Dragonflight vs Dragonquest: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Pern, Space colonies, Life on other planets, Dragons, Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction
Dragonflight
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his…
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Dragonquest
Another Turn, and the deadly silver Threads began falling again. So the bold dragonriders took to the air once more and their magnificent flying dragons swirled and swooped, belching flames that destroyed the shimmering…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Dragonflight has the widest readership — 145836 ratings behind its score.
- Dragonflight runs the darker storyline; Dragonquest stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dragonflight | Dragonquest | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (145836) | 4.1 (53927) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (397) | 3.8 (174) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (5) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (372) | 4.5 (150) |
Reception
| Dragonflight | Dragonquest | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 145836 | 53927 |
| Editions | 78 | 56 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 101796 | 12616 |
| Reading it now | 5546 | 2284 |
| Written reviews | 5316 | 1302 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3235 | 867 |
| Pages | 308 | 333 |