: Invasion — The Soldiers of Fear
      Jeri Taylor VOY: Mosaic
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
      Brad Ferguson TNG: The Last Stand
      Michael Jan Friedman TNG: Crossover
      Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch VOY: The Escape
1994 A. C. Crispin TOS: Sarek L. A. Graf TOS: Traitor Winds
  Peter David TNG: Q-Squared Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens TOS: Federation
1993 Peter David DS9: The Siege Diane Carey TOS: The Great Starship Race
      K. W. Jeter DS9: Bloodletter
      Rebecca Neason TNG: Guises of the Mind
      Sandy Schofield DS9: The Big Game
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 Diane Carey TOS: Final Frontier
      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 Diane Duane TOS: The Wounded Sky
1982        
1981 Vonda N. McIntyre TOS: The Entropy Effect    

Legend:

B5 Babylon 5
BSG Battlestar Galactica
DISCO Star Trek: Discovery
DS9 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
ST Star Trek crossover
PICARD Star Trek: Picard
TITAN Star Trek: Titan
TNG Star Trek: The Next Generation
TOS Star Trek: The Original Series
VOY Star Trek: Voyager

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