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THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN BOOKS
This is the suggested reading order (By Anne McCaffrey as well as several others) for the books.
*Denotes short story
 
DragonFlight
DragonQuest
DragonSong
DragonSinger
DragonDrums
The White Dragon
*Runner of Pern 		These are the suggested books to read specifically for role play on Pern RPG.  If you wish to read only one, we recommend DragonFlight.
 
Moreta
Nerilka's Story
Dragonsdawn
Chronicles of Pern
*The Impression
*Smallest Dragonboy
*Girl Who Heard Dragons
Renegades of Pern
All the Weyrs of Pern
Dolphins of Pern
Dragonseye
Masterharper of Pern
*Runner of Pern
Skies of Pern
*Beyond Between
DragonsKin
Dragonsblood
Dragonheart
Dragon's Fire
Dragon Harper
This is the Chronological Order in which the books occur. We recommend you read the books in the order listed above, then if you wish, you can go back and reread the books in chronological order.
 
Pass or Interval Turn Book or Short Story
0 190 BL
 (Before Landing) 		Survey P.E.R.N.
First Pass 0-8 DragonsDawn
9 The Dolphins Bell
19 The Ford of Red Hanrahan
28 The Second Weyr
First Interval 58 Rescue Run
257 DragonsEye (Red Star Rising-UK)
Second Pass 258 DragonsEye (Red Star Rising-UK)
Second Interval   DragonsKin
Dragon's Fire
Dragon Harper
Third Pass 507 DragonsBlood
Sixth Pass 1550 Moreta
Nerilka
Sixth Interval 1558 Nerilka
Eighth Interval 2452 Masterharper of Pern
2505 DragonFlight
Ninth Pass 2508 DragonFlight
*Runner of Pern
2514 DragonQuest
DragonSong
2515 DragonSinger
2518 *The Impression
Renegades of Pern
DragonDrums
*The Smallest Dragonboy
2519 The White Dragon
The Girl Who Heard Dragons
All the Weyrs of Pern
Dolphins of Pern
2538 Skies of Pern
DragonsKin and *Beyond Between
     
  Below is the list of all publications relating to the Dragonriders of Pern

Novels:

Dragonflight
Dragonquest
The White Dragon
Dragonsong
Dragonsinger
Dragondrums
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Nerilka's Story
Dragonsdawn
The Renegades of Pern
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
All the Weyrs of Pern
The Dolphins of Pern
Dragonseye ( Red Star Rising - UK)
The Masterharper of Pern
The Skies of Pern 
DragonsKin
DragonsBlood
Dragonsblood (by Todd McCaffrey)
Dragon's Fire (with Todd McCaffrey)
Dragon Harper (with Todd McCaffrey)

 

 Short Stories (Source):

The Smallest Dragonboy (Get Off the Unicorn)
The Girl Who Heard Dragons (The Girl Who Heard Dragons)
The Impression (Dragonlover's Guide to Pern)
The Ford of Red Hanrahan (Chronicles of Pern)
Rescue Run (Chronicles of Pern)
The Second Weyr (Chronicles of Pern)
Survey: P.E.R.N. (Chronicles of Pern)
Dolphin's Bell (Chronicles of Pern)
Runner of Pern (Legends)
Beyond Between (Legends II)

Novellas included in novels

Weyr Search (Analog, 1967), in Dragonflight
Dragonrider (Analog, Dec-Jan 1967-1968), in Dragonflight
A Time When (NESFA Press, 1975) in The White Dragon

 Companion Books

The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern by Jody Lynn Nye & Anne McCaffrey
The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern 2nd Edition by Jody Lynn Nye & Anne McCaffrey
The People of Pern by Robin Wood with text by Anne McCaffrey
The Atlas of Pern by Karen Wynn Fonstad  

 

Omnibus

The Dragonriders of Pern which contains Dragonflight, Dragonquest, and The White Dragon
The Harper Hall of Pern which contains Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums

All other things Dragonriders of Pern

Graphic novel Dragonflight from Eclipse Comics
Dragonharper (A Crossroads Adventure Game) by Jody Lynn Nye
Dragonfire (A Crossroads Adventure Game) by Jody Lynn Nye
Dragonriders of Pern boardgame from Mayfair Games
Dragonriders of Pern : The Book Game from Nova Games Designs
Chronicles of Pern: Dragonriders (A computer (PC) and Sega Dreamcast RP Game)
Masterharper of Pern CD by Tania Opland & Mike Freeman
The Bronze Dragon of Pern model by Ral Partha
Ruatha model by Dreams of Dragons
Ramoth Hatching model by Dreams of Dragons
Ramoth (adult) model by Dreams of Dragons
Menolly model by Dreams of Dragons 

   
 

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Last update:  2/6/2010
 


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