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The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe Princess Elizabeth is slated to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps Ronald. In resourceful and humorous fashion, Elizabeth finds the dragon, outsmarts him, and rescues Ronald--who is less than pleased at her un-princess-like appearance. Full color... -
Mimic & Me 2 by Cassius Lange, Ryan Tang
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve escaped from a nest of backbiting nobles…only to fall into a whole city of them!The Baron Sherazad sent me as far away from Eslant as possible. Now I’m stuck in the middle of nowhere, in a nest full of enemies, with only a demented mimic and a renegade elf to watch my back.Arrdeam’s rulers are determined to keep their civilians weak and under control, but that won’t work for me... -
Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsKidnap a dragon? How daring!How stupidCimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, is back--but where is Kazul the dragon? That's what Cimorene is determined to find out. Luckily--or perhaps not-so-luckily--she's got help: Mendenbar, the not-very-kingly King of the Enchanted Forest, has joined her in her quest... -
Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Talking to Dragons, Patricia Wrede, Calling on Dragons, Dealing With Dragons by Books LLC
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChapters: Talking to Dragons, Patricia Wrede, Calling on Dragons, Dealing With Dragons. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge... -
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Namesake by Kate Stradling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Who needs magic in an age of electricity? I can flip the switch on the wall with the best of them.” Anjeni Sigourna bears the name of a legendary goddess, but her resemblance to that honored figure ends there. Eighteen and jaded, she has cultivated sarcasm instead of the elusive magic everyone expects her to possess. Such power lacks purpose in her modern world... -
The Kingdom Razed by Dragons by Virlyce
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlue mages learn skills from beasts. This is the story of one fortunate enough to be taken in by dragons. This is a sequel to The Blue Mage Raised by Dragons...Categorized as:
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Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsCimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart - and bored. So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon - and finds the family and excitement she's been looking for... -
To Challenge A Dragon by G.A. Aiken, Shelly Laurenston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNote: This story was reissued in the book Dragon Actually under the pseudonym G.A... -
The Human Familiar by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhile Bannen had every intention of finding adventure, being yanked through a magical portal two continents away isn’t quite what he imagined happening. For that matter, being magically bound to a mage-in-training hadn’t ever crossed his mind. Being the first human familiar ever summoned in Corcoran? Not on his to-do list... -
The Golden Basilisk by Marie Andreas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA long-lost elven kingdom, body-swapping ghosts, walking weapons of mass destruction... Archaeologist and part-time bounty hunter Taryn St. Giles has had a Very. Bad. Year. Ever since she and her trio of singing, drunken faeries started digging into the mysteries of a certain handsome elven lord, she's been up to her nose in explosions, slavering monsters, and assorted other dangers... -
Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsAlways be polite to dragons!That's what Daystar's mother taught him...and it's a very wise lesson--one that might just help him after his mom hands him a magic sword and kicks him out of the house. Especially because his house sits on the edge of the Enchanted Forest and his mother is Queen Cimorene.But the tricky part is figuring out what he's supposed to do with the magic sword... -
Sew You Want to be a Hero by Andrew Seiple
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThreadbare has not had a very good time of it, recently. His little girl has been taken from him, and he must travel the kingdom, finding allies old and new, living and dead, to help him rescue Celia. Fortunately, he's got a voice now, and access to all those fun skills he couldn't use before... -
Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsA Princess's work is never done--not even when she becomes a queen!Princess Cimorene is now Queen Cimorene ... and she's faced with her first queenly crisis -- the Enchanted Forest is threatened with complete destruction!Those wizards are back -- and they've become very smart. (Sort of.) They've figured out a way to take over the forest once and for all ... and what they have planned isn't pretty... -
In the Land of Leadale, Vol. 3 by Ceez
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNow a full-fledged adventurer, the high elf Cayna is back on the road to find the next Guardian Tower. She stops at a fishing village where there's talk of a castle at the bottom of the ocean, but she finds the village covered in a strange mist and overrun with scores of undead! After a chance reunion with one of her former guild members, Cayna has another boss battle awaiting her.. -
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A Tale of Two Dragons by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBraith of the Darkness likes going through life unnoticed. Not an easy task for a She-dragon of royal descent. But the evil plots of her father are turning her quiet, boring life upside down, and she has now become the enemy of the most vicious queen her kind has ever known. But for once, Braith won't have to fight alone... -
Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 9 (light novel) (Konosuba by Natsume Akatsuki
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Demon Lord's forces are headed to Axel Town. And among them is a user of.. -
Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA doubly disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second shot may have been a grave mistake... Still bruised and heartbroken from their last calamitous quest, Gorm Ingerson and his band of washed-up heroes try to make amends for the Orcs they accidentally betrayed. But justice is put on hold when an old foe marches to the city gates... -
