For a literary style one: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton. It’s a Jane Austin fantasy of manners where everyone is a dragon.
The original dragon rider bodice ripper: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffery
The Napoleonic War with dragons: His Majesty’s Dragons by Naomi Novak
Cozyish urban fantasy with dragon shapeshifters but no big romance: Nice Dragons Finish Last by Racheal Aaron
Urban fantasy mystery with dragon shifter and romance: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
The classic kill a dragon quest: the Hobbit by Tolkien
The inverted dragon killer story: The Dragon and the George by Gordan R Dickson
Dragon as natural animals: Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Classic 70’s D&D dragon story: Legend of Huma by Richard A Knaak
Cozy fantasy: Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of Dragons.
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Mercedes Lackey’s “Joust” is an interesting one, it’s set in a fantasy-Egypt with dragonriders. Lackey’s a raptor rehabilitator, and it really shows in the book, a huge portion of it is loving descriptions of how to bond with a big, reasonably intelligent animal.
The sequels are OK, but the first book can be read on its own.
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For a literary style one: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton. It’s a Jane Austin fantasy of manners where everyone is a dragon.
The original dragon rider bodice ripper: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffery
The Napoleonic War with dragons: His Majesty’s Dragons by Naomi Novak
Cozyish urban fantasy with dragon shapeshifters but no big romance: Nice Dragons Finish Last by Racheal Aaron
Urban fantasy mystery with dragon shifter and romance: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
The classic kill a dragon quest: the Hobbit by Tolkien
The inverted dragon killer story: The Dragon and the George by Gordan R Dickson
Dragon as natural animals: Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Classic 70’s D&D dragon story: Legend of Huma by Richard A Knaak
Cozy fantasy: Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of Dragons.
Mercedes Lackey’s “Joust” is an interesting one, it’s set in a fantasy-Egypt with dragonriders. Lackey’s a raptor rehabilitator, and it really shows in the book, a huge portion of it is loving descriptions of how to bond with a big, reasonably intelligent animal.
The sequels are OK, but the first book can be read on its own.