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Description: Favorite books about dragons.
Members: 17 participating members
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by J. R. R. Tolkien

88,682 members

1,155 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, souloftherose, briarhills, cej1027, al.vick, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

20,820 members

418 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, briarhills, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

His Majesty's Dragon

7,677 members

359 reviews

4.1

6 Members: jain, wandering_star, KimarieBee, avatiakh, souloftherose, briarhills

4

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

96,482 members

860 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, souloftherose, briarhills, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Seamus Heaney

23,887 members

320 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aulsmith, briarhills, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

23,515 members

237 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, briarhills, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

13,287 members

215 reviews

4.2

5 Members: souloftherose, briarhills, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Paper Bag Princess

by Robert Munsch

4,867 members

171 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: aulsmith, avatiakh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

9

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2)

by J. R. R. Tolkien

44,869 members

291 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: avatiakh, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3)

by J. R. R. Tolkien

43,532 members

269 reviews

½ 4.5

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Anne McCaffrey

8,631 members

159 reviews

3.9

5 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, briarhills, al.vick, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Farthest Shore

by Ursula K. Le Guin

7,461 members

105 reviews

4

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Dealing with Dragons

by Patricia C. Wrede

5,456 members

142 reviews

4.2

4 Members: jain, merrystar, briarhills, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Talking to Dragons

by Patricia C. Wrede

3,045 members

46 reviews

4

4 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, briarhills, ManWithAnAgenda

15

1,449 members

92 reviews

3.9

4 Members: wandering_star, aulsmith, avatiakh, souloftherose

16

The Book of Dragons

1,107 members

18 reviews

3.8

4 Members: wandering_star, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027

17

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

by J. K. Rowling

103,358 members

969 reviews

4.2

4 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

18

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

96,346 members

909 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

19

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

95,516 members

845 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)

by J. R. R. Tolkien

50,979 members

456 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Christopher Paolini

30,109 members

632 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: avatiakh, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,souloftherose

22

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

14,953 members

356 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

A Wind in the Door

by Madeleine L'Engle

11,975 members

115 reviews

3.9

3 Members: cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

11,318 members

220 reviews

4.1

3 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, briarhills

25

by Anne McCaffrey

6,742 members

96 reviews

4.1

3 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, ahef1963

26

The White Dragon

by Anne McCaffrey

6,168 members

54 reviews

4

3 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, aspirit

27

by Cornelia Funke

6,037 members

103 reviews

3.9

3 Members: avatiakh, al.vick, aspirit

28

by Anne McCaffrey

6,001 members

65 reviews

4.1

3 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, ahef1963

29

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

5,401 members

66 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027

30

by Terry Pratchett

4,820 members

69 reviews

4

3 Members: briarhills, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

by Catherynne M. Valente

3,633 members

255 reviews

4.1

3 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, souloftherose

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by Rachel Hartman

3,587 members

256 reviews

4.1

3 Members: avatiakh, merrystar, souloftherose

33

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

by Patricia A. McKillip

2,676 members

60 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, briarhills, al.vick

34

A Natural History of Dragons

by Marie Brennan

2,310 members

128 reviews

3.8

3 Members: jain, souloftherose, briarhills

35

The Last Dragonslayer

by Jasper Fforde

2,138 members

138 reviews

3.8

3 Members: avatiakh, souloftherose, cej1027

36

The Reluctant Dragon

by Kenneth Grahame

1,706 members

16 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027

37

Farmer Giles of Ham

by J. R. R. Tolkien

1,681 members

22 reviews

3.8

3 Members: souloftherose, briarhills, ahef1963

38

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

by Bruce Coville

1,647 members

18 reviews

4

3 Members: cej1027, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda

39

Tea with the Black Dragon

by R. A. MacAvoy

1,429 members

34 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, briarhills, ahef1963

40

by Lewis Carroll

835 members

46 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

41

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

100,663 members

951 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

42

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

91,322 members

1,540 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: avatiakh, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Silmarillion