Didn't I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! Light Novel Vol. 4 by FUNA
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGoing the Extra Mile!When the Crimson Vow's newest job brings them up against not just a horde of beastmen but an elder dragon, Mile is forced to fight for her life in earnest, in what will become her greatest struggle yet! Can she dig deep and tap the combined power of her three selves to protect her... -
Wiedźma opiekunka, Część 2 by Olga Gromyko
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsW. Redna powraca…i jest jeszcze w.redniejsza!Życie Wolhy właśnie zaczynało się układać. Skończyła szkołę. Miała pracę. Miała najlepszego przyjaciela pod słońcem, czy raczej księżycem.I oczywiście wszystko poszło nie tak.Staż na dworze nieudanego króla, praca o wiele bardziej skomplikowana niż by się można spodziewać, a przyjaciel… Nagle okazał się kimś więcej, niż tylko przyjacielem... -
River of Dreams by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAisling of Bruadair is frantic to find both the truth about her future and a mercenary to save her country. When an offer of aid comes from an unexpected direction, she is relieved her quest is almost complete. But she soon realizes her task is far from over . . . and will include perils she never dreamed she would ever face... -
Ведьма-хранительница by Ольга Громыко
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsКто сказал «Тяжело в учении, легко в бою»? А подать его сюда, в бой! Школа Чародеев, Пифий и Травниц закончена, но проблемы молодой дипломированной ведьмы только начинаются.Школа магов окончена. Вольху Редную ждут в Догеве, стране вампиров... -
Iorich by Steven Brust
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHouse Jhereg, Dragaera's organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad Taltos. There's a big price on his head on Draegara City. Then he hears disturbing news. Aliera--longtime friend, sometime ally--has been arrested by the Empire on a charge of practicing elder sorcery, a capital crime.It doesn't make sense. Everybody knows Aliera's been dabbling in elder sorcery for ages... -
Into The Abyss by J.L. Langland
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTurns out: "The Demon Weed" really is a Gateway Drug! Who knew?Tom Perkinje certainly didn't. He had never smoked anything in his life, but as the new kid in town trying to make friends, he'd gone to a party and had foolishly let his new buddy Reggie talk him into trying a joint that he'd picked up from a new dealer... -
Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith the banishment of Evil from the realms, the final victory of Good is assured-unless a few stalwart antiheroes can save the world from a serious and potentially fatal imbalance. First novelist Forward explores the complications that arise from a surfeit of "goodness" in the world... -
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Верховная Ведьма by Ольга Громыко
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChto nuzhno dlya schast'ya Verkhovnoj Ved'me samoj obychnoj doliny, naselennoj samymi obychnymi vampirami? Lyubimaya rabota? Uspeshnaya kar'era? Stepen' arkhimaga? Ili.. -
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsEveryone - wizards, soldiers, farmers, elves, dragons, kings and queens alike - is fed up with Mr Chesney's Pilgrim Parties: groups of tourists from the world next door who descend en masse every year to take the Grand Tour. What they expect are all the trappings of a grand fantasy adventure, including the Evil Enchantress, Wizard Guides, the Dark Lord, Winged Minions, and all... -
The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! Volume 4 by Gamei Hitsuji
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSuimei continues on his journey towards the Nelferian Empire, now with Lefille in tow. He has to add her new “problem” to his growing to-do list, but it won’t be the only thing he’s worried about by the time they get to the capital city. A strange military figure doesn’t seem to take kindly to their presence there... -
The First Chill Of Autumn by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLlassar is an occupied country– but nobody seems to know it. Fae began to filter slowly into the land shortly after the birth of the crown princess, Dion ferch Alawn, supposedly fleeing a dark threat in Faery known as the Guardians. But that was fifteen years ago, and now there isn’t a town in Llassar that isn’t populated by or under the control of the fae... -
Lazy Dungeon Master: Volume 3 by Supana Onikage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven a Hero is my enemy if they get in the way of my sleep! I, Keima Masuda, am a Dungeon Master in a fantasy world focusing all my efforts on avoiding as much work as possible. And finally, those efforts are being rewarded. The inn I built by the dungeon is super popular and super busy (Thanks for taking care of all that, Niku!). Heheh. Won't be long before I don't have to work at all.. -
Thraxas and the Elvish Isles by Martin Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the fourth book of the Thraxas series, Thraxas is invited to the Elvish Island of Avula. Sailing south means he can avoid the harsh Turanian winter, and escape from Makri, who's recent behaviour has outraged all decent citizens. Makri refuses to be left behind, much to the displeasure of the Turanian Prince, who knows her Orcish blood isn't going to be welcome on any Elvish island... -
The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! Volume 7 by Gamei Hitsuji
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReiji’s party meets back up with Suimei and company to discuss the various threats challenging them now. Is there a dark connection they’ve been overlooking this whole time? Either way, it’ll be hard for them to put their heads together when Suimei is still keeping secrets... -
Vainqueur the Dragon by Maxime J. Durand
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsVainqueur Knightsbane is your average dragon: a giant, fire-breathing lizard who loves to take naps on his golden hoard, kidnap princesses for fun, and make the life of adventurers miserable. Vainqueur's only pleasure in life is to watch his treasure get bigger, one coin at a time... -
Spellweaver by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author returns to the Nine Kingdoms for another spellbinding story of magical romance. Ruith had long managed to ignore the magic in his veins, until aiding Sarah with her ill-fated quest forced him into places where his heritage was impossible to deny... -
