Series · by Anne McCaffrey
Dragonriders of Pern books in order
The 20 books of Dragonriders of Pern in series order, with the median page count of each across English print editions. The 6 books with page data add up to about 1,892 pages.
Books in order
20
numbered on Wikidata
Total pages
1,892
sum of medians, 6 books
Reading time
33h
at average speed
- 1Dragonflight19 editions309 pages5 h 27 min
- 2Dragonquest14 editions333 pages5 h 52 min
- 3Dragonsong15 editions202 pages3 h 34 min
- 4Dragonsinger12 editions277 pages4 h 53 min
- 5Nerilka's Story1985 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 6Dragonsdawn6 editions431 pages7 h 36 min
- 7The Renegades of Pern10 editions340 pages5 h 59 min
- 9The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall1993 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 10The Dolphins of Pern1994 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 11Dragonseye1997 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 12The Masterharper of Pern1998 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 13The Skies of Pern2001 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 14Dragon's Kin2003 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 15Dragonsblood2005 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 16Dragon's Fire2006 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 17Dragon Harper2007 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 18Dragonheart2008 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 19Dragongirl2010 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 20Dragon's Time2011 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
- 21Sky Dragons2012 · too few editions with page counts to show a figure–
Pages per book, in series order
Median page count across English print editions.
How long to read the whole series?
Reading time
33 h 21 min
At 30 min a day
67 days
At 1 hour a day
34 days
Order follows the series number recorded on Wikidata. Novellas numbered with decimals (for example 2.5) sit between the main books.
Data: Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors); Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).