Dragonriders of Pern: A Chronology

Before Landing

The planet Rukbat 3 was surveyed about 200 years before settlement ("Landing").

• The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (1993 collection)

"The Survey P.E.R.N.."

First Pass

These stories are set before and during the First Pass, from just before settlers landed on Pern until about fifty years afterward (0 to 50 AL).

• Dragonsdawn (1988)
  • "Landing" (0 to 2 AL)
  • "Thread" (8 AL)
  • "Crossing" (8 to 9 AL)
• The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (1993 collection)
  • "The Dolphins' Bell"
  • "The Ford of Red Hanrahan"
  • "The Second Weyr"
  • "Rescue Run"

First Interval

Just after the First Pass, 58 years after landing.

• Dragonsblood (2005, by Todd McCaffrey) – set partly in 58 AL, primarily in 508 AL; see Third Pass

Second Pass

Just before and during the Second Pass, about 250 years after landing.

• Red Star Rising (1996) (called Dragonseye for US release)

Third Pass

Just before and during the Third Pass, about 500 years after landing.

• Dragon's Kin (2004, Anne & Todd McCaffrey)
• Dragon's Fire (2006, Anne & Todd McCaffrey) – part one during Dragon's Kin
• Dragon Harper (2007, Anne & Todd McCaffrey)
• Dragonsblood (2005, Todd McCaffrey) – most events; see also First Interval
• Dragonheart (2008, Todd McCaffrey) – frame during * Dragonsblood
• Dragongirl (2010, Todd McCaffrey)
• Dragon's Time (2011, Anne & Todd McCaffrey)
• Sky Dragons (2012, Anne & Todd McCaffrey)

Sixth Pass

Late in the Sixth Pass, about 1550 years after landing.

• Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983)
• Nerilka's Story (1986) – coincident with Moreta
• "Beyond Between" – short story in Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2003)

Ninth Pass

Just before and during the Ninth Pass, about 2500 years after landing.

• The Masterharper of Pern (1998) – set 55 years before the Pass until the first part of Dragonflight
• "Runner of Pern" (1998) – novella later collected in A Gift of Dragons
• Dragonflight (1968) – first novel written, a fix-up of two previously published stories
• "Weyr Search"
• "Dragonrider"
• Dragonquest (1970)
• Dragonsong (1976) – during [[Titles/Dragonquest, closing almost simultaneously
• Dragonsinger (1977) – during seven days following Dragonsong
• Dragondrums (1979) – closing before the end of The White Dragon
• "Dragon's Code" (2018, Gigi McCaffrey) – concurrent to The White Dragon.
• The White Dragon (1978) – incorporating the short story A Time When (1975)
• "The Impression" (1989) – short story by Jody Lynn Nye and Anne McCaffrey in The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern
• "The Smallest Dragonboy" (1973) – short story later collected in A Gift of Dragons. It is also found in the anthology "Get Off The Unicorn" published by Del Rey press.
• "The Girl Who Heard Dragons" (1986) – novella later collected in A Gift of Dragons – early during The Renegades of Pern
• The Renegades of Pern (1989)
• All the Weyrs of Pern (1991)
• The Dolphins of Pern (1994) – during and immediately after All the Weyrs of Pern
• The Skies of Pern (2001)
• After the Fall is Over (in progress since 2011) – set after the Ninth Pass in "New Era Pern"