18 Best Dragon Books

In the kingdom of Goredd, sixteen-year-old court musician Seraphina hides a dangerous secret: she is half dragon. When a royal murder threatens the fragile peace, she is pulled into the investigation and forced closer to the truth about herself.

On Pern, deadly Thread falls from the sky, and only dragonriders can burn it away. When outcast Lessa seizes a chance at leadership, she and bronze rider F'lar must unite feuding Holds before the next Pass begins.

When farm boy Eragon finds a strange blue stone, it hatches into the dragon Saphira and pulls him into a war against King Galbatorix. What starts as a lucky discovery becomes a dangerous crash course in magic, loyalty, and survival.

Bilbo Baggins, a comfort‑loving hobbit, is swept into an unlikely quest with a band of dwarves and the wizard Gandalf to reclaim a stolen treasure from the dragon Smaug, discovering courage and a mysterious ring along the way.

Violet Sorrengail enters a dangerous military academy where candidates compete to become dragonriders. Training, rivalries, and an unexpected attraction complicate her efforts to survive, while discoveries about the war challenge what she has been taught.

Captain Will Laurence seizes a French ship and finds a rare dragon egg that hatches in his hands, bonding him to the dragon Temeraire. Drawn into the disreputable Aerial Corps, he must learn airborne warfare as Napoleon prepares an invasion of Britain.

The Ankh-Morpork City Watch is down to a few tired men and a lot of paperwork, until a secret society summons a dragon. Captain Sam Vimes has to solve a conspiracy in a city where crime is usually organized.

Malformed young dragons languish on the toxic shores of the Rain Wild River, too weak to fend for themselves. A mismatched group of outcast keepers, a dragon obsessed scholar and the river barge Tarman set out to escort them upstream in search of the lost city Kelsingra.

When a black dragon threatens the south, young Gareth seeks out John Aversin, the only living dragonslayer. Legend has made him famous, but the man himself is far more weary and complicated.

A dragon patriarch's death sends his children into disputes over inheritance, religious duty and marriage. In a society governed by rank and appetite, their choices expose the tensions between family loyalty, romantic hopes and social convention.

Isabella refuses to let manners and marriage end her fascination with dragons. Her first great expedition takes her into the mountains of Vystrana, where science, danger, and scandal travel together.

When musician Martha Macnamara arrives in San Francisco to find her missing daughter, she joins forces with Mayland Long, a man who may be a dragon in human form. Their search leads into computer crime, danger, and an unexpected bond.

In a world divided by fear of dragons and clashing beliefs, Queen Sabran the Ninth must produce an heir before an ancient wyrm rises again. Her secret protector, mage Ead Duryan, and distant dragonrider Tané uncover truths that could remake their history.

Power shifts in both the North and the East as old wars sputter and new ones ignite. Jon Snow leads the Night’s Watch on a frontier that is cracking, Daenerys struggles to rule a conquered city, and Tyrion is pulled into a dangerous journey across the Narrow Sea.

Gifted, proud, and careless, Ged unleashes a shadow he cannot control. To survive, he must cross the archipelago and learn what it means to face his own darkness.

College student Jon-Tom is transported into a world of talking animals, where his music can produce unpredictable magic. With a turtle wizard and an otter companion, he must learn to use that power against a threat to both worlds.

Alligator expert and journalist CJ Cameron is invited to preview a secret mega‑project: a vast Chinese wildlife park built around living dragons. When the creatures rebel and the zoo’s safeguards fail, CJ must survive both the dragons and officials desperate to hide the disaster.

Jane, a human changeling enslaved in a Faerie dragon factory, escapes with a battered mechanical dragon. To survive beyond the factory walls, she must learn the cruel rules of a magical society built on power and sacrifice.