Cat Wizards Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Book of Night with Moon |
1997 |
Buy |
| To Visit the Queen |
1998 |
Buy |
Guardians of the Three Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| EXILED |
1989 |
Buy |
| Keeper of the City |
1989 |
Buy |
| Lord of Cragsclaw |
1989 |
Buy |
| Wizard of Tizare |
1989 |
Buy |
| Defenders of Ar |
1990 |
Buy |
Harbinger Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Starrise at Corrivale |
1998 |
Buy |
| Storm at Eldala |
1999 |
Buy |
| Nightfall at Algemron |
2000 |
Buy |
Net Force Explorers Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Deadliest Game |
1998 |
Buy |
| Virtual Vandals |
1998 |
Buy |
| Cyberspy |
1999 |
Buy |
| End Game |
1999 |
Buy |
| One is the Loneliest Number |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Great Race |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Ultimate Escape |
1999 |
Buy |
| Deathworld |
2000 |
Buy |
| Duel Identity |
2000 |
Buy |
| Gameprey |
2000 |
Buy |
| Private Lives |
2000 |
Buy |
| Safe House |
2000 |
Buy |
| Shadow of Honor |
2000 |
Buy |
| Cold Case |
2001 |
Buy |
| High Wire |
2001 |
Buy |
| Runaways |
2001 |
Buy |
| Cloak and Dagger |
2002 |
Buy |
| Own Goal |
2002 |
Buy |
| Death Match |
2003 |
Buy |
Omnitopia#
| Title |
Published |
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| Omnitopia Dawn |
2010 |
Buy |
Raetian Tales#
| Title |
Published |
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| A Wind from the South |
2005 |
Buy |
SeaQuest DSV#
| Title |
Published |
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| Seaquest DSV |
1993 |
Buy |
Space Cops Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Mindblast |
1991 |
Buy |
| High Moon |
1992 |
Buy |
| Kill Station |
1992 |
Buy |
Spider-Man Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Spider-Man: The Venom Factor |
1994 |
Buy |
| Spider-Man The Lizard Sanction |
1995 |
Buy |
| Spider-Man: The Octopus Agenda |
1996 |
Buy |
Star Trek#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Sand and Stars |
2004 |
Buy |
Star Trek: TOS (Numbered) Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| The Abode of Life |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Prometheus Design |
1982 |
Buy |
| Black Fire |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Wounded Sky |
1983 |
Buy |
| Triangle |
1983 |
Buy |
| Web of the Romulans |
1983 |
Buy |
| Corona |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Tears of the Singers |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Vulcan Academy Murders |
1984 |
Buy |
| Ishmael |
1985 |
Buy |
| Killing Time |
1985 |
Buy |
| Pawns and Symbols |
1985 |
Buy |
| Shadow Lord |
1985 |
Buy |
| Uhura’s Song |
1985 |
Buy |
| Bloodthirst |
1987 |
Buy |
| Chain of Attack |
1987 |
Buy |
| The IDIC Epidemic |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Three-Minute Universe |
1988 |
Buy |
| Vulcan’s Glory |
1989 |
Buy |
| Home Is the Hunter |
1990 |
Buy |
| A Flag Full of Stars |
1991 |
Buy |
| Ghost-Walker |
1991 |
Buy |
| Prime Directive |
1991 |
Buy |
| Renegade |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Rift |
1991 |
Buy |
| Death Count |
1992 |
Buy |
| Ice Trap |
1992 |
Buy |
| Sanctuary |
1992 |
Buy |
| From the Depths |
1993 |
Buy |
| Shell Game |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Great Starship Race |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Starship Trap |
1993 |
Buy |
| Crossroad |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Patrian Transgression |
1994 |
Buy |
| First Frontier |
1995 |
Buy |
| Recovery |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Captain’s Daughter |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Fearful Summons |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Joy Machine |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Rings of Tautee |
1996 |
Buy |
| Twilight’s End |
1996 |
Buy |
| Mind Meld |
1997 |
Buy |
| Mudd in Your Eye |
1997 |
Buy |
| Assignment: Eternity |
1998 |
Buy |
| Across the Universe |
1999 |
Buy |
| Vulcan’s Heart |
1999 |
Buy |
| In the Name of Honor |
2002 |
Buy |
| Ex Machina |
2004 |
Buy |
| Excelsior: Forged in Fire |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Disinherited |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Children of Kings |
2010 |
Buy |
| Cast No Shadow |
2011 |
Buy |
| Allegiance in Exile |
2013 |
Buy |
