Items25The creator’s order
  1. 1The Other Wind (2001)The Other Wind (2001) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2001Le Guin’s final Earthsea book brings the relationship between humans and dragons into questions of freedom, language and the boundary with death. These beings have purposes beyond serving a rider or guarding a hoard, and the novel asks what humans have misunderstood about them. A quiet, searching…0
  2. 2Tooth and Claw (2003)Tooth and Claw (2003) 7.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2003Walton imagines a society made entirely of dragons, with inheritance disputes, marriage prospects and class anxieties built into their biology. Eating another dragon can be a route to power, so a familiar Victorian family argument becomes alarmingly literal. The wit depends on taking the creatures’…0
  3. 3Dragonhaven (2007)Dragonhaven (2007) 4.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2007Jake lives at Smokehill, a dragon sanctuary, where protecting wildlife becomes much harder when he secretly rescues an orphaned hatchling. Feeding, exhaustion, law and the difficulty of communication make caring for a dragon feel like demanding work. McKinley’s young narrator can be rambling, which…0
  4. 4A Natural History Of Dragons A Memoir By Lady Trent (2013)A Natural History Of Dragons A Memoir By Lady Trent (2013) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2013Lady Trent remembers the fieldwork that began her career studying dragons, treating them as animals to observe, sketch and understand. Brennan gives anatomy and behaviour as much attention as the social obstacles facing the naturalist. The memoir voice adds hindsight, wit and the possibility of…0
  5. 5His Majesty's Dragon (2006)His Majesty's Dragon (2006) 7.8/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2006A dragon hatchling unexpectedly chooses a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars, sending both into the Aerial Corps. Temeraire is intelligent, affectionate and capable of asking awkward questions about the system using his strength. The partnership includes feeding, training and crews as…0
  6. 6Dragonflight (1968)Dragonflight (1968) 7.8/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1968On Pern, telepathically bonded dragons defend human settlements against a recurring threat from the sky. Lessa’s relationship with Ramoth connects the personal bond to breeding, leadership and the survival of an entire society. The underlying setting is science fiction even when the experience…0
  7. 7Dealing with Dragons (1990)Dealing with Dragons (1990) 8.1/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1990Cimorene would rather work for the dragon Kazul than endure the life everyone has planned for a princess. Wrede turns the captive-princess arrangement into a practical negotiation, with dragons who have their own politics and little patience for foolish humans. Cooking, research and stubborn…0
  8. 8סרפינה (2014)סרפינה (2014)Published 1 Jan 2014Seraphina: Hartman imagines dragons who can take human shape and whose ideals of reason collide with human emotions, prejudice and music. A young musician’s concealed identity makes that political tension intimate. The interest lies in competing ways of thinking and in the costs of treating mixed…0
  9. 9Dragonsbane (1985)Dragonsbane (1985)Published 1 Jan 1985A celebrated dragon-slayer and a less celebrated witch encounter a dragon whose intelligence makes a simple monster story inadequate. Hambly gives the adult characters work, children, compromises and desires that cannot all be satisfied. Morkeleb offers a powerful sense of another way of existing.…0
  10. 10Highfire (2020)Highfire (2020) 6.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2020Vern is a dragon hiding in a Louisiana bayou with vodka, television and very little enthusiasm for the modern world. A teenage boy and a dangerous local law officer disrupt the arrangement. Colfer turns the last-dragon idea into an adult comic crime adventure, giving loneliness and bad habits as…0