Best tie-in novels by year
Here’s an update to this list.
| Winner | Runner Ups | |||
| Year | Author | Title | Author | Title |
| 2021 | Christopher L. Bennett | TOS: Living Memory | Cassandra Rose Clarke | TNG: Shadows Have Offended |
| 2020 | Una McCormack | PICARD: The Last Best Hope | Christopher L. Bennett | TOS: The Higher Frontier |
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: To Lose the Earth | |||
| Una McCormack | The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway | |||
| 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 | Kirsten Beyer | VOY: Architects of Infinity |
| 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 | Kirsten Beyer | VOY: A Pocket Full of Lies |
| 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 |
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: Atonement | |||
| 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 |
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: Acts of Contrition | |||
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: Protectors | |||
| 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 |
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: The Eternal Tide | |||
| 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 |
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: Children of the Storm | |||
| 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 | Kirsten Beyer | VOY: Full Circle | Mike W. Barr & others | TOS: Mere Anarchy |
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: Unworthy | |||
| 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 | |||
| Heather Jarman | VOY: String Theory — Evolution | |||
| 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 |
| Kirsten Beyer | VOY: String Theory — Fusion | |||
| Gene DeWeese | ST: Engines of Destiny | |||
| Jeffrey Lang | VOY: String Theory — Cohesion | |||
| 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 |
| Christie Golden | VOY: Spirit Walk — Enemy of My Enemy | |||
| Christie Golden | VOY: Spirit Walk — Old Wounds | |||
| 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 | Jean Lorrah | TOS: The Vulcan Academy Murders | Diane Duane | TOS: My Enemy, My Ally |
| John M. Ford | TOS: The Final Reflection | |||
| 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 | |