A.C. Crispin Reading Order

5 books (1979–2017)

Start with Alien(By: Alan Dean Foster), the first of 5 books in the Alien Movie series.

#	Title
1	Alien(By: Alan Dean Foster) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Aliens(By: Alan Dean Foster) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Alien³(By: Alan Dean Foster) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	Alien Resurrection 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Alien: Covenant Origins(By: Alan Dean Foster) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2002–2017)

Start with Star Trek: The Amazing Stories and read in order.

#	Title
1	Star Trek: The Amazing Stories 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	Infinite Stars 2017Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2005–2005)

#	Title
1	Storms of Destiny 2005Buy 🇺🇸

41 books (1985–2025)

Start with L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1, the first of 41 books in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series.

#	Title
1	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991Buy 🇺🇸
8	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000Buy 🇺🇸
17	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001Buy 🇺🇸
18	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002Buy 🇺🇸
20	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004Buy 🇺🇸
21	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005Buy 🇺🇸
22	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007Buy 🇺🇸
24	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008Buy 🇺🇸
25	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010Buy 🇺🇸
27	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011Buy 🇺🇸
28	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012Buy 🇺🇸
29	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013Buy 🇺🇸
30	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015Buy 🇺🇸
32	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016Buy 🇺🇸
33	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017Buy 🇺🇸
34	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018Buy 🇺🇸
35	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019Buy 🇺🇸
36	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020Buy 🇺🇸
37	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021Buy 🇺🇸
38	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022Buy 🇺🇸
39	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023Buy 🇺🇸
40	L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024Buy 🇺🇸
41	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2007–2011)

Start with The Pirate Guidelines(By: Joshamee Gibbs) and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Pirate Guidelines(By: Joshamee Gibbs) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pirates of the Caribbean 2011Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1985–2014)

Start with Sylvester and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sylvester 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alien Resurrection 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Time Horse 2014Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2004–2004)

112 books (1981–2025)

Start with Entropy Effect(By: Vonda N. McIntyre,Leonard Nimoy,George Takei), the first of 112 books in the Star Trek: TOS (Original) series.

