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==Publications by the McCaffreys==
:''This list is arranged in publication order. For Pern historical order see the chronological [[list of Pern books]]''.

There are 24 ''Dragonriders of Pern'' novels and two story collections, the latest published in 2018.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="distinct"/> Anne McCaffrey once requested reading the works in the order they were written.<ref>Renegades of Pern Author Note</ref> That differs greatly from Pern historical order, for several reasons. The McCaffreys have published stories set in several different periods of Pern's history from initial exploration to more than 2,500 years after landing (AL). Multiple stories feature the same events from different viewpoints. Some stories feature travel between times, even across centuries. Todd McCaffrey, writing alone or with his mother after 2002, has specialized in an early time period.

===Original trilogy===
These stories take place immediately before and during the Ninth Pass, about 2,500 years after landing (AL):
* ''[[Dragonflight (novel)|Dragonflight]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1968; composed primarily of McCaffrey's first two Pern novellas, "Weyr Search" and "Dragonrider", which were originally published in [[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog]] science fiction magazine, in the October 1967 and December 1967 issues respectively)
* ''[[Dragonquest]]'' (1971), by Anne McCaffrey.
* ''[[The White Dragon (novel)|The White Dragon]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1978; although published prior to ''Dragondrums'', ''The White Dragon'' continues the adventures of certain ''Dragondrums'' characters; McCaffrey recommended reading ''Dragonsong'', ''Dragonsinger'' and ''Dragondrums'' before ''The White Dragon''; ''The White Dragon'' incorporates McCaffrey's story "A Time When")

The trilogy was released 1978 in omnibus edition titled ''The Dragonriders of Pern'' by Nelson Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club.<ref>
{{isfdb contents |126841 |Dragonriders of Pern |omnibus}}. Retrieved 2011-11-14.<br />• ''Dragonflight'' was subtitled "Volume I of The Dragonrider of Pern" on its front cover no later than its fourth US printing, June 1974. {{isfdb contents |272332 |Dragonflight |4th US printing}}. Retrieved 2011-11-14.</ref>

===Harper Hall trilogy===
These stories take place immediately before and concurrently with those depicted in ''Dragonquest'' and ''The White Dragon''.
* ''[[Dragonsong]]'' (1976), by Anne McCaffrey
* ''[[Dragonsinger]]'' (1977), by Anne McCaffrey
* ''[[Dragondrums]]'' (1979), by Anne McCaffrey

The Harper Hall trilogy was released 1984 in omnibus edition titled ''The Harper Hall of Pern'' by Nelson Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club.<ref>
{{isfdb contents |126781 |The Harper Hall of Pern |omnibus}}. Retrieved 2011-11-14.</ref> ''Dragonsong'' was subtitled "Volume One of The Harper Hall Trilogy" on the front cover of the Bantam Spectra edition, March 1986.<ref>
{{isfdb title |2060 |Dragonsong}}. {{isfdb contents |11298 |Dragonsong |4th US printing}}. Retrieved 2011-11-14.</ref>

===Other fiction by Anne McCaffrey===
* ''[[Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1983; both this and ''Nerilka's Story'' are set at the end of the Sixth Pass, centuries before the events in ''Dragonflight'' – Moreta is often referenced in ''Dragonflight'' as a semi-legendary heroic figure of the distant past whom the protagonist seeks to emulate)
* ''[[Nerilka's Story]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1986)
* ''[[Dragonsdawn]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1988; first in chronological order, depicts the colonization of Pern, the First Fall of Thread, the creation of the dragons, and the colonists' move north)
* "The Impression", by [[Jody Lynn Nye]] and Anne McCaffrey (1989; short story original to ''The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern'')
* ''[[Renegades of Pern]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1989)
* ''[[All the Weyrs of Pern]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1991)
* ''[[The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1993 collection of five stories, two original; set mostly after ''Dragonsdawn'')
** "The Survey: P.E.R.N." (originally published in 1993 as "The P.E.R.N. Survey")
** "The Dolphins' Bell" (originally published in 1993)
** "The Ford of Red Hanrahan" (original to the collection)
** "The Second Weyr" (original to the collection)
** "Rescue Run" (originally published in 1991)
* ''[[The Dolphins of Pern]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1994)
* ''[[Dragonseye|Red Star Rising]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1996) (titled ''[[Dragonseye]]'' for U.S. release; set at the beginning of the Second Pass)
* ''[[The Masterharper of Pern]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (1998; prequel to ''Dragonflight'' and the other works of the Ninth Pass)
* ''[[The Skies of Pern]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (2001)
* ''[[A Gift of Dragons]]'', by Anne McCaffrey (2002 collection of four stories, one original)
** "[[A Gift of Dragons#dragonboy|The Smallest Dragonboy]]", by Anne McCaffrey (1973; short story previously collected in ''Get Off the Unicorn'')
** "[[A Gift of Dragons#girl|The Girl Who Heard Dragons]]", by Anne McCaffrey (1986 [[fine press]] book; cover story in ''[[The Girl Who Heard Dragons]]'' (1994))
** "[[A Gift of Dragons#runner|Runner of Pern]]", by Anne McCaffrey (1998 novella original to [[Legends (book)|Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy]]; set some time before the events of ''Dragonflight'')
** "[[A Gift of Dragons#twain|Ever the Twain]]" (original to the collection; historical setting unclear)
* "Beyond Between" (2003 short story in ''[[Legends II (book)|Legends II: Short Novels By the Masters of Modern Fantasy]]''; set after the events of ''Moreta'')

"On Dragonwings", an omnibus containing ''Dragonsdawn'', ''Dragonseye'' and ''Moreta'', was published in 2003.

===Books by Todd McCaffrey or both===
Since 2003, Anne McCaffrey and her middle child [[Todd McCaffrey]] have developed the history immediately before and during the Third Pass, about 500 Turns after landing (AL):
* ''[[Dragon's Kin]]'' (2003, Anne and Todd McCaffrey; set prior to the Third Pass)
* ''[[Dragonsblood]]'' (2005, Todd McCaffrey; set after ''Dragon Harper'' and also 400 Turns earlier, a few decades after ''Dragonsdawn'')
* ''[[Dragon's Fire]]'' (2006, Anne and Todd McCaffrey; set during and after ''Dragon's Kin'')
* ''[[Dragon Harper]]'' (December 2007, Anne and Todd McCaffrey; set after ''Dragon's Fire'')
* ''[[Dragonheart (novel)|Dragonheart]]'' (November 2008, Todd McCaffrey; set during ''Dragonsblood'')
* ''[[Dragongirl]]'' (July 2010, Todd McCaffrey; sequel to ''Dragonheart'' and ''Dragonsblood'')
* ''[[Dragon's Time]]'' (June 2011, Anne and Todd McCaffrey; sequel to ''Dragongirl'')<ref group="lower-alpha" name="in-progress-dragonrider"/>
* ''[[Sky Dragons]]'' (July 2012, by Anne and Todd McCaffrey; sequel to ''Dragon's Time''; published after Anne's death)<ref group="lower-alpha" name="in-progress-dragonrider"/>

===Books by Gigi McCaffrey===
* ''Dragon's Code'' (2018, Gigi McCaffrey; set during the Ninth Pass)

===Books in progress===
* ''After the Fall is Over'' (long in progress; sequel to ''The Skies of Pern'')&nbsp;– the only work set after the Ninth Pass in "New Era Pern", the latest in Pern historical order,<ref group="lower-alpha" name="in-progress-after-the-fall"/> this book may be finished by her children.