By Karen Traviss. The last novel of the Imperial Commando-Legends series takes place after the end of the Clone Wars.

By Eric Nylund. This is the first of the Halo books—books written in the same universe as the popular video game.

By James Blish. The first original novel based on the popular Star Trek: The Original Series in which a transporter malfunction creates a second Spock.

By Theodore Sturgeon. A new atomic submarine and a “mad” admiral are faced with action adventure when a radiation belt catches fire and they must find a way to beat the heat.

By Barry Malzberg.

By William Kotzwinkle. Both books are based on the hugely famous movie.

By Orson Scott Card The novel is similar to the movie by James Cameron, but gives the characters more depth and background as well as more attention to the aliens.

By John Shirley. For one hundred years we have been safe from the Predators, but that ends now.

By Joan D. Vinge. A tie-in novel based on a movie that was based on a novel meant for a YA audience.

By Stephen Cole. Is an original novel based on the Doctor Who television series and features the ninth doctor and his companion Rose. The TARDIS is drawn down to a prison camp and the Doctor and Rose are separated.

By Christie Golden. These are medi tie in's to the popular movies but extend the stories using the same characters.

By Peter David. Mass Effect, and other best selling video games often have books expanding the story or set in the same universe as the game. These are often attempts to milk the game franchise, but sometimes these stories are decent in their own right.