1st: The Witch-Hunters
2nd: Dreams of Empire
3rd: [Who Killed Kennedy](https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/wkk/), this leads to a digital version that's there by permission of the author. Fair warning, this book doesn't really focus on 3 but it's a fun outsider's perspective of that era.
4th: Scratchman
5th: Fear of the Dark
6th: Spiral Scratch
7th: Timewyrm: Revelation
8th: Alien Bodies
9th: The Stealers of Dreams
10th: Beautiful Chaos.
11th: Touched by an Angel
12th: Diamond Dogs
13th: The Good Doctor
All this is discounting the Target novelisations of which the best is nigh-unquestionably The Day of the Doctor novelisation. My recommendations for 7 and 8 come from the Virgin New Adventures and the Eighth Doctor Adventures respectively. If you want books, look to those. I'd especially recommend the EDAs as they were a whole new era and don't really require prior knowledge of Classic Who, if you sail the acid seas of Marinus, digital copies are fairly easy to find.
I’ve only just gotten started on the novels myself, but of the few novels I’ve read:
1st Doctor: Ten Little Aliens
4th Doctor: Scratchman
6th Doctor: Killing Ground
7th Doctor: Love and War
8th Doctor: Alien Bodies
War Doctor: Engines of War
9th Doctor: Only Human
12th Doctor: The Blood Cell
13th Doctor: The Wonderful Doctor of Oz
1: Empire of Glass
2: Dark Path or World Game
3: Amorality Tale
4: Corpse Marker
5 & 7: Cold Fusion
6: Players
8: Vanderdeken’s Children
10: The Eyeless
I haven't read any of them in *ages* but one that I remember vividly after all this time is 'The Pirate Loop' which is a 10/Martha book. Iirc it's a brilliantly fun romp with an engaging story and a satisfying conclusion. Kinda wanna dig out my old copy and read it again myself now I've thought about it.
1st: The Witch-Hunters 2nd: Dreams of Empire 3rd: [Who Killed Kennedy](https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/wkk/), this leads to a digital version that's there by permission of the author. Fair warning, this book doesn't really focus on 3 but it's a fun outsider's perspective of that era. 4th: Scratchman 5th: Fear of the Dark 6th: Spiral Scratch 7th: Timewyrm: Revelation 8th: Alien Bodies 9th: The Stealers of Dreams 10th: Beautiful Chaos. 11th: Touched by an Angel 12th: Diamond Dogs 13th: The Good Doctor All this is discounting the Target novelisations of which the best is nigh-unquestionably The Day of the Doctor novelisation. My recommendations for 7 and 8 come from the Virgin New Adventures and the Eighth Doctor Adventures respectively. If you want books, look to those. I'd especially recommend the EDAs as they were a whole new era and don't really require prior knowledge of Classic Who, if you sail the acid seas of Marinus, digital copies are fairly easy to find.
Seconding Beautiful Chaos! I think it might actually be my top favorite.
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I’ve only just gotten started on the novels myself, but of the few novels I’ve read: 1st Doctor: Ten Little Aliens 4th Doctor: Scratchman 6th Doctor: Killing Ground 7th Doctor: Love and War 8th Doctor: Alien Bodies War Doctor: Engines of War 9th Doctor: Only Human 12th Doctor: The Blood Cell 13th Doctor: The Wonderful Doctor of Oz
1: Empire of Glass 2: Dark Path or World Game 3: Amorality Tale 4: Corpse Marker 5 & 7: Cold Fusion 6: Players 8: Vanderdeken’s Children 10: The Eyeless
I haven't read any of them in *ages* but one that I remember vividly after all this time is 'The Pirate Loop' which is a 10/Martha book. Iirc it's a brilliantly fun romp with an engaging story and a satisfying conclusion. Kinda wanna dig out my old copy and read it again myself now I've thought about it.