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Acorna Series
(Also with Margaret Ball, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and various other authors)
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl , with Margaret Ball, Eos 1997
Acorna's People , with Elizabeth A. Scarborough, Eos 1997
The Unicorn Girl: The Illustrated Adventures , with Stories by Mickey Zucker Reichert, Jody Lynn Nye, Roman Ranieri, Eos (Illustrate Edition) 1997
Acorna's Quest , with Margaret Ball, Eos 1998
Acorna's World , with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Sagebrush 1999
Acorna's Search , with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Turtleback 2002
Acorna's Rebels , with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Eos (1st Edition) 2003
Acorna's Triumph , with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Eos 2004

Anthologies
Get Off The Unicorn , Severn House Publishers 1982
The Girl Who Heard Dragons , Cheap Street 1985
Alchemy & Academe , Del Rey (Reissue) 1987
A Gift of Dragons , Random House 2002
Serve it Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey , with Edited with John Gregory Betancourt, Wildside Press 2004

Brain & Brawn Ship Series
(also with Margaret Ball, Mercedes Lackey, S.M. Stirling, and Jody Lynn Nye)
The Ship Who Sang , Walker 1969
Partnership , with Margaret Ball, Baen (Reissue) 1992
The Ship Who Searched , with Mercedes Lackey, Baen (Reissue) 1992
The City Who Fought , with S.M. Stirling, Baen 1993
The Ship Who Won , with Jody Lynn Nye, Baen 1994
The Ship Avenged , with S.M. Stirling, Baen 1997

Brain and Brawn Compilations
Brain Ships , with Mercedes Lackey and Margaret Ball, Baen 2003
The Ship Who Saved the Worlds , with Jody Lynn Nye, Baen 2003
The City and the Ship , with S.M. Stirling, Baen 2004

Crystal Singer Series
Crystal Singer , Del Rey (1st Edition) 1982
Killashandra , Ultramarine 1985
Crystal Line , Del Rey (1st Edition) 1992

Dinosaur Planet Compilations

Dinosaur Planet Series
(With Jody Lynn Nye and Elizabeth Moon)
Dinosaur Planet Survivors , Del Rey (Reissue) 1984
Dinosaur Planet , Del Rey (Reissue) 1984
Sassinak , with Elizabeth Moon, Baen 1990
The Death of Sleep , with Jody Lynn Nye, Baen (Reprint) 1990
Generation Warriors , with Elizabeth Moon, Baen (Reissue) 1991
The Planet Pirates , with Elizabeth Moon, Jody Lynn Nye, Audio Literature 1995
The Mystery of Ireta , Del Rey 2003

Doona Compilations
Doona , with Jody Lynn Nye, Ace Trade 2004

Doona Series
(Also with Jody Lynn Nye)
Decision at Doona , Corgi Adult 1971
Crisis On Doona , with Jody Lynn Nye, Time Warner Books Uk 1993
Treaty at Doona (Originally Treaty Planet) , with Jody Lynn Nye, Ace 1994

Freedom Series
Freedom's Landing , Bookcassette 1995
Freedom's Choice, aka Catteni's Choice , Bookcassette 1997
Freedom's Challenge , Bookcassette Sales 1998
Freedom's Ransom , Bantam Press 2002

Individual Pern Novels
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern , Del Rey (Reprint) 1984
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall , Ballentine Books 1985
Nerilka's Story , Ballentine Books 1986
Dragonsdawn , Ultramarine Publishing Co. 1988
The Renegades of Pern , Ultramarine 1989
All The Weyrs Of Pern , DelRey 1991
The Dolphins of Pern , Del Rey 1994
Dragonseye , Del Rey (1st Edition) 1997
The Masterharper of Pern , Del Rey (1st Edition) 1998
The Skies of Pern , Ballantine 2001
Dragon's Kin , with Todd J. McCaffrey, Ballantine 2003

Once-Off, Non Series
Restoree , Corgi Adult 1970
No One Noticed the Cat , Roc 1996
A Diversity of Dragons , with Richard Woods, illustrated by John Howe, Eos 1997
Black Horses for the King , Del Rey 1998
If Wishes Were Horses , Roc 1998

Pern: Compilations
Dragonriders of Pern , Del Rey (Reprint) 1988
On Dragonwings , Del Rey (1st Edition) 2003

Pern: The Dragonriders of Pern
Dragonflight , Rapp & Whiting 1969
The White Dragon , Ballantine (Reissue) 1981
Dragonquest , Corgi Adult 1982

Pern: The Harper Hall Trilogy
Dragonsong , Atheneum (1st Edition) 1976
Dragonsinger , Atheneum 1977
Dragondrums , Atheneum (1st Edition) 1979

Petaybee Series
Power Play , Del Rey 1992
Powers that Be , with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Del Rey 1993
Power Lines , with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Del Rey 1994

Related Pern Works
The Atlas of Pern , with Karen Wynn Fonstad, Del Rey 1984
The People of Pern (aka Pern Portrait Gallery) , with Robin Wood, Artist, Walsworth Publishing 1988
The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern , with Jody Lynn Nye, Del Rey (2nd edition) 1997

Romance Compilations
Three Women (aka Three Gothic Novels) , Tor (Reprint) 1992

Romances
Ring of Fear , Wildside Press 1971
The Kilternan Legacy , Underwood 1984
Stitch in Snow , Tor Books 1985
The Year of the Lucy , Tor Books 1986
The Lady (UK: The Carradyne Touch) , Ultramarine 1987
The Mark of Merlin , Wildside Press 2002

Talent Series
To Ride Pegasus , Dent 1974
Pegasus in Flight , Del Rey 1990
Pegasus in Space , Del Rey (1st Edition) 2000

The Coelura Series
The Coelura , Underwood-Miller 0000
Nimisha's Ship , Del Rey 1999

Tower and Hive Series
The Rowan (aka A Meeting of the Minds) , Penguin Putnam 1990
Damia , Putnam Publishing Group 1992
Damia's Children , Putnam Publishing Group 1993
Lyon's Pride , Ace (1st Edition) 1994
The Tower and the Hive , Bookcassette Sales 1999

Non-Series Books
An Exchange of Gifts , Wildside (1st Edition) 1995
Crystal Singer Trilogy , Del Rey (Reissue) 1996
Anne McCaffrey Pern Collection , Brilliance Audio 2002
Brain Ships , Baen 2003
Dragonsblood , Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD 2005
First Warning: Acorna's Children , Eos 2005
Changelings , Random House 2005
Dragon's Fire , Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD 2006

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