Dragons

Dragons are legendary creatures, typically with serpentine or otherwise reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures.

There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese dragon, with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other Asian countries.

The traditional European dragon is a large reptilian creature with wings who lives in underground caves filled with treasure. They can breathe fire.

Chinese dragons are more serpentine in shape who possess
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Love's a Witch (The Scottish Charms, #1)
The Dragon Wakes with Thunder (The Dragon Spirit, #2)
Alchemy and a Cup of Tea (Tomes & Tea, #4)
The Bone Raiders (The Rakada, #1)
The Baby Dragon Bakery (The Baby Dragon, #2)
Cat Dragon
Lady Dragon
Diminished (The Elder Tree Trilogy, #2)
Wooing The Wiccan (Elf Magic, #1)
Quest for the True Dragon (City of Dragons #3)
The Tattling Whisperwoods (Leaf and Scale Book, #2)
Black Dragon Rising (Dragon Riders of Vorden #1)
Rose in Chains (The Evermore Trilogy, #1)
The Enchanted Greenhouse (Spellshop, #2)
Wrath of the Dragons (Fear the Flames, #2)
When the Moon Hatched (Moonfall, #1)
On Wings of Blood (Bloodwing Academy, #1)
Empire of Flame and Thorns (Flame and Thorns, #1)
The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2)
Throne of Ice and Blood (Flame and Thorns, #2)
Court of Lies and Deceit (Flame and Thorns, #3)
Crave (Crave, #1)
The Dawn of the Cursed Queen (Gods & Monsters, #3)
Unbound (Confluence Academy, #1)
Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames, #1)
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
Echo Fort (Sins of the Zodiac, #2)
Murtagh (The Inheritance Cycle, #5)
Firebird (The Fire That Binds, #1)
Court (Crave, #4)
The Last Dragon Slayer by Martyn StanleyInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat RectorOnce Stolen by D.N. BrynHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Myths & Mythological Creature Books
408 books — 147 voters

I Am Lilith by Melanie DuftyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit by Chuck DixonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Epic Fantasy
155 books — 130 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Magical Creatures
1,570 books — 846 voters

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4)
The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)

Ursula K. Le Guin
But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.
Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea

Patricia Briggs
Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon.
Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood

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