Star Trek: TOS (Original) Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Entropy Effect |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Covenant of the Crown |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Klingon Gambit |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Abode of Life |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Prometheus Design |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Wrath Of Khan |
1982 |
Buy |
| Black Fire |
1983 |
Buy |
| Mutiny on the Enterprise |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Wounded Sky |
1983 |
Buy |
| Triangle |
1983 |
Buy |
| Web of the Romulans |
1983 |
Buy |
| Yesterday’s Son |
1983 |
Buy |
| My Enemy, My Ally |
1984 |
Buy |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Final Reflection |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Trellisane Confrontation |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Vulcan Academy Murders |
1984 |
Buy |
| Dwellers in the Crucible |
1985 |
Buy |
| Ishmael |
1985 |
Buy |
| Killing Time |
1985 |
Buy |
| Shadow Lord |
1985 |
Buy |
| Uhura’s Song |
1985 |
Buy |
| Battlestations! |
1986 |
Buy |
| Crisis on Centaurus |
1986 |
Buy |
| Demons |
1986 |
Buy |
| Dreadnought! |
1986 |
Buy |
| Enterprise: The First Adventure |
1986 |
Buy |
| Mindshadow |
1986 |
Buy |
| Time for Yesterday |
1986 |
Buy |
| Deep Domain |
1987 |
Buy |
| Dreams of the Raven |
1987 |
Buy |
| How Much for Just the Planet? |
1987 |
Buy |
| Strangers from the Sky |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Romulan Way |
1987 |
Buy |
| Final Frontier |
1988 |
Buy |
| Memory Prime |
1988 |
Buy |
| Spock’s World |
1988 |
Buy |
| The IDIC Epidemic |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Three-Minute Universe |
1988 |
Buy |
| Timetrap |
1988 |
Buy |
| Double, Double |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Cry of the Onlies |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Kobayashi Maru |
1989 |
Buy |
| Doctor’s Orders |
1990 |
Buy |
| Enemy Unseen |
1990 |
Buy |
| Home Is the Hunter |
1990 |
Buy |
| Rules of Engagement |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Pandora Principle |
1990 |
Buy |
| Legacy |
1991 |
Buy |
| Prime Directive |
1991 |
Buy |
| Probe |
1991 |
Buy |
| The Rift |
1991 |
Buy |
| Best Destiny |
1992 |
Buy |
| Faces of Fire |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Disinherited |
1992 |
Buy |
| From the Depths |
1993 |
Buy |
| Shadows on the Sun |
1993 |
Buy |
| Windows on a Lost World |
1993 |
Buy |
| Crossroad |
1994 |
Buy |
| Firestorm |
1994 |
Buy |
| Sarek |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Patrian Transgression |
1994 |
Buy |
| Traitor Winds |
1994 |
Buy |
| Recovery |
1995 |
Buy |
| First Strike |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Rings of Taute |
1996 |
Buy |
| Twilight’s End |
1996 |
Buy |
| Mudd in Your Eye |
1997 |
Buy |
| Vulcan’s Forge |
1997 |
Buy |
| Assignment: Eternity |
1998 |
Buy |
| Constitution |
1999 |
Buy |
| Vulcan’s Heart |
1999 |
Buy |
| Honor Blade |
2000 |
Buy |
| Rough Trails |
2000 |
Buy |
| Swordhunt |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Flaming Arrow |
2000 |
Buy |
| Thin Air |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Aliens Are Coming! |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Last Roundup |
2002 |
Buy |
| Garth of Izar |
2003 |
Buy |
| Gemini |
2003 |
Buy |
| Ex Machina |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse |
2004 |
Buy |
| Burning Dreams |
2006 |
Buy |
| Troublesome Minds |
2009 |
Buy |
| Inception |
2010 |
Buy |
| Unspoken Truth |
2010 |
Buy |
| A Choice of Catastrophes |
2011 |
Buy |
| That Which Divides |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Rings of Time |
2012 |
Buy |
| Allegiance in Exile |
2013 |
Buy |
| Devil’s Bargain |
2013 |
Buy |
| From History’s Shadow |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Folded World |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Shocks of Adversity |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Weight of Worlds |
2013 |
Buy |
| Foul Deeds Will Rise |
2014 |
Buy |
| No Time Like the Past |
2014 |
Buy |
| Serpents in the Garden |
2014 |
Buy |
| Shadow of the Machine |
2014 |
Buy |
| The More Things Change |
2014 |
Buy |
| All That’s Left |
2015 |
Buy |
| Armageddon’s Arrow |
2015 |
Buy |
| Child of Two Worlds |
2015 |
Buy |
| Crisis of Consciousness |
2015 |
Buy |
| Savage Trade |
2015 |
Buy |
| Elusive Salvation |
2016 |
Buy |
| Miasma |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Face of the Unknown |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Latter Fire |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Antares Maelstrom |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Captain’s Oath |
