#186 in Young adult
Dragonsinger
- 277
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Dragonsinger” is a gentle, small-scale school story set on Pern, following young Menolly through her apprenticeship at the Harper Hall. Some readers enjoy its everyday texture of stern teachers, bullies and fire lizards and prefer this quieter mode to the main Pern novels. Others note that Camo, a character with an intellectual disability, is described in words that have dated badly, yet find real empathy in how the story treats him.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Dragonsinger is a young adult science fiction novel by the American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey. Published by Atheneum Books in 1977, it is the fourth book in the Dragonriders of Pern series.
Reading order · Dragonriders of Pern
Full order & progress →- DragonflightStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - Dragonquest
7.87.8 / 10 - Dragonsong
8.18.1 / 10 - DragonsingerThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - Nerilka's Story
–Not ranked yet - Dragondrums
7.67.6 / 10 - The Renegades of Pern
7.57.5 / 10 - All the Weyrs of Pern
7.87.8 / 10 - The Chronicles of Pern: First FallThe Chronicles of Pern: First Fall–Not ranked yet
- The Dolphins of Pern
7.77.7 / 10 - Dragonseye
–Not ranked yet - The Masterharper of Pern
7.87.8 / 10 - The Skies of Pern
7.77.7 / 10 - Dragon's Kin
–Not ranked yet - Dragonsblood
–Not ranked yet - Dragon's Fire
–Not ranked yet - Dragon Harper
–Not ranked yet - Dragonheart
–Not ranked yet - Dragongirl
–Not ranked yet - Dragon's Time
–Not ranked yet - Sky Dragons
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 184 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 56% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Young adult average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.7 | 22 | 12% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 8 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 154 | 84% |
Frequently asked
What age is Dragonsinger for?
Dragonsinger sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 277 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Young adult.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — Young adult — with scores between 7.6 and 8.0, closest to this book.
