Seems like I'm always on the hunt for a good dragon book... but I don't know where to look, since I'm looking for what's outside the usual dragon-inclusive fare:

Dragons as main characters or elements of the story. Dragons are NOT the villains. NOT in a high-fantasy setting (hobbits or knights and all that. I think I'm more tired of this setting than anything else. Yes, Tolkien did it, great, can we please come up with something original now? x_x)

Any suggestions? Or good booklists somewhere?

the Halfblood chronicles were good (elvenbane,elvenblood,and elvenborn) basically they are dragons that can change shape, etc(better too look them up, as I havent read them in awhile since they are packed away right now)

the dragon jousters series is good as well..joust, alta, sanctuary, aerie..has riders(jousters) and a slave raises one from an egg(like his master did) again best to look them up. both are series done by Mercedes Lackey..but not sure if thats the type of stuff you are asking about.

Seraphina is a book about dragons that I'm excited to read.

Other than that, I've read the Inheritance Cycle. And... that's about it!

Good luck finding your books.

Try the PIt Dragon series by Jane Yolen. Those were some of my favourite from my childhood. It's about a planet where raising and battling dragons in an arena is the central part of the local human population's culture and economy. Later it's revealed that dragons are much smarter than humans give them credit for and some of the main characters learn to communicate with them telepathically.

They're likely to be below your reading level, but Dragon of the Lost Sea and its sequels (by Laurence Yep) were my absolute favorites back in the day. I think they're early high school/middle school level, but they're still a good read.

thanks for the recs! Checked them out and so far The Dragon Jousters seems the most interesting. Seraphina, too, because it sounds like dragons are treated as intelligent. ^^

EDIT: You guys post fast! XD Thank you! I'm gonna make a list of these...

Something a bit different is the Temeraire series - it's kind alternative history set around the Napoleonic wars but where they have dragons they use for air support. It's pretty awesome. :)

Seconding Temeraire and Jousters, the first is good and actually deals with themes of dragon intelligence and their position/privileges in the human world and the second is a pretty good Lackey book. Now, I have issues with some of her works, but for her it's unusually well written.

Also, I'd say Dragonriders of Pern, but that's probably redundant...? I mean, everyone knows about these XD

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! =D Looks like I actually have a reading list now! ^^

I absolutely second this. They're pretty simplistic and really quick reads, but they are absolutely fantastic. And, even though the rest of her books are not about dragons, I recommend reading everything she's written. She's an absolutely phenomenal writer.

Also, the Dragon Slippers trilogy by Jessica Day George. Again, pretty simplistic and definitely quick reads, but they are some of my favorite dragon books.

And the Stone Fort duology by James A. Hetley is good, too. They're kind of hard to find now, but if you can track them down, they're absolutely worth it.

The Dragonriders of Pern is a Series by Anne McCaffrey. its a pretty long series but it has a lot of dragons and also a lot of character interaction

I would also suggest "The Fire Within" series. Features clay dragons that come to life prominently, and later on, actual dragons, in a real-life setting.

I second this fully. The dragons are characters with their own thoughts and methods of thinking, and the human characters are no less varied and fun. One of my favorite parts is the world building - you get hints, but the world is never fully explained until the fourth or fifth book. Be warned that some books are better than others, and the first two have odd pacing.

@ SkyWolfAlpha This is more or less a children's book, but I still like to read in it: Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. Wikipedia says it's high fantasy, but I never really thought so as it's set in the 'real world' (with dragons, and some other weird creatures like homunculi, but no hobbits nor orcs nor knights). If you like illustrations in a book, the author herself did them and they're really precious. I just hope the English translation is good.

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