Order of Anne McCaffrey Books
Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011) was an American-Irish novelist of science fiction, fantasy and planetary romance. She is best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series and the novel The Ship Who Sang. She got the inspiration for another one of her well known novels, Restoree, when she saw how women were portrayed in science fiction, while their men would be the ones fighting the aliens, thus it was important to her to create a stronger female lead character. McCaffrey would receive dozens among dozens of awards for her work and was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2006. She died at age 85 from a stroke.
Anne McCaffrey started writing short stories in the 1950s. Her first novel published was Dragonflight, which came out in 1968. Below is a list of Anne McCaffrey’s books in order of when they were originally published (as well as in chronological order):
Publication Order of Dragonriders of Pern Books
| Dragonflight | (1968) |    |
| Dragonquest | (1971) | |
| Dragonsong | (1976) | |
| Dragonsinger | (1977) | |
| The White Dragon | (1978) | |
| Dragondrums | (1979) | |
| Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | (1983) | |
| Nerilka's Story | (1986) | |
| Dragonsdawn | (1988) | |
| The Renegades of Pern | (1989) | |
| All the Weyrs of Pern | (1991) | |
| The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall | (1993) | |
| The Dolphins of Pern | (1994) | |
| Red Star Rising / Dragonseye | (1996) | |
| The Masterharper of Pern | (1998) | |
| The Skies of Pern | (2001) | |
| A Gift of Dragons | (2002) | |
| Dragon's Kin | (2003) | |
| Dragonsblood | (2005) | |
| Dragon's Fire | (2006) | |
| Dragon Harper | (2007) | |
| Dragonheart | (2008) | |
| Dragon Girl | (2010) | |
| Dragon's Time | (2011) | |
| Sky Dragons | (2011) | |
| Dragon's Code | (2018) | |
Chronological Order of Dragonriders of Pern Books
| Dragonsdawn | (1988) | |
| The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall | (1993) | |
| Dragonsblood | (2005) | |
| Red Star Rising / Dragonseye | (1996) | |
| Dragon's Kin | (2003) | |
| Dragon's Fire | (2006) | |
| Dragon Harper | (2007) | |
| Dragonheart | (2008) | |
| Dragon Girl | (2010) | |
| Dragon's Time | (2011) | |
| Sky Dragons | (2011) | |
| Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern | (1983) | |
| Nerilka's Story | (1986) | |
| The Masterharper of Pern | (1998) | |
| Dragonflight | (1968) | |
| Dragonquest | (1971) | |
| Dragonsong | (1976) | |
| Dragonsinger | (1977) | |
| Dragondrums | (1979) | |
| Dragon's Code | (2018) | |
| The White Dragon | (1978) | |
| A Gift of Dragons | (2002) | |
| The Renegades of Pern | (1989) | |
| All the Weyrs of Pern | (1991) | |
| The Dolphins of Pern | (1994) | |
| The Skies of Pern | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Acorna Books
(with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Margaret Ball)
| Acorna: The Unicorn Girl | (1997) | |
| Acorna's Quest | (1998) | |
| Acorna's People | (1999) | |
| Acorna's World | (1999) | |
| Acorna's Search | (2001) | |
| Acorna's Rebels | (2003) | |
| Acorna's Triumph | (2004) | |
| First Warning: Acorna's Children | (2005) | |
| Second Wave: Acorna's Children | (2006) | |
| Third Watch: Acorna's Children | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Acorna's Children Books
(with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
| First Warning: Acorna's Children | (2005) | |
| Second Wave: Acorna's Children | (2006) | |
| Third Watch: Acorna's Children | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Brainship Books
| The Ship Who Sang | (1969) | |
| The Ship Who Searched | (1992) | |
| PartnerShip | (1992) | |
| The City Who Fought | (1993) | |
| The Ship Who Won | (1993) | |
| The Ship Errant | (1996) | |
| The Ship Avenged | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Crystal Universe Books
| The Coelura | (1983) | |
| Nimisha's Ship | (1998) | |
Publication Order of Crystal Singer Trilogy Books
| Crystal Singer | (1982) | |
| Killashandra | (1985) | |
| Crystal Line | (1992) | |
Publication Order of Dinosaur Planet Books
| Dinosaur Planet | (1978) | |
| Dinosaur Planet Survivors | (1984) | |
Publication Order of Doona Books
| Decision at Doona | (1969) | |
| Crisis on Doona | (1992) | |
| Treaty at Doona / Treaty Planet | (1994) | |
Publication Order of Freedom Books
| Freedom's Landing | (1995) | |
| Freedom's Choice | (1997) | |
| Freedom's Challenge | (1998) | |
| Freedom's Ransom | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Harper Hall of Pern Books
| Dragonsong | (1976) | |
| Dragonsinger | (1977) | |
| Dragondrums | (1979) | |
Publication Order of New Adventures of Pern Books
(with Todd J. McCaffrey)
| Dragon's Kin | (2003) | |
| Dragon's Fire | (2006) | |
| Dragon Harper | (2007) | |
| Dragon's Time | (2011) | |
| Sky Dragons | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Petaybee/Powers Trilogy Books
(with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
| Powers That Be | (1993) | |
| Power Lines | (1994) | |
| Power Play | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Planet Pirates Books
| Sassinak | (1990) | |
| The Death of Sleep | (1990) | |
| Generation Warriors | (1991) | |
Publication Order of The Talent Books
| To Ride Pegasus | (1973) | |
| Pegasus in Flight | (1990) | |
| Pegasus in Space | (2000) | |
Publication Order of Tales of the Barque Cats Books
(with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
| Catalyst | (2009) | |
| Catacombs | (2010) | |
Publication Order of The Tower and Hive Books
| The Rowan | (1990) | |
| Damia | (1991) | |
| Damia's Children | (1993) | |
| Lyon's Pride | (1994) | |
| The Tower and the Hive | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Twins of Petaybee Books
(with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
| Changelings | (2005) | |
| Maelstrom | (2006) | |
| Deluge | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Three Women Books
| Ring of Fear | (1971) | |
| The Kilternan Legacy | (1975) | |
| Three Women | (1990) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Restoree | (1967) | |
| The Mark of Merlin | (1971) | |
| Stitch in Snow | (1984) | |
| The Year of the Lucy | (1986) | |
| The Lady | (1987) | |
| An Exchange Of Gifts | (1995) | |
| No One Noticed the Cat | (1996) | |
| If Wishes Were Horses | (1998) | |
| Black Horses for the King | (1998) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| A Time When | (1975) | |
