a good book related to dragons

[Dragoniel]

Hello,

I'm looking for a good book or series of books related to dragons. I know that there are a lot of those, but I'm looking something really good.

An example could be the Inheritance Cycle trilogy by Paolini or The Barbarians trilogy of Dragonlance series.

Perhaps someone could recommend something well worth reading?

[Jp1978]

A very short non-fiction book I love is "The Flight of Dragons" by Peter Dickinson. It might not exactly what you're looking for right now but you might like it.

[Demosthenes]

The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey, all you could ever want, absolutely amazing books.

[Elphaba]

The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula Le Guin has dragons in it though it is not the main theme of the series. However I absolutely loved the series.

I've heard some good recommendations on "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novic though I haven't read it yet.

[Johnson117]

A very short non-fiction book I love is "The Flight of Dragons" by Peter Dickinson. It might not exactly what you're looking for right now but you might like it.

Did you ever see the feature length cartoon version of Flight of Dragons? It took the "science" from the book and blended it with the story from a novel by the same author called The Dragon and the George. The main character is named Peter Dickinson. It was one of my favourite cartoons growing up and I would still love watching it now

Dragoniel, might not be what you had in mind, but a (very old-fashioned) dragon book from my own childhood is Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning. It's the story of a girl called Susan who meets a charming, very cultured dragon on holiday in Cornwall. Worth picking up if you fancy a lighter read!

[Dragoniel]

Thanks for the response! I will take a look at all these suggestions when I'm done with my current book.

I've read the Earthsea Cycle not too long ago. It's not bad, but I wasn't particularly enthralled by the concept of magic and dragons there... well, lets just say it's not what I would read the book for.

The Dragonriders of Pern looks very interesting and His Majesty's Dragon description on Wikipedia is intriguing indeed.

[Jp1978]

A very short non-fiction book I love is "The Flight of Dragons" by Peter Dickinson. It might not exactly what you're looking for right now but you might like it.

Did you ever see the feature length cartoon version of Flight of Dragons? It took the "science" from the book and blended it with the story from a novel by the same author called The Dragon and the George. The main character is named Peter Dickinson. It was one of my favourite cartoons growing up and I would still love watching it now

Yes, we loved that too!

[Johnson117]

It's one of my all-time favourite movies

Surprisingly star-studded, too... Omadon was voiced by James Earl Jones (i.e., Darth Vader); Carolinus the Green Wizard was one of the guys from M*A*S*H; Peter Dickinson was voiced by John Ritter from 8 Simple Rules and Three's Company; and the theme tune was composed and sung by Don McLean!

[Tip the Bottle]

E.E. Knight has a series of books called 'The Age of Fire' series and is told from the intelligent dragons point of view. A great series, well the first book was great I honestly haven't read the others....lazy I guess.

Someone had mentioned Anne McCaffrey and her Pern series. She is to dragons what King is to horrow. Simply the best at what they write.

[Melaniep]

E.E. Knight has a series of books called 'The Age of Fire' series and is told from the intelligent dragons point of view. A great series, well the first book was great I honestly haven't read the others....lazy I guess.

I absolutely love this series. The first three books are from a different clutch-mate's perspective, beginning before they hatched from the egg. They all had very different experiences. After the first three, they reunite and the books kind of go back and forth from one to another. Their varying points of view on the same events. I love it.

[Sarabell]

I'm going to try some of these suggestions, too! Thank you all!

Have you read George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series? (I just mentioned this in another thread. It's absolutely good enough to monopolize a few of my first posts to this forum! ). The dragons probably aren't as 'front and center' as a few of these, but it's an amazing series, and dragons get more play as the books go on.

[Marto]

Rage of the Dragons (Forgotten Realms)

[Maud Fitch]

Editors Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois compiled "The Dragon Book" (2009) with New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Diana Gabaldon, Garth Nix, Tamora Pierce and others. An enjoyable read for dragon lovers or someone like me who wants a good short story or two. The blurb on the book cover states Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy - and it's right. Quite a diverse mixture of talents!
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[Vogin]

I think you could use this Wikipedia list...
Huh, seems I can't post links, so let's have a quick manual - go to the main Wikipedia page and type "list of dragons in literature".

[Aileenhu]

Here's a sad story about dragons. It is set in China, so you actually do get a good idea about dragons then.

It's a triology, written by Caroline Wilkinson. I've forgotten the name, but I hope the authors enough.

Sorry, i got to go, to rushed to type more.
Ail.