Order of Anne McCaffrey Books

Catacombs

Following the events of Catalyst, the catsand their chosen humansmust now hide and resist as the galactic government labels them threats. In secret bunkers and abandoned ships, the Barque Cats begin to evolve in ways no one expected. This followup ups the stakes while deepening the lore of feline in...

Catalyst

Barque Cats are eliteonly the best are allowed on ships, raised by devoted trainers and bred for spacereadiness. Chessie is one such feline, and shes bonded with teenaged Vet Techintraining Janina. But when Barque Cats start vanishing, rumors of genetic tampering and galactic experimentation emerge....

Power Play

Petaybee has awakened. And now its speaking clearlythrough volcanic eruptions, blizzards, and animal surges. Yana and her companions must forge a new path for planetary independence, before both the world and its defenders are destroyed. A satisfying, snowdrenched conclusion with strong emotional pa...

Power Lines

The corporation that owns Petaybee is suspicious of its strange activity. Yana is targeted as a conspirator, and her alliesincluding mysterious sealpeoplemust resist outside invasion. The story dives deeper into folklore and magic while maintaining a strong sciencefiction backbone. Yana grows into a...

Powers That Be

Yana Maddock, a combat veteran recovering from serious injuries, is exiled to the frozen mining world of Petaybeea punishment disguised as medical rehab. But she soon discovers Petaybee is far from lifeless. The planet reacts to its inhabitants, even protects them, and Yana begins to feel... watched...

Treaty at Doona

The final installment raises the stakes with a third alien race entering the picture. The fragile balance on Doona is tested as all sides must come together to form an unprecedented threespecies alliance. Its diplomacy or destruction, and this time, even Todd Reevenow grownhas to put everything on t...

Crisis on Doona

Years later, Doona has become a thriving shared colony. But now a bureaucratic snafu threatens to revoke human settlement rightsunless evidence of Hrruban aggression is provided. Political sabotage, cultural clashes, and courtroom drama unfold as the Reeve family once again finds itself at the cente...

The Mark of Merlin

Black Horses for the King

The Lady

The Coelura

In a classdivided society where fashion is genetically engineered and relationships are contractual, Lady Caissa must choose between duty and heart. When she meets a mysterious man guarding a secret race of fabricweaving, rainbowcolored creatures called the Coelura, her lifeand worldare changed fore...

Decision at Doona

Earth is overpopulated, and humans are desperate for new homes. One such candidate Doona, a quiet, forested world deemed uninhabited. But surprisewhen settlers arrive, they find its already home to the Hrrubans, a catlike alien species also seeking peace. Decision at Doona is a refreshing take on fi...

Restoree

McCaffreys first published noveland a subversive twist on damselindistress tropes. Sara is kidnapped by aliens, subjected to grotesque experiments, and transformed into a restored version of herself. But shes no passive heroine. When she awakens in a hospital on another planet, she escapes, rescues ...

Third Watch

Second Wave

First Warning

Acorna's Triumph

Acorna's Rebels

Acorna's Search

Acorna's World

Acorna's People

Acorna finally meets the Linyaaribut her dreams of reunion are bittersweet. She doesnt fully belong, and political tensions threaten everything. Meanwhile, the Khleevi return. This book is about finding a place in a people who love youbut may never understand you.

Acorna's Quest

Now a young adult, Acorna discovers the truth her people, the Linyaari, were nearly wiped out by the Khleevi, an insectoid race bent on destruction. She sets out to find survivors and reclaim her culture. A quest of personal and cultural identity, tinged with mysticism and war.

Acorna: The Unicorn Girl

Generation Warriors

The Death of Sleep

This one explores suspended animationDr. Lunzie Mespil enters cold sleep for a simple transport and wakes up 60 years later. Then it happens again. And again. Her loved ones grow old, die, or disappear as Lunzie skips centuries, always waking up just in time to face a new crisis. Emotional, eerie, a...

Sassinak

Dinosaur Planet Survivors

Dinosaur Planet

Freedom's Ransom

The aftermath of war brings its own kind of struggle rebuilding. The Catteni are ousted, but trade, language, and economic barriers stall progress. This final volume is quieter, yet rich in themes of reconstruction and crosscultural healing. It also focuses on commerce, barter systems, and diplomacy...

Freedom's Challenge

The rebellion takes flightliterally. Armed with captured tech and hardwon alliances, the survivors take the fight to the Catteni. Space battles, moral compromises, and the burden of leadership dominate this volume. McCaffreys pacing is fast, but her emotional depth never wavers.

