Here Are 14 Great Dragon Books To Check Out After Devouring "House Of The Dragon"
Hand something to me and tell me it has dragons in it, and I'm immediately sold.
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Dragons are THE fantasy creature, as far as I am concerned. Absolutely iconic, and with a gorgeous variety of mythologies and designs, how can you not love them? So, here are 14 of those varieties for you to sink your teeth into!
1.Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz
Blazewrath Games follows Lana, whose biggest dream is to represent her native Puerto Rico in its first ever appearance in the Blazewrath World Cup, a tournament for dragons and their riders to compete. Her chance arrives when the person who is supposed to be the runner for the Puerto Rico team gets kicked off. Quickly, though, she realizes that not everything is as dreamy as it seems, because a former Blazewrath superstar has teamed up with a dragon in human form to take down the entire world cup.
Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.
2.The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Queen Sabran the Ninth is meant to conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction, despite the looming threat of assassins. Ead has been keeping an eye on Sabran, protecting her in secrecy with forbidden magic. On the other side of the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is on the cusp of a choice that will change her life forever.
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3.Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
Annie and Lee grew up together as orphans in a regime shaped by the revolution that happened when they were children. With seven years of training under their belts, they are now not only friends but also rivals — both fighting for the top position in the dragonriding fleet.
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4.Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
This Regency era fantasy features fairy courts, dragons, and the manners of the time, and follows Zacharias, Sorcerer Royal of Unnatural Philosophers, as he tries to discover what's happening with the magic in England. His position is controversial, as he's a Black man in a high position of power within an organization filled with stuffy old white guys. Prunella is an assistant at a girls' school, an orphan with a talent for magic that is woefully underutilized, as girls aren't really seen as suitable magic-wielders. And when the two collide, sorcery will never be the same.
Get it from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound.
5.Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
In Seraphina's world, there has been four decades of peace between humans and dragons. Dragons appear in human form, living amongst the court as ambassadors and providing their logical minds to many academic settings. Seraphina herself has just arrived to court, working as a musician while hiding the truth behind her musical gift, and finds herself working on the last thing she expected — a murder investigation. A member of the royal family was killed, and all the clues point to a dragon.
Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.
6.Talon by Julie Kagawa
Ember and Garret are falling for each other. Of course, Ember is actually a dragon disguised as a human, blending in with teenagers in order to prove she can take her place in the Talon organization. And Garret is a soldier of St. George, tasked with discovering the identity of, and then taking out, the dragon they're sure is hiding amongst the students. Throw in a rogue dragon, mistaken identities, and heartbreaking discoveries, and you've got this fun five-book series.
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7.Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
Gyen Jebi is an artist who has just been plucked out of unemployment by the Ministry of Armor. Tasked with painting sigils, those which animate the automaton soldiers of the Razanei (an occupying government), Jebi soon learns not just where the magical pigments they use come from, but also the true horrors of the regime. To fight back, Jebi plans to steal Arazi, a dragon automaton, from the ministry.
Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.
8.The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
War has been the center of the Omehi peoples society for nearly two centuries. The gifted might be able to summon dragons or transform themselves. Tau is among the gift-less, and the future awaiting him is a bleak one filled with fighting and dying in an eternal war. When his plan to escape the battle is thwarted by the murder of those close to him, his heart turns to revenge instead.
Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.
9.The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Dreams of princehood are hardly the reality, as bastard orphan Kihrin has come to learn. Claimed as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, he's treated much more like a prisoner than any sort of fairytale figure. Existing at the mercy of a powerful family, with dragons and demons afoot, it soon becomes clear that Kihrin is destined to destroy the world rather than rescue it.
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10.When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Back in 1955, there was a Mass Dragoning, where many wives and mothers transformed into dragons and left for the skies. Alex lives in this world, trying to make sense of the huge event and the fact that her aunt transformed but her mother did not. As she tries to grapple not only with the fact no one acknowledges her aunt's existence, but also her new crush on classmate Sonja, and a new dragon-obsessed "sister," she'll have to examine everything leading up to the Dragoning and everything after.
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11.Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells
Maren is on her way to steal a dragon and rescue her girlfriend. She would have been perfectly happy with a quiet life, but after the Aurati (prophetic agents of the emperor) abducted Kaia, Maren was forced to hatch a plan. To succeed, she must become an apprentice to the mysterious dragon trainer of the emperor, but she's unprepared for the dangerous secrets she uncovers.
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12.Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
After Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, loses control of her forbidden magic on the morning of the betrothal ceremony she never wanted, her stepmother Raikama banishes her — turning her brothers into cranes and making it so that every word that escapes Shiori's lips will cost a brother his life. On her journey to find her brothers, voiceless and alone, she realizes that she has to place her trust in the boy she fought so hard not to marry.
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13.Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria
Sisters Dani and Eden Rivera have taken wildly different approaches to life as dragon slayers. While Dani prioritizes her high school normalcy, Eden throws herself into training first. But when Dani comes face-to-face with a dragon named Nox and forms a rare magical bond with him, she comes to realize that everything she's been taught about dragons, like the kill-or-be-killed instincts they've been trained to have, is wrong.
Get it from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound.
14.The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert
If you like short books, dragons, and sweet horniness, please feast your eyes on The Dragon's Bride. Briar Rose made a deal with a demon to get out of a terrifying marriage, only to be sold to the highest bidder in a room full of monsters as part of her seven years of service. Enter Sol, a dragon, and the absolute last being Briar Rose imagined falling for.
Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.
And keep on the lookout for:
Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland (March 2023)
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon (February 2023)
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole (2024)
