Reading order

Petaybee Series reading order

Anne McCaffrey

  1. Powers That Be1993
  2. Power Lines1994
  3. Power Play1995
3 volumes
Volumes
1993–1995
Published
about 18 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Powers That Be
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Publication order

3 volumes1993–1995Completed

A plan for the whole series

3 volumes, 974 pages, about 18 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 3 weeks.

Stages

This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 22, 2026.

  1. Stage 118 habout 3 weeksby November 22, 2026
  2. The end of the series
    November 22, 2026

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 3

No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

  1. Power Lines
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  2. Power Play
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Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Petaybee Series book is the longest?

“Powers That Be” is the longest at 349 pages; the shortest is “Power Play” with 312 pages.

What should I read after Petaybee Series?

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