Dragon Books for Older Teens

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A Natural History of Dragons 


by Marie Brennan

 
A young woman's memoir that brings about further understanding about dragons. 
SF Brennan
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Eon: Dragoneye Reborn


by Alison Goodman


Eon wants to become an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons, but she must hide the fact that she is a girl. 
Y FIC Goodman
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Dragon Keeper


by Robin Hobb


To save some dragons, a band of dragon keepers, dragon hunters, and dragon chronicles tend to them and help to find their true home. (First book in the Rain Wilds Chronicles)
SF Hobb
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The Hunting of the Last Dragon


by Sherryl Jordan


In England in 1356, as a monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon.
Y PBK Jordan
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Song in the Silence


by Elizabeth Kerner


A woman adventurer joins a ship sailing to the Dragon Isles in search of fruit that prolongs life. While there, she falls in love with the king of the dragons, with whom she communicates by telepathy. When a sorcerer tries to feed her to a demon, the dragon changes shape into a man and saves.
Y FIC Kerner
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The Dragonrider's of Pern


by Anne McCaffrey


The first three books of pern (Dragonflight, Dragonquest, The White Dragon) are gathered in this omnibus edition from the long running and classic dragon series. 
SF McCaffrey
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His Majesty's Dragon


by Naomi Novik


The first book in the Temeraire series - an alternate history retelling of the Napoleonic Wars where the air force was dragons. 
SF PBK Novik
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Eragon


by Christopher Paolini


The first book in the Inheritance Cycle where a young boy finds and hatches a dragon's egg in an richly detailed fantasy world. 
Y FIC Paolini and SP Y FIC Paolini
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Dragons of Autumn Twilight


by Weis & Hickman


The first book in the classic Dragonlance Chronicles.
SF PBK Weis