Dragonflight vs Dragonsdawn: 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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Dragonsdawn
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Go back in time and visit Pern like it’s never been seen before in this thrilling prequel about the creation of dragons.   The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to its new…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Dragonflight is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Dragonsdawn.
- Dragonflight has the widest readership — 145836 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Dragonflight | Dragonsdawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (145836) | 4.2 (42104) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (397) | 4.0 (111) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (5) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (372) | 4.5 (202) |
Reception
| Dragonflight | Dragonsdawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 145836 | 42104 |
| Editions | 78 | 32 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 101796 | 10357 |
| Reading it now | 5546 | 970 |
| Written reviews | 5316 | 867 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3235 | 482 |
| Pages | 308 | 435 |