Anne McCaffrey Reading Order

10 books (1997–2007)

Start with Acorna: The Unicorn Girl, the first of 10 books in the Acorna series.

#	Title
1	Acorna: The Unicorn Girl 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Acorna's Quest 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Acorna's People 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Acorna's World 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Acorna's Search 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	Acorna's Rebels 2003Buy 🇺🇸
7	Acorna's Triumph 2004Buy 🇺🇸
8	First Warning: Acorna's Children 2005Buy 🇺🇸
9	Second Wave: Acorna's Children 2006Buy 🇺🇸
10	Third Watch: Acorna's Children 2007Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2005–2007)

Start with First Warning: Acorna's Children and read in order.

#	Title
1	First Warning: Acorna's Children 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Second Wave: Acorna's Children 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Third Watch: Acorna's Children 2007Buy 🇺🇸

36 books (1967–2017)

Start with Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1967, the first of 36 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1967 1967Buy 🇺🇸
2	Analog 7 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, March 1969 1969Buy 🇺🇸
4	Alchemy and Academe 1970Buy 🇺🇸
5	Young Demons 1972Buy 🇺🇸
6	Demon Kind 1973Buy 🇺🇸
7	More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2 1973Buy 🇺🇸
8	Ten Tomorrows 1973Buy 🇺🇸
9	Continuum 1 1974Buy 🇺🇸
10	Continuum 2 1974Buy 🇺🇸
11	Science Fiction Today and Tomorrow: A Discursive Symposium 1975Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 1981Buy 🇺🇸
13	Dragon Tales 1982Buy 🇺🇸
14	Science Fiction A to Z 1982Buy 🇺🇸
15	Nebula Award Stories 3 1983Buy 🇺🇸
16	Moonsinger's Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton 1985Buy 🇺🇸
17	Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three 1990Buy 🇺🇸
18	Once Upon a Time 1991Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cats in Space... and Other Places 1992Buy 🇺🇸
20	Christmas Stars 1992Buy 🇺🇸
21	Confederacy of the Dead 1993Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women 1995Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Ultimate Alien 1995Buy 🇺🇸
24	Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear 1996Buy 🇺🇸
25	Space Opera 1996Buy 🇺🇸
26	Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011 1998Buy 🇺🇸
27	Mothers and Daughters 1998Buy 🇺🇸
28	Runner of Pern 1998Buy 🇺🇸
29	Far Horizons 1999Buy 🇺🇸
30	On Dragonwings 2003Buy 🇺🇸
31	Emerald Eye 2005Buy 🇺🇸
32	Dancing with the Dark 2009Buy 🇺🇸
33	Federations 2009Buy 🇺🇸
34	Lightspeed: Year One 2011Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Fleet 2011Buy 🇺🇸
36	Infinite Stars 2017Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1969–2026)

Start with The Ship Who Sang, the first of 8 books in the Brainship series.

#	Title
1	The Ship Who Sang 1969Buy 🇺🇸
2	PartnerShip(By: Margaret Ball) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Ship Who Searched(With: Mercedes Lackey) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	The City Who Fought(By: S.M. Stirling) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Ship Who Won(With: Jody Lynn Nye) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Ship Errant(By: Jody Lynn Nye) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Ship Avenged(By: S.M. Stirling) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Ship Who Dared(By: Mercedes Lackey,Veronica Giguere) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1991–1993)

Start with Dragonflight #1(With: Brynne Stephens) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dragonflight #1(With: Brynne Stephens) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dragonflight #2(With: Brynne Stephens) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dragonflight #3(With: Brynne Stephens) 1993Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1982–1992)

Start with Crystal Singer and read in order.

#	Title
1	Crystal Singer 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Killashandra 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	Crystal Line 1992Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1983–1998)

Start with The Coelura and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Coelura 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Nimisha's Ship 1998Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1978–1984)

Start with Dinosaur Planet and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dinosaur Planet 1978Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dinosaur Planet Survivors 1984Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1969–1994)

Start with Decision at Doona and read in order.

#	Title
1	Decision at Doona 1969Buy 🇺🇸
2	Crisis on Doona(With: Jody Lynn Nye) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Treaty at Doona / Treaty Planet(With: Jody Lynn Nye) 1994Buy 🇺🇸

29 books (1968–2018)

Start with Dragonflight, the first of 29 books in the Dragonriders of Pern series.

#	Title
1	Dragonflight 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dragonquest 1971Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dragonsong 1976Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dragonsinger 1977Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Smallest Dragonboy 1977Buy 🇺🇸
6	The White Dragon 1978Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dragondrums 1979Buy 🇺🇸
8	Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern 1983Buy 🇺🇸
9	Nerilka's Story 1986Buy 🇺🇸
10	Dragonsdawn 1988Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Renegades of Pern 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	All the Weyrs of Pern 1991Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall 1993Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Dolphins' Bell 1993Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Dolphins of Pern 1994Buy 🇺🇸
16	Red Star Rising / Dragonseye 1996Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Masterharper of Pern 1998Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Skies of Pern 2001Buy 🇺🇸
19	A Gift of Dragons 2002Buy 🇺🇸
20	Beyond Between 2003Buy 🇺🇸
21	Dragon's Kin(With: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
22	Dragonsblood(With: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
23	Dragon's Fire(With: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
24	Dragon Harper(With: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
25	Dragonheart(By: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
26	Dragon Girl(By: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
27	Dragon's Time(With: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
28	Sky Dragons(With: Todd J. McCaffrey) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
29	Dragon's Code(By: Gigi McCaffrey) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1995–2002)

Start with Freedom's Landing, the first of 4 books in the Freedom series.