Freedom's Choice

The survivors grow stronger, smarterand more unified. Kris and her unlikely Catteni ally, Zainal, start discovering alien tech and evidence that someone is watching. Meanwhile, resistance movements build across the galaxy. Romance simmers, trust is tested, and secrets begin to unravel.

Freedom's Landing

Kris Bjornsen, a captured Earth woman, is dumped on an unknown planet along with other enslaved humans and Catteni outcasts. The twist? The planet is habitablebut hostile. With no idea who owns it or why theyre there, the survivors must create a new society while dealing with politics, attraction, a...

Crystal Line

Killashandra returns to Ballybranbut shes older, wiser, and haunted. Memory loss is worsening. She and her longtime partner, Lars Dahl, face the consequences of decades on Ballybran as they realize their bodies and minds are no longer entirely their own. A newcomer with dark motives threatens the Gu...

Killashandra

Now a seasoned crystal singer, Killashandra is sent offworld to repair a musical instrument used for planetary communicationbut its a cover mission. She ends up on Optheria, a paradise planet that hides a brutal truth the government uses subliminal sound to control its population. When shes imprison...

Crystal Singer

Killashandra Ree had one dream to be a worldclass opera singer. But when she discovers a flaw in her voice that ends her career, she walks away from everythingand into something far more dangerous. On Ballybran, an alien world rich with musical crystals used in advanced technology, she joins the mys...

The Ship Errant

The Ship Who Won

Carialle is a Brainship sent on a research mission to a seemingly primitive worldbut the planet hides secrets about ancient technology and evolution. Her Brawn, Keff, is an explorer with a sense of humor and an open mind. What starts as a simple mission turns into a battle over ethics, interference,...

The City Who Fought

Simeon is a Brainof an entire city station this timewho partners with Channa, a nononsense Brawn. When space pirates threaten the station, the two must go to war. This is McCaffreys most actionheavy entry in the series, with largescale battles and intense character development. But under the explosi...

The Ship Who Searched

Hypatia Cade, a brilliant young girl, becomes paralyzed after a biological attack during an offworld dig. Rather than live in pain, she chooses to become a Brainship. With her Brawn, she searches the stars to uncover who tried to kill herand why. A powerful story of transformation, revenge, and redi...

PartnerShip

Nancia, a newly commissioned Brainship, is ambitious and proudbut her first Brawn partner is a rogue, a rebel, and a rulebreaker. Sparks fly and not just romantically as they tackle corruption within the Central Worlds government. The book plays with political satire, partnership dynamics, and emoti...

The Ship Who Sang

Helva, born with a fatal condition, chooses to become a Brainship. Her story is a tapestry of tragedy, humor, cosmic adventure, and soulsearching. Helva becomes more than a shipshes a singer, a companion, a warrior, and a lover. Across multiple missions and emotional heartbreaks, she learns what it ...

The Tower and the Hive

The epic finale. After generations of war, the Hive Queen reaches outand the unthinkable happens communication. What if the greatest enemy in human history never meant to be one at all? This final volume redefines the saga with themes of understanding, peace, and what it means to be alien. Emotional...

Lyon's Pride

The psychic children are now adults, forming the backbone of Earths defense against the Hive. Political tension builds between planets, fear spreads, and telepathic ethics are tested like never before. McCaffrey brilliantly juggles space battles, romance, rebellion, and family politics with pageturn...

Damia's Children

The third book shifts between Damias four childreneach uniquely gifted, each struggling with identity, destiny, and the burdens of being Prime progeny. When a new, more insidious alien threat looms, theyre called to riseseparately and together. McCaffreys skill at creating distinct, relatable charac...

Damia

Rowan and Jeffs daughter, Damia, has immense talentbut also immense trauma. Born into pressure, raised with expectations, and haunted by nightmares, she must prove herself as both a Prime and a protector. When the Hive aliens return, stronger and smarter, Damias instincts and unique gifts might be h...

The Rowan

Rowan is a telepathic orphan, rescued from a disaster on a mining planet and raised by the Tower system. With unmatched mental powers, she rises to become a Primebut her loneliness threatens to consume her. When she connects with another Prime, Jeff Raven, through deepspace telepathy, sparks flyboth...

Pegasus in Space

Peter is now older and more powerfulbut also more vulnerable. As Earth begins to look to the stars, Peters abilities are the key to interstellar colonization. But there are factions that want to see the Talents fail. The book expands into the macropolitical world while keeping Peters inner struggles...

