In the Chinese zodiac system, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. In honor of the Lunar New Year, here are some great dragon books for teen and adult readers! (You can check these out while you're waiting for your holds on Fourth Wing or Iron Flame to come in.)
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Blazewrath games
by Amparo Ortiz In a few weeks, sixteen countries will compete in the Blazewrath World Cup, a tournament where dragons and their riders fight for glory in a dangerous relay. Lana longs to represent her native Puerto Rico in their first ever World Cup appearance. But when she discovers that a former Blazewrath superstar has teamed up with the Sire--a legendary dragon who's cursed into human form--the safety of the Cup is jeopardized. |
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Consort of fire
by Kit Rocha While fulfilling an ancient prophecy, Sachielle is sent to be the mortal consort of an ancient dragon god, but she and her handmaid, who is a trained assassin, plot to murder the dragon and break the curse. Original. |
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Damsel
by Evelyn Skye A damsel in distress takes on the dragon herself in this epic twist on classic fantasy-a groundbreaking collaboration between New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye and the team behind the upcoming Netflix film Damsel, starring Millie Bobby Brown. |
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The dragon path
by Ethan Young Leaving his homeland to seek a safer life in a mythical land under the rule of sworn enemies, a prince becomes separated from his family before teaming up with a powerful mystic and a warrior beast to protect old and new tribe members from a destructive force. |
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Domesticating dragons
by Dan Koboldt Noah Parker, a newly minted Ph.D., is thrilled to land a dream job at Reptilian Corp., the hottest tech company in the American Southwest. He's eager to put his genetic engineering expertise to use designing new lines of Reptilian's feature product: living, breathing dragons. Although highly specialized dragons have been used for industrial purposes for years, Reptilian is desperate to crack the general retail market. By creating a dragon that can be the perfect family pet, Reptilian hopes to put a dragon into every home. While Noah's research may help Reptilian create truly domesticated dragons, Noah has a secret goal. With his access to the company's equipment and resources, Noah plans to slip changes into the dragons' genetic code, bending the company's products to another purpose entirely. |
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Dragonfall
by Laura Lam A thief steals a powerful artifact from a tomb and unwittingly awakens the last male dragon foretold to save his race, in the first novel of a magical new series from the author of the Pacifica novels. |
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Fire with fire
by Destiny Soria Raised to kill dragons along with her sister, Dani Rivera unexpectedly forges a rare and magical bond with one who makes her question everything she thought she knew about dragons, which pits her against her sister. |
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The keeper's six
by Kate Elliott When her grown son is taken by a dragon lord, Esther calls on the members of her Hex to help rescue him and together they risk everything as they go undercover and try to remain hidden from the Concillium, who banned them from the Beyond. |
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Phoenix extravagant
by Yoon Ha Lee Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they're jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government's automaton soldiers. But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government's horrifying crimes, they find they can no longer stay out of politics. What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministry's mighty dragon automaton. |
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Shatter the sky
by Rebecca Kim Wells When her girlfriend is conscripted into the ranks of their corrupt emperor's army, a young woman from a conquered mountain nation orchestrates a rescue mission involving the theft of a dragon. A first novel. |
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Six crimson cranes
by Elizabeth Lim After unleashing forbidden magic, being banished by her stepmother and unable to speak or her brothers will die, Shiori’anma must find a way to save them with the help of a paper bird, a mercurial dragon and the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. |
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So let them burn
by Kamilah Cole After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the fate of their world in the face of impossible odds. |
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Tidesong
by Wendy Xu When she attempts to do magic on her own, young witch Sophie accidentally entangles herself with a water dragon named Lir whom she tricks into helping her get into the best magic school in the realm. |
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To shape a dragon's breath
by Moniquill Blackgoose Revered as a Nampeshiweisit, a person in a unique relationship with a dragon, by her people, 15-year-old Indigenous girl Anequs, at odds with the“approved” way of doing things, is forced by Anglish conquerors to attend a proper dragon school– and if she cannot succeed there, her dragon will be killed. |
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When women were dragons : a novel
by Kelly Regan Barnhill After the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when thousands of women, including her beloved Aunt Marla, transformed into dragons, left a trail fiery destruction and took to the skies, young Alex Green must face the consequences of this event as she learns to accept people as they really are. |