| Duty Calls | (1988) | |
| Rescue Run | (1991) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Get Off the Unicorn | (1977) | |
| Future love | (1977) | |
| Habit is an old horse | (1984) | |
| The Girl Who Heard Dragons | (1985) | |
| A Gift of Dragons | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Cooking Out Of This World | (1973) | |
| The Atlas of Pern | (1984) | |
| A Diversity of Dragons | (1995) | |
| Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey | (1996) | |
Publication Order of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Books
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. I | (1985) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. II | (1986) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. III | (1987) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. IV | (1988) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. V | (1989) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. VI | (1990) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. VII | (1991) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. VIII | (1992) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. IX | (1993) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. X | (1994) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XI | (1995) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XII | (1996) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XIII | (1997) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XIV | (1998) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XV | (1999) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents The Best of Writers of the Future | (2000) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XVI | (2000) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XVII | (2001) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XVIII | (2002) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XIX | (2002) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XX | (2004) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXI | (2005) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXII | (2006) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXIII | (2007) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXIV | (2008) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXV | (2009) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXVI | (2010) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: The First 25 Years | (2010) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXVII | (2011) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXVIII | (2012) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXIX | (2013) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 30 | (2014) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 31 | (2015) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 32 | (2016) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 33 | (2017) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 34 | (2018) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. 35 | (2019) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 | (2020) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 37 | (2021) | |
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 38 | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Infinite Stars Books
| Infinite Stars | (2017) | |
| Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Legends Books
(with Diana Gabaldon, Tad Williams, George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Terry Brooks, Robert Silverberg, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Haydon)
| Legends | (1998) | |
| Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King | (1998) | |
| Legends 3 | (1999) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Alchemy and Academe | (1970) | |
| Continuum 2 | (1974) | |
| Continuum 1 | (1974) | |
| Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton | (1985) | |
| Once Upon a Time | (1991) | |
| Cats in Space... and Other Places | (1992) | |
| The Ultimate Alien | (1995) | |
| Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear | (1996) | |
| Space Opera | (1996) | |
| Mothers and Daughters | (1998) | |
| Far Horizons | (1999) | |
| On Dragonwings | (2003) | |
| Federations | (2009) | |
| Women of Futures Past | (2016) | |
| Infinite Stars | (2017) | |
Notes: The Ship Who Won, The Death of Sleep and all Doona books except for Decision at Doona were co-authored with Jody Lynn Nye. Sassinak and Generation Warriors were co-authored with Elizabeth Moon. The Petaybee series, Twins of Petaybee, Barque Cats, Acorna’s Children and all Acorna books following Acorna’s Peoplewere co-authored with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Acorna: The Unicorn Girl, Acorna’s Quest and Partnership were co-authored with Margaret Ball. The New Adventures of Pern series was co-authored with Todd McCaffrey. The Ship Who Searched was co-authored by Mercedes Lackey. The City Who Fought was co-authored by S.M. Stirling.
DragonsEye was also published as Red Star Rising. The Lady: A Tale of Ireland was also published as Carradyne Touch.
Future Love also has stories by Jeffrey A. Carver and J. Hunter Holly. Space Opera was edited with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. The Atlas of Pern was written with Karen W. Fonstad. Serve it Forth was co-authored by John Gregory Betancourt.
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I found a pdf that states this: SUGGESTED READING ORDERS OF BOOKS AND STORIES IN ANNE MCCAFFREY’S PERN SERIES
Fans often ask for advice as to the order in which to read the books in the popular Dragonriders of Pern© series. Anne McCaffrey herself suggests you should read them in the order in which they were published. You can get the PDF here: http://www.pernhome.com/aim/2006-Pern-Reading-Order.pdf
Now I can begin my collection and (hopefully) stop worrying where to begin reading or what order.
When you click the link you will download the PDF immediately – so if you don’t want to download it, don’t click the link. I also posted this to the Order of Dragonriders of Pern page.
There’s a book missing from the standalone list. Restoree published in 1967.
Quote from above: “The Ship Who Searched was co-authored by Mercedes Lacey.”
That should be Mercedes Lackey.
just because its the date of publication, doesnt mean thats the chronological order they go in. You should make a list of that too with the pern books