{"id":6710,"date":"2026-06-15T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6710"},"modified":"2026-06-13T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T00:26:38","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-291-dragonflight-dragonriders-of-pern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-291-dragonflight-dragonriders-of-pern\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 291 &#8211; Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <em>Dragonflight<\/em> (Dragonriders of Pern #1) by Anne McCaffrey<i>.<\/i>\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-291-dragonflight-dragonriders-of-pern\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blazewrath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blazewrath-150x218.jpg\" alt=\"Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz\" width=\"150\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blazewrath-150x218.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blazewrath-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blazewrath-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blazewrath-1057x1536.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/blazewrath.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dealing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dealing-148x220.jpg\" alt=\"Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dealing-148x220.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dealing-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dealing.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragonprince.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragonprince-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn\u00a0\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragonprince-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragonprince-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dragonprince.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781645670797\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Blazewrath Games<\/em> by Amparo Ortiz<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780544541221\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dealing With Dragons<\/em> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Enchanted Forest Chronicles) by Patricia C. Wrede<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780756403010\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dragon Prince<\/em> by Melanie Rawn\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fourthwing.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/majesty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/majesty-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"His Majesty\u2019s Dragon by Naomi Novik\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/majesty-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/majesty-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/majesty-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/majesty.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/language.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/language-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/language-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/language-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/language.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781649379290\"><em>Fourth Wing<\/em> by Rebecca Yarros<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593359549\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>His Majesty\u2019s Dragon<\/em> by Naomi Novik<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063353817\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>A Language of Dragons<\/em> by S.F. Williamson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shatter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shatter-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shatter-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shatter-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shatter.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stronghold.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stronghold-131x220.jpg\" alt=\"Stronghold (The Dragon Star Trilogy) by Melanie Rawn\" width=\"131\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stronghold-131x220.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stronghold-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stronghold.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape-147x220.webp\" alt=\"To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape-147x220.webp 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/toshape.webp 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781534437913\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Shatter the Sky<\/em> by Rebecca Kim Wells<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9798200378586\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stronghold<\/em> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dragon Star Trilogy) by Melanie Rawn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593498286\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>To Shape a Dragon&#8217;s Breath<\/em> by Moniquill Blackgoose<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern #1) by Anne McCaffrey.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2397,2434,2712,2713,2714,2380,2716,1723,48,30,1727,2431,2715],"class_list":["post-6710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-amparo-ortiz","tag-anne-mccaffrey","tag-dragonflight","tag-dragonriders-of-pern","tag-melanie-rawn","tag-moniquill-blackgoose","tag-naomi-novik","tag-patricia-c-wrede","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-rebecca-kim-wells","tag-rebecca-yarros","tag-s-f-williamson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6721,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6710\/revisions\/6721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}