1996

Major Events

 * Khan Noonien Singh and his Augments are defeated and sent into exile.
 * USS Voyager thrown backward in time to this year.

In the Real World

 * Star Trek celebrates its thirtieth anniversary.

January

 * TOS novel #77: Twilight's End, by Jerry Oltion
 * TNG novel #38: Dragon's Honor , by Kij Johnson and Greg Cox

February

 * DS9 novel #14: The Long Night, by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
 * DS9 YA novel #7: Gypsy World, by Ted Pedersen
 * VOY novel #6: The Murdered Sun'', by Christie Golden

March

 * TNG novel #39: Rogue Saucer , by John Vornholt

April

 * TOS novel: The Return, by William Shatner and Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
 * TNG: SA novel #10: Loyalties, by Patricia Barnes-Svarney
 * VOY novel #7: Ghost of a Chance, by Mark A. Garland and Charles G. McGraw
 * Reference: The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide, by Marc Okrand

May

 * TOS novel #78:  The Rings of Tautee , by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
 * TNG novel #40: Possession, by J.M. Dillard and Kathleen O'Malley
 * TNG novelization: Klingon, by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
 * DS9 novel #15: Objective: Bajor, by John Peel
 * Reference: Federation Passport, by J.M. Dillard

June

 * TNG novel #41: Invasion!, Book 2: The Soldiers of Fear, by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
 * DS9 YA novel #8: Highest Score, by Kem Antilles
 * VOY novel #8: Cybersong, by S.N. Lewitt

July

 * TOS novel #79: Invasion!, Book 1: First Strike, by Diane Carey

August

 * TOS: SA novel #1: Crisis on Vulcan, by Brad Strickland and Barbara Strickland
 * DS9 novel #16: Invasion!, Book 3: Time's Enemy , by L.A. Graf
 * VOY novel #9: Invasion!, Book 4: The Final Fury, by Dafydd ab Hugh

September

 * TOS novel # 80: The Joy Machine, by James Gunn, based on a story by Theodore Sturgeon
 * TOS: SA novel #2: Aftershock, by John Vornholt
 * TNG novel #42: Infiltrator, by W.R. Thompson
 * DS9 novel #18: Saratoga, by Michael Jan Friedman

October

 * TOS: SA novel #3: Cadet Kirk, by Diane Carey
 * DS9 novel #17: The Heart of the Warrior, by John Gregory Betancourt
 * VOY novelization: Flashback, by Diane Carey
 * VOY novel: Mosaic, by Jeri Taylor

November

 * DS9 novel #18: Saratoga, by Michael Jan Friedman
 * VOY comic #1: The Storm, by Laurie Sutton

December

 * TNG novel #43: A Fury Scorned, by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski
 * TNG: SA novel #11: Crossfire, by John Vornholt
 * TNG novelization: Star Trek: First Contact,by J.M. Dillard
 * DS9 novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations, by Diane Carey
 * VOY novel #10: Bless the Beasts, by Karen Haber
 * VOY comic #2: Under Ion Skies, by Laurie Sutton