Best tie-in novels by year

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2025 Greg Cox TOS: Identity Theft David Mack SNW: Ring of Fire       James Swallow SNW: Toward the Night 2024 David Mack PICARD: Firewall Greg Cox TOS: Lost to Eternity       Una McCormack SNW: Asylum   […]

Best science fiction novels by year

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Here’s an update to this list.    Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2025 Adrian Tchaikovsky Shroud Mur Lafferty Infinite Archive       John Scalzi The Shattering Peace       John Scalzi When the Moon Hits Your Eye 2024 Dennis E. Taylor Not Till We Are Lost Sue Burke Usurpation 2023 […]

Best fantasy novels by year

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner   Runner Ups   Year Author Title Author Title 2025 Travis Baldree Brigands & Breadknives     2024 Matt Haig The Life Impossible     2023 Alix E. Harrow Starling House Travis Baldree Bookshops & Bonedust       James Morrow Behold the Ape 2022 Naomi Novik […]

Star Trek Destiny: Lost Souls

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{5/5} “Keru wished that he and Torvig had access to Titan’s main computer and sensor module. He asked, ‘If the planet wasn’t covered up, how detectable would those particles be?’ ‘To anyone with the ability to scan that frequency, they would be the brightest energy source in the galaxy.’” Star Trek Destiny: Lost Souls by […]

Star Trek Destiny: Mere Mortals

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{4.5/5} “Shostakova slammed her palms flat on the tabletop. ‘I don’t care, Seven,’ she said. ‘Thalaron weapons are an abomination, which is why we signed a treaty outlawing them. The Federation won’t endorse the use of genocidal tactics.’ ‘Then I cannot help you,’ Seven said, ‘because the Borg have no such reservations — and they […]

Star Trek Destiny: Gods of Night

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{4.5/5} “Transphasic warheads were quickly proving to be the best defense against the renewed Borg onslaught. The admiralty, however, remained concerned that the Borg would eventually adapt to this seemingly unstoppable weapon, thereby robbing Starfleet of its last effective defense. Consequently, the Enterprise was the only ship in Starfleet that was armed with the warheads. […]

Star Trek: The IDIC Epidemic

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{4.5/5} “Sarek pulled up a chair beside the bed. Spock started to do the same, when he suddenly realized — ‘Doctor, I must be isolated. You saw the reports from Nisus. IU have both Vulcan and Human blood: even now, my body may be spawning some even deadlier form of the disease, one that could […]

Star Trek: Identity Theft

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{4.5/5} “The Enterprise was traveling at warp speed, while he was stranded in a strange city on a foreign planet in an alien body. It was a wonder he hadn’t lost his mind as well. The Kobayashi Maru scenario seemed a piece of cake by comparison. He took a deep breath. The odds were against […]

Brigands & Breadknives

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{4.5/5} “A flock of starlings looped and bloomed and contracted as it described graceful patterns above the mist, dipping down sometimes to disappear, before reemerging in a plume of vapor. The rush of the long grass behind them seemed to swell and retreat in time with the movements of the birds… There atop the bluff, […]

Star Trek: The Janus Gate — Past Prologue

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{4.5/5} “‘Then I presume you understand why I cannot allow you to consult with us now.’ Spock lifted an eyebrow at the questioning looks the older men gave him. ‘Logically, neither you nor Captain Sulu may be considered to be allies in any attempt we make to repair the timeline that is keeping you alive.’” […]