A book consists of a number of pages bound together. As technology developed, books became available in electronic form to be viewed on PADDs or computer terminals. Books were very popular before the introduction of other media like television or holonovels.
Starfleet Admiral James T. Kirk received the book A Tale of Two Cities on his birthday. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
Captain Jean-Luc Picard had a collection with Shakespeare's plays in form of a book displayed in his ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-D. (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
After Vash returned from the Gamma Quadrant in 2369 she thought about writing a book of all the civilizations she encountered there. (DS9: "Q-Less")
Benjamin Sisko told his son that all books of Galileo Galilei were burned after he was found guilty by the Inquisition. (DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets")
Miles O'Brien introduced Odo to 20th century crime novels, and Odo was later seen reading them on PADDs several times, including Kiss Me Deadly. (DS9: "Shadows and Symbols")
In an alternate timeline Jake Sisko published two books. (DS9: "The Visitor")
Literature
- Bajoran
- Cardassian
- Fabrini
- Ferengi
- Human
- Amazing Detective Stories (magazine series)
- Anslem
- Beowulf
- Chicago Mobs of the Twenties
- Christmas Carol, A
- Cold Moon Over Blackwater
- Collected Stories
- Cosmos A-to-Z
- Dansk Lovsamling
- Fatal Revenge, The
- Gray's Anatomy
- Holy Bible
- Hotel Royale
- How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage
- Hunchback of Notre Dame, The
- I, the Jury
- Incredible Tales
- Inferno, The
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Leonard McCoy's Comparative Alien Physiology
- Les Misérables
- The Little Mermaid
- Linear Models of Viral Propagation
- Moby Dick
- Paradise Lost
- Paradise Regained
- Pinocchio
- Tale of Two Cities, A
- Tempest, The
- Through the Looking Glass
- The Tyger
- Ulysses
- Verdenskrigen IV
- War of the Worlds, The
- Klingon
- Talaxian
- Vulcan
- Clash on the Fire Plains
- Dictates of Poetics, The
- Falor's Journey
- Teachings of Surak, The
- Unknown
Background
Several Danish or Swedish books used as set dressing were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]