Pegasus in Flight

The Talents have grown in number, and society has begun to rely on them. But with dependency comes exploitation. Peter Reidinger, a boy paralyzed but gifted with massive telekinetic ability, becomes the hope of the next generation. But hes not the only child in danger. A sinister organization seeks ...

To Ride Pegasus

This is where it all beginswhen a freak accident reveals that psychic power can be scientifically verified. Pegasi Hospital becomes the center for discovering and training these Talents. Told in four interconnected stories, this book lays the philosophical foundation of the series What is power with...

The Skies of Pern

Thread may finally be vanquished, but Pern is far from at peace. Dragonriders must now find new purpose in a world where their role as protectors is ending. At the same time, a deadly comet threatens global catastrophe. A thoughtful, slowerpaced but emotionally rich entry, this book explores change,...

The Dolphins of Pern

All the Weyrs of Pern

This book is where science fiction reclaims its throne. Lessa, Flar, and the dragonriders discover a massive AI system left behind by their ancestors. With it, they aim to end Threadfall forever. Its an exhilarating ride through technology, timetravel, and political resistance. As Perns medieval cus...

The Renegades of Pern

Not everyone on Pern lives under the protection of the Weyrs. This book follows outlaws and Holdless wanderers during the Ninth Pass around the time of Dragonflight and introduces Thella, a dangerous rogue woman. Meanwhile, ancient technology from Earths original colonists is being unearthed. For re...

The White Dragon

Jaxom is both Lord Holder and dragonrideran identity no one fully accepts. His bond with Ruth, the only white dragon in existence, is seen as an oddity. But Ruth is small, brilliant, and can timejump with perfect accuracy. Together, they blaze a path through political intrigue, selfdoubt, and ancien...

Dragonquest

Dragonflight

Dragondrums

The trilogys finale shifts focus to Piemur, a mischievous and clever boy soprano whose voice breaksjeopardizing his future. Reassigned to messages and spy work for the Harpers, Piemur uncovers secrets that connect to the larger dragonrider world. Packed with adventure, espionage, and clever humor, D...

Dragonsinger

Menollys journey continues as she arrives at the Harper Hallthe heart of musical training on Pern. But acceptance is not easy, especially as the first female apprentice. Navigating jealousy, fear, and breathtaking talent, Menollys growth is deeply relatable and emotionally charged. We also get a del...

Dragonsong

Menolly, a girl from a coastal fishing Hold, lives in a world where music is forbidden to women. But she secretly composes tunes and dreams of being a Harper. After being injured and cast out for her passion, she finds refuge in a caveand stumbles upon a hatching of wild firelizards. These minidrago...

Sky Dragons

Dragon’s Time

Dragongirl

Dragonheart

Dragonsblood

Now we cross into Annes collaboration with her son Todd McCaffrey. Dragonsblood blends two timelinesone in the First Pass and one 400 years lateras a mysterious illness threatens to wipe out dragons. A Healer and a young dragonrider must uncover ancient records to find a cure. This book carries the ...

Dragon Harper

A deadly flu spreads across Pern, echoing the crises of Moreta. Young Kindan, now training at Harper Hall, must step up when his mentors fall ill. What follows is an emotional tale of resilience, loss, and courage under pressure. Its a love letter to the Harper tradition, and a testament to how song...

Dragon’s Fire

Told from multiple points of view, including Cristov a boy assigned to dangerous firestone mining, Dragons Fire explores the risks and political manipulations behind Perns most valuable resource. Its a book that deepens our understanding of how every aspect of Pernese life revolves around the dragon...

Dragon’s Kin

Young Kindan lives in a mining camp where dragons rarely fly. But when his family is lost in a mine accident, he begins to train a watchwhera nocturnal, misunderstood cousin of dragons. Set in a rough, gritty part of Pern, this story expands the worlds scope and shows how even the most overlooked cr...

Dragonseye

Set 200 years after Dragonsdawn, Perns settlers believe the worst is overuntil signs point to a second Threadfall. Dragonseye tells the story of young riders, scientists, and holders who prepare for a future everyone hoped was history. This is the book where tradition begins to solidify into culture...

The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall

Dragonsdawn

Before dragonriders, before the Weyrs, there were only desperate colonists from Earth trying to survive on a new planet. Dragonsdawn rewinds time to reveal how humans landed on Pern, how Thread first fell from the sky, and how dragons were bioengineered from native firelizards. This origin story ble...