2019 |
Buy |
| A Contest of Principles |
2020 |
Buy |
| Agents of Influence |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Higher Frontier |
2020 |
Buy |
| Living Memory |
2021 |
Buy |
| Harm’s Way |
2022 |
Buy |
| Lost to Eternity |
2024 |
Buy |
Star Trek: TOS: Rihannsu Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| My Enemy, My Ally |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Romulan Way |
1987 |
Buy |
| Honor Blade |
2000 |
Buy |
| Swordhunt |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Empty Chair |
2006 |
Buy |
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Numbered) Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Encounter at Farpoint |
1987 |
Buy |
| Ghost Ship |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Children of Hamlin |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Peacekeepers |
1988 |
Buy |
| Masks |
1989 |
Buy |
| Power Hungry |
1989 |
Buy |
| Strike Zone |
1989 |
Buy |
| Survivors |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Captain’s Honor |
1989 |
Buy |
| A Rock and a Hard Place |
1990 |
Buy |
| Doomsday World |
1990 |
Buy |
| Exiles |
1990 |
Buy |
| Gulliver’s Fugitives |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Eyes of the Beholders |
1990 |
Buy |
| Boogeymen |
1991 |
Buy |
| Contamination |
1991 |
Buy |
| Perchance to Dream |
1991 |
Buy |
| Q-in-Law |
1991 |
Buy |
| Chains of Command |
1992 |
Buy |
| Imbalance |
1992 |
Buy |
| Nightshade |
1992 |
Buy |
| Spartacus |
1992 |
Buy |
| War Drums |
1992 |
Buy |
| Grounded |
1993 |
Buy |
| Guises of the Mind |
1993 |
Buy |
| Here There Be Dragons |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Romulan Prize |
1993 |
Buy |
| Debtors’ Planet |
1994 |
Buy |
| Foreign Foes |
1994 |
Buy |
| Requiem |
1994 |
Buy |
| Sins of Commission |
1994 |
Buy |
| Balance of Power |
1995 |
Buy |
| Blaze of Glory |
1995 |
Buy |
| Into the Nebula |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Last Stand |
1995 |
Buy |
| The Romulan Stratagem |
1995 |
Buy |
| A Fury Scorned |
1996 |
Buy |
| Dragon’s Honor |
1996 |
Buy |
| Infiltrator |
1996 |
Buy |
| Possession |
1996 |
Buy |
| Rogue Saucer |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Soldiers of Fear |
1996 |
Buy |
| Intellivore |
1997 |
Buy |
| Sins of Commission |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Death of Princes |
1997 |
Buy |
| To Storm Heaven |
1997 |
Buy |
| Q-Strike |
1998 |
Buy |
| Double or Nothing |
1999 |
Buy |
| Dyson Sphere |
1999 |
Buy |
| I, Q |
1999 |
Buy |
| Infection |
1999 |
Buy |
| Quarantine |
1999 |
Buy |
| Red Sector |
1999 |
Buy |
| The First Virtue |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Forgotten War |
1999 |
Buy |
| Vectors |
1999 |
Buy |
| Gemworld, Book One |
2000 |
Buy |
| Gemworld, Book Two |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Genesis Wave Book One |
2000 |
Buy |
| Vectors: Double Helix #2 |
2000 |
Buy |
| Diplomatic Implausibility |
2001 |
Buy |
| Maximum Warp: Book One |
2001 |
Buy |
| Maximum Warp: Book Two |
2001 |
Buy |
| Rogue: Section 31 Book 2 |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Genesis Wave, Book Two |
2001 |
Buy |
| Tooth and Claw |
2001 |
Buy |
| A Hard Rain |
2002 |
Buy |
| Immortal Coil |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Battle of Betazed |
2002 |
Buy |
| Sand and Stars |
2004 |
Buy |
| Takedown |
2015 |
Buy |
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Original) Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Call to Darkness |
1989 |
Buy |
| Metamorphosis |
1990 |
Buy |
| Fortune’s Light |
1991 |
Buy |
| Reunion |
1991 |
Buy |
| Vendetta |
1991 |
Buy |
| Imzadi |
1992 |
Buy |
| Relics |
1992 |
Buy |
| Dark Mirror |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Devil’s Heart |
1993 |
Buy |
| Who Killed Captain Kirk? |
1993 |
Buy |
| Q-Squared |
1994 |
Buy |
| Crossover |
1995 |
Buy |
| Kahless |
1996 |
Buy |
| Ship of the Line |
1997 |
Buy |
| Imzadi II: Triangle |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Best and the Brightest |
1998 |
Buy |
| I, Q |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Valiant |
2000 |
Buy |
| A Hard Rain |
2002 |
Buy |
| Immortal Coil |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Battle of Betazed |
2002 |
Buy |
| Do Comets Dream? |
2003 |
Buy |
| Before Dishonor |
2007 |
Buy |
| Q & A |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Sky’s the Limit |
2007 |
Buy |
| Greater Than the Sum |
2008 |
Buy |