#	Title
1	Entropy Effect(By: Vonda N. McIntyre,Leonard Nimoy,George Takei) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Covenant of the Crown(By: Howard Weinstein) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Klingon Gambit(By: Robert Vardeman) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Abode of Life(By: Lee Correy) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Wrath Of Khan(By: Vonda N. McIntyre) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
6	Black Fire(By: Sonni Cooper) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
7	Mutiny on the Enterprise(By: Robert Vardeman) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Wounded Sky(By: Diane Duane) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
9	Yesterday's Son 1983Buy 🇺🇸
10	My Enemy, My Ally(By: Diane Duane) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
11	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock(By: Vonda N. McIntyre,Harve Bennett) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Final Reflection(By: John M. Ford) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Trellisane Confrontation(By: David Dvorkin) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Vulcan Academy Murders(By: Jean Lorrah) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
15	Ishmael(By: Barbara Hambly) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
16	Killing Time(By: Della Van Hise) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
17	Shadow Lord(By: Laurence Yep) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
18	Uhura's Song(By: Janet Kagan) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
19	Battlestations!(By: Diane Carey) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
20	Crisis on Centaurus(By: Brad Ferguson) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
21	Demons(By: J.M. Dillard) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
22	Dreadnought!(By: Diane Carey) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
23	Enterprise: The First Adventure(By: Leonard Nimoy) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
24	Mindshadow(By: J.M. Dillard) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
25	Time for Yesterday 1986Buy 🇺🇸
26	Deep Domain(By: Howard Weinstein) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
27	Dreams of the Raven(By: Carmen Carter) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
28	How Much for Just the Planet?(By: John M. Ford) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
29	Strangers from the Sky(By: Leonard Nimoy,Margaret Wander Bonanno) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Romulan Way(By: Diane Duane) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
31	Final Frontier(By: Leonard Nimoy,Diane Carey) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
32	Memory Prime(By: Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
33	Spock's World(By: Diane Duane) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
34	The IDIC Epidemic(By: Jean Lorrah) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Three-Minute Universe(By: Barbara Paul) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
36	Timetrap(By: David Dvorkin) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Cry of the Onlies(By: Judy Klass) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Kobayashi Maru(By: Julia Ecklar) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
39	Doctor's Orders(By: Diane Duane) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
40	Enemy Unseen(By: V.E. Mitchell) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
41	Home Is the Hunter(By: Dana Kramer-Rolls) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
42	Prime Directive(By: Garfield Reeves-Stevens,Judith Reeves-Stevens) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
43	Rules of Engagement(By: Peter Morwood) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
44	The Pandora Principle(By: Carolyn Clowes) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
45	Legacy(By: Michael Jan Friedman) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
46	Probe(By: Margaret Wander Bonanno) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
47	The Rift(By: Peter David) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
48	Best Destiny(By: Diane Carey) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
49	The Disinherited(By: Peter David) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
50	Shadows on the Sun(By: Michael Jan Friedman) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
51	Windows on a Lost World(By: V.E. Mitchell) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
52	Crossroad(By: Barbara Hambly) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
53	Sarek 1994Buy 🇺🇸
54	Traitor Winds(By: L.A. Graf) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
55	Recovery(By: J.M. Dillard) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
56	First Strike(By: Diane Carey) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
57	Star Trek Phase II(By: Garfield Reeves-Stevens) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
58	Twilight's End(By: Jerry Oltion) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
59	Heart of the Sun(By: George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
60	Mudd in Your Eye(By: Jerry Oltion) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
61	Vulcan's Forge(By: Josepha Sherman,Susan Shwartz) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
62	Assignment: Eternity(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
63	Constitution(By: Michael Jan Friedman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
64	Honor Blade(By: Diane Duane) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
65	Rough Trails(By: L.A. Graf) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
66	Swordhunt(By: Diane Duane) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
67	The Flaming Arrow(By: Jerry Oltion,Kathy Oltion) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
68	Thin Air(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
69	The Aliens Are Coming!(By: Dayton Ward) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
70	The Last Roundup(By: Christie Golden,Dayton Ward) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
71	Garth of Izar(By: George Zebrowski,Pamela Sargent) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
72	Gemini(By: Mike W. Barr) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
73	Ex Machina(By: Christopher L. Bennett) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
74	The Case of the Colonist's Corpse(By: Tony Isabella,Bob Ingersoll) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
75	Burning Dreams(By: Margaret Wander Bonanno) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
76	Federation(By: Judith Reeves-Stevens) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
77	Troublesome Minds(By: Dave Galanter) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
78	Inception(By: S.D. Perry) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
79	Unspoken Truth(By: Margaret Wander Bonanno) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
80	A Choice of Catastrophes(By: Steve Mollmann,Michael Schuster) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
81	That Which Divides(By: Dayton Ward) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
82	The Rings of Time(By: Greg Cox) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
83	Allegiance in Exile(By: Dayton Ward) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
84	Devil's Bargain(By: Tony Daniel) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
85	From History's Shadow(By: Dayton Ward) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
86	The Folded World(By: Jeffrey Mariotte) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
87	The Shocks of Adversity(By: William Leisner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
88	The Weight of Worlds(By: Greg Cox) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
89	Foul Deeds Will Rise(By: Greg Cox) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
90	No Time Like the Past(By: Greg Cox) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
91	Seasons of Light and Darkness(By: Michael A. Martin) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
92	Serpents in the Garden(By: Jeffrey Mariotte) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
93	Shadow of the Machine(By: Dayton Ward,Scott V. Harrison) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
94	The More Things Change(By: Scott Pearson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
95	All That's Left(By: Kevin Dilmore,Dayton Ward) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
96	Armageddon's Arrow(By: Dayton Ward) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
97	Child of Two Worlds(By: Greg Cox) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
98	Crisis of Consciousness(By: Dave Galanter) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
99	Savage Trade(By: Tony Daniel) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
100	Elusive Salvation(By: Dayton Ward) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
101	Miasma(By: Greg Cox) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
102	The Face of the Unknown(By: Christopher L. Bennett) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
103	The Latter Fire(By: James Swallow,Dayton Ward) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
104	The Antares Maelstrom(By: Greg Cox) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
105	The Captain's Oath(By: Christopher L. Bennett) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
106	A Contest of Principles(By: Greg Cox) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
107	Agents of Influence(By: Dayton Ward) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
108	The Higher Frontier(By: Christopher L. Bennett) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
109	Living Memory(By: Christopher L. Bennett) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
110	Harm's Way(By: David Mack) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
111	Lost to Eternity(By: Greg Cox) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
112	Identity Theft(By: Greg Cox) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

72 books (1987–2015)

Start with Encounter at Farpoint(By: David Gerrold), the first of 72 books in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series.

