Dragons anchor some of fantasy's longest series. These are the major dragon-centred series with their book counts and publication ranges.
Series in Reading Order
- Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini — 5 books · 2002–2023
Eragon and its sequels; begun by Paolini at fifteen. - Temeraire by Naomi Novik — 20 books · 2006–2016
Napoleonic Wars fought with an aerial corps of dragons. - Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey — 20 books · 1968–2010
Begun 1968; continued by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey. - Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland — 27 books · 2012–2025
Middle-grade dragon series, begun 2012. - Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin — 9 books · 2009–2024
Daenerys Targaryen's dragons drive one of the central plotlines. - DragonLance by Margaret Weis — 195 books · 1984–2024
Created with Tracy Hickman; a long-running shared-world series. - Memoirs by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan — 12 books · 2013–2017
Natural-history adventure series about the study of dragons. - How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell — 12 books · 1999–2014
Children's series, 2003-2015.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.
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