| Indistinguishable from Magic |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Stuff of Dreams |
2013 |
Buy |
| Q are Cordially Uninvited… |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Light Fantastic |
2014 |
Buy |
| Takedown |
2015 |
Buy |
| Headlong Flight |
2017 |
Buy |
| Hearts and Minds |
2017 |
Buy |
| Available Light |
2019 |
Buy |
| Shadows Have Offended |
2021 |
Buy |
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Signature Edition Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Imzadi Forever |
2003 |
Buy |
| Pantheon |
2003 |
Buy |
| Duty, Honor, Redemption |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Hand of Kahless |
2004 |
Buy |
Star Trek: The Originals#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages |
2006 |
Buy |
The Outer Limits Collections Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Outer Limits, Volume 1 |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Outer Limits, Volume Three |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Outer Limits, Volume Two |
1998 |
Buy |
The Tale of the Five Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Door Into Fire |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Door Into Shadow |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Door into Sunset |
1992 |
Buy |
X-Com#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| X-COM |
1995 |
Buy |
X-Men Adventures Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Irresistible Force |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Muir Island Saga |
1994 |
Buy |
| Empire’s End |
1997 |
Buy |
| Smoke & Mirrors |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Jewels of Cyttorak |
1997 |
Buy |
| Codename Wolverine |
1998 |
Buy |
| Law of the Jungle |
1998 |
Buy |
| Prisoner X |
1998 |
Buy |
| Soul Killer |
1999 |
Buy |
| Shadows of the Past |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Chaos Engine |
2000 |
Buy |
| X-Men |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Last Stand |
2006 |
Buy |
| Watchers on the Walls |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Return |
2007 |
Buy |
Young Wizards Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| So You Want to Be a Wizard |
1983 |
Buy |
| Deep Wizardry |
1985 |
Buy |
| High Wizardry |
1990 |
Buy |
| A Wizard Abroad |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Wizard’s Dilemma |
2001 |
Buy |
| A Wizard Alone |
2002 |
Buy |
| Wizard’s Holiday |
2003 |
Buy |
| Wizards at War |
2005 |
Buy |
| A Wizard of Mars |
2010 |
Buy |
| How Lovely Are Thy Branches |
2015 |
Buy |
| Lifeboats |
2015 |
Buy |
| Games Wizards Play |
2016 |
Buy |
Diane Duane is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has been writing professionally since the late 1970s. She is best known for the Young Wizards series, which began in 1983 with So You Want to Be a Wizard and has continued for over four decades. The series, featuring teenage wizards fighting entropy across dimensions, predates Harry Potter and has earned a loyal readership for its scientific approach to magic.
Beyond her original fiction, Duane is one of the most prolific Star Trek novelists, having contributed over 100 books to the franchise. Her Rihannsu series, which details Romulan history and culture, has become semi-canonical among fans. She has also written for television, including work on Star Trek: The Animated Series, and has contributed to numerous other media franchises including Spider-Man and X-Men novels. Duane is married to fellow author Peter Morwood, with whom she has collaborated on several projects.
Frequently Asked Questions
What series has Diane Duane written?
Diane Duane is best known for the Young Wizards series (12 books) and the Cat Wizards spinoff. She has also written extensively for Star Trek across multiple series, including the Rihannsu novels about Romulan culture. Her other works include The Tale of the Five fantasy series and numerous media tie-in novels.
What should I read first by Diane Duane?
Start with So You Want to Be a Wizard, the first book in the Young Wizards series. This 1983 novel introduces Duane’s approach to magic and adventure, and the series remains her most celebrated original work. For Star Trek fans, her Rihannsu novels beginning with My Enemy, My Ally are considered essential reading.
How many Star Trek books has Diane Duane written?
Diane Duane has written over 100 Star Trek novels and related works across The Original Series, The Next Generation, and other Star Trek properties. Her Rihannsu series, which explores Romulan culture in depth, is particularly acclaimed among Trek fans.