#	Title
1	Encounter at Farpoint(By: David Gerrold) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Ghost Ship(By: Diane Carey) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Children of Hamlin(By: Carmen Carter) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Peacekeepers(By: Gene DeWeese) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	Masks(By: John Vornholt) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Power Hungry(By: Howard Weinstein) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	Strike Zone(By: Peter David) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
8	Survivors(By: Jean Lorrah) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Captain's Honor(By: David Dvorkin,Daniel Dvorkin) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
10	A Rock and a Hard Place(By: Peter David) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
11	Doomsday World(By: Peter David,Carmen Carter,Robert Greenberger,Michael Jan Friedman) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
12	Exiles(By: Howard Weinstein) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
13	Gulliver's Fugitives(By: Keith Sharee) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Eyes of the Beholders 1990Buy 🇺🇸
15	Boogeymen(By: Mel Gilden) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
16	Contamination(By: John Vornholt) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
17	Perchance to Dream(By: Howard Weinstein) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
18	Q-in-Law(By: Peter David) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
19	Chains of Command(By: Bill McCay,Eloise Flood) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
20	Imbalance(By: V.E. Mitchell) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
21	Nightshade(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
22	Spartacus(By: Terry Mancour) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
23	War Drums(By: John Vornholt) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
24	Grounded(By: David Bischoff) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
25	Guises of the Mind(By: Rebecca Neason) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
26	Here There Be Dragons(By: John Peel) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Romulan Prize(By: Simon Hawke) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
28	Debtors' Planet(By: W.R. Thompson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
29	Foreign Foes(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
30	Requiem(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Kevin Ryan) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
31	Sins of Commission(By: Susan Wright) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
32	Balance of Power(By: Dafydd ab Hugh) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
33	Blaze of Glory(By: Simon Hawke) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
34	Into the Nebula(By: Gene DeWeese) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Last Stand(By: Brad Ferguson) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Romulan Stratagem(By: Robert Greenberger) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
37	A Fury Scorned(By: Pamela Sargent) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
38	Dragon's Honor(By: Greg Cox,Kij Johnson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
39	Infiltrator(By: W.R. Thompson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
40	Klingon(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
41	Possession(By: Kathleen O'Malley,J.M. Dillard) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
42	Rogue Saucer(By: John Vornholt) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Soldiers of Fear(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
44	Intellivore(By: Diane Duane) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
45	The Death of Princes(By: John Peel) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
46	To Storm Heaven(By: Esther M. Friesner) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
47	Q-Strike(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
48	Q-Zone(By: Greg Cox) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
49	Double or Nothing(By: Peter David) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
50	Dyson Sphere(By: George Zebrowski) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
51	I, Q(By: Peter David,John de Lancie) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
52	Infection(By: John Gregory Betancourt) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
53	Quarantine(By: John Vornholt) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
54	Red Sector(By: Michael Jan Friedman,Diane Carey) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
55	The First Virtue(By: Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
56	The Forgotten War(By: William R. Forstchen) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
57	Vectors(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
58	Gemworld, Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
59	Gemworld, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
60	The Genesis Wave Book One(By: John Vornholt) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
61	Vectors: Double Helix #2(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
62	Diplomatic Implausibility(By: Keith R.A. DeCandido) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
63	Maximum Warp: Book One(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
64	Maximum Warp: Book Two(By: Dave Galanter,Greg Brodeur) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
65	The Genesis Wave, Book Two(By: John Vornholt) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
66	Tooth and Claw(By: Doranna Durgin) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
67	A Hard Rain(By: Dean Wesley Smith) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
68	The Genesis Wave, Book Three(By: John Vornholt) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
69	Genesis Force(By: John Vornholt) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
70	Sand and Stars(With: Diane Duane) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
71	Engines of Destiny(By: Gene DeWeese) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
72	Takedown(By: John Jackson Miller) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1997–1998)

Start with The Hutt Gambit and read in order.

7 books (1989–1998)

Start with Starbridge, the first of 7 books in the StarBridge series.

14 books (1984–2007)

Start with East Coast Crisis, the first of 14 books in the V series.

#	Title
1	East Coast Crisis 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Pursuit of Diana(By: Allen L. Wold) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	V: The Original Miniseries(With: Kenneth C. Johnson) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	Below the Threshold(By: Allen L. Wold) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	Death Tide 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	Symphony of Terror(By: Somtow Sucharitkul) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Alien Swordmaster(By: S.P. Somtow,Somtow Sucharitkul) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Crivit Experiment(By: Allen L. Wold) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Florida Project(By: Tim Sullivan) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
10	The New England Resistance(By: Tim Sullivan) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
11	Prisoners and Pawns(By: Howard Weinstein) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
12	Path to Conquest(By: Howard Weinstein) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
13	To Conquer the Throne(By: Tim Sullivan) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
14	V: The Second Generation(By: Kenneth C. Johnson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1972–2005)

Start with Spell of the Witch World(By: Andre Norton), the first of 10 books in the Witch World: High Hallack Cycle series.

#	Title
1	Spell of the Witch World(By: Andre Norton) 1972Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Crystal Gryphon(By: Andre Norton) 1972Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Jargoon Pard(By: Andre Norton) 1974Buy 🇺🇸
4	Zarsthor's Bane(By: Andre Norton) 1978Buy 🇺🇸
5	Gryphon in Glory(By: Andre Norton) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
6	Horn Crown(By: Andre Norton) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
7	Gryphon's Eyrie(With: Andre Norton) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
8	Were-Wrath(By: Andre Norton) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
9	Songsmith(With: Andre Norton) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
10	Silver May Tarnish(By: Lyn McConchie,Andre Norton) 2005Buy 🇺🇸