by J. R. R. Tolkien

32,633 members

257 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, briarhills

44

by Cornelia Funke

17,015 members

509 reviews

3.9

2 Members: avatiakh, ahef1963

45

The Eyes of the Dragon

by Stephen King

9,953 members

153 reviews

3.8

2 Members: briarhills, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Tombs of Atuan

by Ursula K. Le Guin

8,462 members

143 reviews

4

2 Members: avatiakh, ManWithAnAgenda

47

The Hero and the Crown

by Robin McKinley

6,135 members

117 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, briarhills

48

The Dragonbone Chair

by Tad Williams

5,926 members

72 reviews

3.9

2 Members: avatiakh, merrystar

49

by John Gardner

5,782 members

106 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

50

Dragons of Autumn Twilight

by Margaret Weis

5,338 members

86 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Anne McCaffrey

5,237 members

36 reviews

3.9

2 Members: avatiakh, merrystar

52

by Ursula K. Le Guin

3,731 members

64 reviews

4

2 Members: souloftherose, al.vick

53

by Nate Diana Stevenson

2,908 members

180 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: avatiakh, aspirit

54

2,766 members

91 reviews

3.8

2 Members: KimarieBee, al.vick

55

Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend

by Margaret Hodges

2,737 members

70 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

56

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,575 members

58 reviews

4.1

2 Members: avatiakh, ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Fire Within

by Chris d'Lacey

2,532 members

53 reviews

3.8

2 Members: avatiakh, al.vick

58

Dark Lord of Derkholm

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,347 members

58 reviews

4.1

2 Members: avatiakh, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Melanie Rawn

2,302 members

26 reviews

4

2 Members: KimarieBee, ManWithAnAgenda

60

Elmer and the Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

1,752 members

14 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

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by Elizabeth Enright

1,597 members

28 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: aulsmith, cej1027
Explanations: aulsmith: Seeing Siegfried at the Metropolitan Opera, one of the characters sees how the dragon works.

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by Robin McKinley

1,254 members

53 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, briarhills

63

by Vivian Vande Velde

675 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: jain, briarhills

64

Harrowing the Dragon

by Patricia A. McKillip

579 members

18 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, briarhills

65

Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits

by Robin McKinley

383 members

18 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, briarhills

66

by Patricia A. McKillip

269 members

3 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, briarhills

67

Assassin's Apprentice

11,630 members

267 reviews

4.1

Member: KimarieBee

68

by Christopher Paolini

8,229 members

163 reviews

3.9

Member: stevengolson

69

6,331 members

176 reviews

3.8

Member: avatiakh

70

5,662 members

96 reviews

4.1

Member: KimarieBee

71

by Ursula K. Le Guin

4,995 members

76 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

72

3,748 members

67 reviews

4

Member: al.vick

73

The Two Princesses of Bamarre

by Gail Carson Levine

3,709 members

47 reviews

4

Member: briarhills

74

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

3,590 members

226 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: avatiakh

75

The Dolphins of Pern

by Anne McCaffrey

3,587 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: avatiakh

76

Empire of Ivory

3,416 members

99 reviews

3.9

Member: stevengolson

77

Tales from Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

3,367 members

52 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith

78

How to Train Your Dragon

by Cressida Cowell

3,302 members

153 reviews

3.8

Member: al.vick

79

by Anne McCaffrey

3,272 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: avatiakh

80

The Skies of Pern

by Anne McCaffrey

3,269 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: avatiakh

81

Dragon on a Pedestal

by Piers Anthony

2,659 members

18 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

82

Victory of Eagles

2,613 members

95 reviews

3.9

Member: stevengolson

83

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn

by Alison Goodman

2,412 members

145 reviews

3.9

Member: avatiakh

84

The Sea of Trolls

by Nancy Farmer

2,294 members

60 reviews

4.1

Member: avatiakh

85

by J. R. R. Tolkien

2,235 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: briarhills

86

Tongues of Serpents

1,750 members

99 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: stevengolson

87

by Mercedes Lackey

1,696 members

23 reviews

3.9

Member: al.vick

88

Puff the Magic Dragon

by Peter Yarrow

1,683 members

20 reviews

4

Member: hipdeep

89

by Barbara Hambly

1,602 members

27 reviews

4

Member: avatiakh

90

The Dragons of Blueland

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

1,525 members

30 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

91

Grimm's Fairy Tales {unspecified}

1,524 members

17 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

92

1,452 members

23 reviews

4

Member: avatiakh

93

The Fire Eternal

by Chris d'Lacey

1,372 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: avatiakh

94

by Alison Goodman

1,246 members

77 reviews

3.9

Member: avatiakh

95

The Smoke Thief

1,171 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: al.vick

96

by Rachel Hartman

1,128 members

82 reviews

3.8

Member: avatiakh

97

by Donita K. Paul

1,078 members

27 reviews

3.8

Member: al.vick

98

by Kate Forsyth

990 members

18 reviews

3.8

Member: KimarieBee

99

by Thea Harrison

964 members

81 reviews

4.1

Member: briarhills

100

by Charlie Fletcher

837 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: avatiakh

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Started: sturlington
December 2013
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