Hit or Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe apprentice Skeeve is just getting used to his duties as Court Magician of Possiltum. Then King Roderick decides to take a powder, leaving Skeeve in his place to marry his homicidal fiancee and face the Mob's fairy godfather-who makes him an offer he can't refuse... -
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Myth Directions by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe beautiful Tanda wants the Trophy--and it's up to Skeeve to get it for her. The problem is, getting it will take more than luck. It will take all Skeeve's unproven magical talents, a scaly but clever Pervect, and a charming demon not above a little interdimensional thievery... -
Another Fine Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSkeeve was a magician's apprentice--until an assassin struck and his master was killed. Now, with a purple-tongued demon named Aahz as a companion, he's on a quest to get even... -
The Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA thousand years before the birth of Vlad Taltos, the Dragaeran Empire is a hotbed of intrigue, sorcery, intrigue, swashbuckling adventure, and intrigue. For those who would be heroes, it is a delightful time to be alive--and an easy place to die.Khaavren of the House of Tiassa is a son of landless nobility, possessor of a good sword and "tolerably well acquainted with its use... -
Myth Conceptions by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsRobert Asprin’s classic fantasy, now available in eBook!With cover and interior illustrations by Phil Foglio!A Myth-Adventure in Combat ... Having defeated the mad wizard, Isstvan, Skeeve and Aahz have taken over the remote inn that was the enemy’s hideout... -
The Dungeoneers by Jeffery Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter five years as a city guard, Durham's horizontal career trajectory adds a corkscrew when a misdelivered order assigns him to caravan duty for an eclectic group of Dwarves who hire themselves out as professional dungeoneers.No ruler wants to leave a powerful magical weapon lying about in a dungeon where just any prophesied upstart can stumble across it and use it to overthrow the kingdom... -
The Art of Avoiding Your Alpha by Lola Glass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy soulmate bought me a sugar cookie… and now, he's not going to let me go.He wants a mate bond.I don't.He's even more stubborn than I am, though. So, I agree to move in with him, for the sake of putting more emotional distance between us.But the plan backfires.And it makes me like him more... -
Dragon Actually / A Tale of Two Dragons by G.A. Aiken
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith a nickname like Annwyl the Bloody, men tend to either cower in fear at the sight of me, or salute. So it would be nice to find a man I can actually talk to, just the way I can talk to Fearghus the Destroyer... -
The Rabbit Great and Terrible by Nelson Chereta, Gary Furlong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTorikai is the Golden City, the City of Ruin and Fortune, and a place where you can find almost anything... for the right price. Waldo and company arrive looking for information. What they find is a suspicious mage guild, a delusional queen, an entire city awash in greed and deception, and an old acquaintance who is VERY happy to see him again... -
Rabbit the Barbarian by Nelson Chereta
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt last! Waldo, Alice, and Gronk have arrived at World's End and located a dragon! What once seemed absolutely impossible is now nearly within reach. With determination to get either a dragon's egg or a dragon Waldo sets out. He is soon face to face with the red dragon Luna and she is... not quite what he expected... -
False Idols by Jon Hollins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGuardians of the Galaxy meets The Hobbit in this rollicking fantasy adventure series. The Dragons who once ruled over the land are dead.The motley crew that stumbled through that revolution are rich and praised as saviors.Everyone gets to live happily ever after, right?Right?Well, it might have worked out that way if the dragons in Kondorra had been the only ones... -
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The Dragon Squisher by Scott McCormick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet Nigel: digger of latrines, shoveler of poop, and the single greatest threat to all the humans, elves, dwarves, and halflings of Esteria... -
Bad Faith by Jon Hollins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill and his comrades went to war to overthrow the reign of dragons, winning battle after battle, and acclaim as conquering heroes.But now they've angered the gods, and may just need the dragons to help them this time.. -
The Incompleat Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Mathematics of Magic - it was the greatest discovery ever. Or so thought Professor Harold Shea. With the proper equations he could instantly transport himself and his friend Reed Chalmers back - or sideways - in time to all the wondrous lands of ancient myth and legend.But slips in time were a hazard. and Shea's magic didn't always work quite as he expected... -
Myth-ing Persons by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSkeeve is in a real pickle this time. His partner Aahz has disappeared, and it looks like foul play. Finding Aahz ought to be a snap for a talented magician like Skeeve, especially with a sassy apprentice and a dumb-but-brawny bodyguard along for the ride. The trouble is, they're sleuthing in another dimension... -
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA hilarious fantasy adventure in which a young woman, who is stuck in a time loop, decides the best way to defend the kingdom from the Dark Lord is to become the Dark Lord herself. Davi has done this all before. She's tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she's rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end... -
Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSkeeve leaves the rest of the M.Y.T.H. crew behind as he follows his erstwhile mentor, Aahz, to the demon’s home dimension of Perv. And you thought New York City was rough! Skeeve hopes to convince Aahz to return to Deva, but he soon discovers that his search has become a journey of self-discovery...
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