#	Title
1	Freedom's Landing 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Freedom's Choice 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Freedom's Challenge 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	Freedom's Ransom 2002Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1991–1993)

Start with Dragonflight #1(With: Brynne Stephens) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dragonflight #1(With: Brynne Stephens) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dragonflight #2(With: Brynne Stephens) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dragonflight #3(With: Brynne Stephens) 1993Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1976–1979)

Start with Dragonsong and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dragonsong 1976Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dragonsinger 1977Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dragondrums 1979Buy 🇺🇸

41 books (1985–2025)

Start with L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1, the first of 41 books in the L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future series.

#	Title
1	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 6 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 1991Buy 🇺🇸
8	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 10 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 11 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 12 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 13 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 14 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 16 2000Buy 🇺🇸
17	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 17 2001Buy 🇺🇸
18	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 18 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 19 2002Buy 🇺🇸
20	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 2004Buy 🇺🇸
21	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 2005Buy 🇺🇸
22	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 22 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 2007Buy 🇺🇸
24	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 24 2008Buy 🇺🇸
25	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 26 2010Buy 🇺🇸
27	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 27 2011Buy 🇺🇸
28	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 2012Buy 🇺🇸
29	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 2013Buy 🇺🇸
30	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 30 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 2015Buy 🇺🇸
32	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 32 2016Buy 🇺🇸
33	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 33 2017Buy 🇺🇸
34	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 34 2018Buy 🇺🇸
35	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 35 2019Buy 🇺🇸
36	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 36 2020Buy 🇺🇸
37	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 2021Buy 🇺🇸
38	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 38 2022Buy 🇺🇸
39	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 2023Buy 🇺🇸
40	L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future 40 2024Buy 🇺🇸
41	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 41 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1998–1999)

Start with Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King(By: Diana Gabaldon,George R.R. Martin,Orson Scott Card,Terry Brooks,Robert Silverberg,Neil Gaiman,Elizabeth Haydon) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King(By: Diana Gabaldon,George R.R. Martin,Orson Scott Card,Terry Brooks,Robert Silverberg,Neil Gaiman,Elizabeth Haydon) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Legends(With: Stephen King,Robert Silverberg) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Legends 3(By: Terry Pratchett,Tad Williams,Robert Jordan,Robert Silverberg,Ursula K. Le Guin) 1999Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2003–2011)

Start with Dragon's Kin, the first of 5 books in the New Adventures of Pern series.

#	Title
1	Dragon's Kin 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dragon's Fire 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dragon Harper 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dragon's Time 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	Sky Dragons 2011Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1973–1996)

Start with Cooking Out Of This World, the first of 5 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Cooking Out Of This World 1973Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Atlas of Pern 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	The People of Pern(With: Robin Wood) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Diversity of Dragons 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	Serve It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey 1996Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1993–1995)

Start with Powers That Be and read in order.

#	Title
1	Powers That Be 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	Power Lines 1994Buy 🇺🇸
3	Power Play 1995Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1990–1991)

Start with Sassinak(With: Elizabeth Moon) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sassinak(With: Elizabeth Moon) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Death of Sleep(With: Jody Lynn Nye) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Generation Warriors(With: Elizabeth Moon) 1991Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1975–1991)

Start with A Time When and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Time When 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Duty Calls 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Rescue Run 1991Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1977–2002)

Start with Future love, the first of 5 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Future love 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Get Off the Unicorn 1977Buy 🇺🇸
3	Habit is an old horse 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Girl Who Heard Dragons 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	A Gift of Dragons 2002Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1967–1998)

Start with Restoree, the first of 9 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Restoree 1967Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Mark of Merlin 1971Buy 🇺🇸
3	Stitch in Snow 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Year of the Lucy 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Lady / The Carradyne Touch 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	An Exchange Of Gifts 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	No One Noticed the Cat 1996Buy 🇺🇸
8	Black Horses for the King 1998Buy 🇺🇸
9	If Wishes Were Horses 1998Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2009–2010)

Start with Catalyst and read in order.

#	Title
1	Catalyst 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Catacombs 2010Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1973–2000)

Start with To Ride Pegasus and read in order.

#	Title
1	To Ride Pegasus 1973Buy 🇺🇸
2	Pegasus in Flight 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Pegasus in Space 2000Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1990–1999)

Start with The Rowan, the first of 5 books in the The Tower and Hive series.

#	Title
1	The Rowan 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Damia 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Damia's Children 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Lyon's Pride 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Tower and the Hive 1999Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1971–1990)

Start with Ring of Fear and read in order.

#	Title
1	Ring of Fear 1971Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Kilternan Legacy 1975Buy 🇺🇸
3	Three Women 1990Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2005–2007)

Start with Changelings and read in order.

#	Title
1	Changelings 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Maelstrom 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Deluge 2007Buy 🇺🇸