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Doona

by Anne McCaffrey

The Doona series by Anne McCaffrey has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Decision at Doona (1969).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
1969
Status
completed
Shelved under
Science Fiction
Start here: Decision at Doona (1969) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Decision at Doona
Decision at Doona (1969)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Decision at Doona

    Novel
    Decision at Doona opened this trilogy in 1969, a comparatively brief 245-page solo novel by Anne McCaffrey imagining a resolved first-contact story between human colonists and the feline Hrruban after Doona's youngest members of each species befriend one another.
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  2. Crisis on Doona

    Novel
    It was 23 years before McCaffrey returned to the world, this time with Jody Lynn Nye credited alongside her, for Crisis on Doona in 1992 -- at 409 pages, the longest book in the trilogy.
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  3. Treaty at Doona

    Novel
    Treaty at Doona, also written with Jody Lynn Nye, closed the trilogy in 1994 at 342 pages, following the original colonists' now-adult children as outside interests test the fragile human-Hrruban arrangement.
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Key facts about the Doona series

Our list has 3 books in the Doona series. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Decision at Doona, since it opens the publication order in 1969. Crisis on Doona is book 2, from 1992. Treaty at Doona is book 3, from 1994.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 1969 and 1994, while their length runs from 245 to 409 pages. That is a run of 25 years.

Anne McCaffrey has 70 books on our list. Additionally, they write Dragonriders of Pern, The Brainship Series and Pegasus, plus 6 more series. We shelve the books under science fiction.

About the Doona series

Earth's population crisis pushes a group of human colonists to the lush planet Doona, only for them to discover it's already inhabited — by the Hrruban, a feline humanoid species whose own government considers the planet exclusively theirs. Anne McCaffrey's 1969 debut in this universe, Decision at Doona, imagines a first-contact story resolved not through conflict but through Doona's youngest colonists and Hrruban cubs simply befriending each other faster than the adults can build a diplomatic crisis, forcing both governments to accept an unauthorized shared colony as a fait accompli.

McCaffrey left the world alone for over two decades before returning to it with co-author Jody Lynn Nye for two further novels, Crisis on Doona (1992) and Treaty at Doona (1994, also published as Treaty Planet), which follow the now-adult children of the original settlers as the fragile human-Hrruban arrangement is tested by outside political interests looking to exploit the planet's unofficial status. The trilogy is smaller in scale than McCaffrey's other series, but its premise — that children raised without inherited prejudice can out-diplomat their parents' governments — gives it a distinct, optimistic register within her body of work.

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read the Doona series in?

Publication order: Decision at Doona (1969), Crisis on Doona (1992), Treaty at Doona (1994). It's a single continuous storyline across a generational time jump.

Who co-wrote the later Doona books?

Anne McCaffrey wrote Decision at Doona (1969) alone. Jody Lynn Nye co-wrote the two sequels, Crisis on Doona (1992) and Treaty at Doona (1994), written more than two decades after the original.

Is Treaty at Doona the same book as Treaty Planet?

Yes, Treaty Planet is an alternate title used for some editions of Treaty at Doona.

How many books are in the Doona series?

Three, published between 1969 and 1994.

Is the Doona series connected to Anne McCaffrey's other series?

No, it's a self-contained universe unrelated to Pern, the Talents Universe, or her other series.

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