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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... -
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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... -
![How to Break a Dragon's Heart by Cressida Cowell]()
How to Break a Dragon's Heart by Cressida Cowell
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTHE STORY CONTINUES in the eighth volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs...Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero... -
![Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Talking to Dragons, Patricia Wrede, Calling on Dragons, Dealing With Dragons by Books LLC]()
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]()
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... -
![Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede]()
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... -
![Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede]()
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]()
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.. -
![Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 9 (light novel) (Konosuba by Natsume Akatsuki]()
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.. -
![Didn't I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! Light Novel Vol. 4 by FUNA]()
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... -
![How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse by Cressida Cowell]()
How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse by Cressida Cowell
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsReluctant hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III must rescue his best friend, Fishlegs, from the deadly disease Vorpentitis. The only cure is rare and almost impossible to find...a potato. But where will Hiccup find such a thing? He'll have to dodge the terrible Sharkworms, battle Doomfangs, and outwit crazy Hooligans if he's going to be a Hero. Again... -
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![How to Ride a Dragon's Storm by Cressida Cowell]()
How to Ride a Dragon's Storm by Cressida Cowell
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTHE STORY CONTINUES in the seventh volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs ...Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero... -
![The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers]()
The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Echo the Crat's mistress dies, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render his fat, which he hopes to brew into an immortality potion. But Ghoolion has not reckoned with Echo's talent for survival and his vast ability to make new friends... -
![A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons by Cressida Cowell]()
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons by Cressida Cowell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIt's Hiccup's birthday, but that's not going to keep him from getting into trouble. To save his dragon, Toothless, from being banished, Hiccup must sneak into the Meathead Public Library and steal the Viking's most sacred book. But the Vikings see books as a dangerous influence, and keep them locked up and under heavy guard... -
![Ведьма-хранительница by Ольга Громыко]()
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]()
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... -
![Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward]()
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... -
![Верховная Ведьма by Ольга Громыко]()
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]()
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... -
![A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 12 by Kazuma Kamachi]()
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 12 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThough he gave his all during the festival to save Academy City, Touma still spectacularly lost his bet with Mikoto. Now he's a slave to her every order until she's completely satisfied! But that's the least of his worries--a jealous Kuroko just might kill him, Little Misaka is about to explode, Index is nowhere to be found, and then there's this girl who seems totally lost.. -
![The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! Volume 7 by Gamei Hitsuji]()
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... -
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![Vainqueur the Dragon by Maxime J. Durand]()
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]()
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]()
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 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... -
![Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker]()
Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMany years ago a slighted fairy placed a curse on a beautiful young princess--a curse that caused her and all her female descendants to turn into mean, ugly witches if they ever touched a flower after turning sixteen. Now, Princess Emma, who is about to turn sixteen herself, is determined to break the spell once and for all... -
![Dragon's Breath by E.D. Baker]()
Dragon's Breath by E.D. Baker
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsEmma and Eadric have no sooner turned back into humans (from being frogs) than Emma's mother is in a panic, Aunt Grassina is distracted because she's found her true love turned into an otter, and Emma's magic is so out of control she sends herself to the dungeon by mistake... -
![The Rabbit Great and Terrible by Nelson Chereta, Gary Furlong]()
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]()
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... -
![Flyte by Angie Sage, Mark Zug]()
Flyte by Angie Sage, Mark Zug
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsIt's been a year since Septimus Heap discovered his real family and true calling to be a wizard. As Apprentice to Extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, he is learning the fine arts of Conjurations, Charms, and other Magyk, while Jenna is adapting to life as the Princess and enjoying the freedom of the Castle.But there is something sinister at work... -
![False Idols by Jon Hollins]()
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]()
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... -
![Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler]()
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]()
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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M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs president of M.Y.T.H. Inc., Skeeve is in charge of a myth-chievous gang that includes a pet dragon and an artistic vampire... -
![Little Myth Marker by Robert Lynn Asprin]()
Little Myth Marker by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSkeeve bluffs his way into a high-stakes game of dragon poker-and wins! But now he's left with Markie, a pint-sized IOU left by a player who went broke. She conjures up a house full of trouble every time she tries to cast a spell. And now the dragon poker champion has challenged Skeeve to a game-with a pot of half a million... -
![Goblin Hero by Jim C. Hines]()
Goblin Hero by Jim C. Hines
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAfter barely surviving an adventure he never wanted, the scrawny little nearsighted goblin called Jig is now known as Jig Dragonslayer, and has the power of healing, thanks to the forgotten god he worships. But being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be. Not when the goblin leader wants him dead, and everyone else actually expects him to keep doing heroic-and incredibly dangerous-things... -
![Castle for Rent by John DeChancie]()
Castle for Rent by John DeChancie
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce upon a time, the king of a mysterious castle found himself out of place. The odd thing was that the time was the future and the place was New York City! Castle Perilous had been a universe unto itself until it started living up to its name. Now it is a gateway to thousands of universes, each increasingly bizarre and more bewildering... -
![A Fate Worse Than Dragons by John Moore]()
A Fate Worse Than Dragons by John Moore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn an attempt to win the hand of Princess Gloria in marriage, Sir Terry slays a dragon-only to discover he's killed the dragon in a neighboring kingdom and inadvertently earned the devotion of the wrong princess. And everyone knows that getting stuck with the wrong girl is truly a fate worse than dragons... -
![Test of Metal by Matthew Woodring Stover]()
Test of Metal by Matthew Woodring Stover
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWalk the Blind Eternities! The New York Times best-selling author Matthew Stover brings his razor-sharp prose and hard-hitting characterization to the Multiverse of Magic: The Gathering®. From the ashes of defeat, the planeswalker Tezzeret will rise again... -
![A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 9 by Kazuma Kamachi]()
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 9 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Daihasei Festival--a huge athletics festival attended by every school in Academy City, where the superpowered students attending these institutions gather to compete in a wide variety of competitions. And of course, Touma Kamijou is participating... -
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![Dragon Princess by S. Andrew Swann]()
Dragon Princess by S. Andrew Swann
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrank Blackthorne's most recent heist did not end optimally. The sacrificial virgin survived, but the whole incident left Frank, a respectable career thief, on the run from a kingdom full of evil cultists eager to replace their sacrifice... -
![Nina Kimberly the Merciless by Christiana Ellis]()
Nina Kimberly the Merciless by Christiana Ellis
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*She's on a mission to kill the man who loves her. Why? Because he's an idiot. Ten years ago, Nina Kimberly the Merciless was cheated out of the life of adventure that she truly deserves. Her father, the fearsome barbarian conqueror Marcus the Merciless, met his first and only defeat at the hands of, well... a gopher hole... -
![Sweet Myth-Tery of Life by Robert Lynn Asprin]()
Sweet Myth-Tery of Life by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen it reigns, it pours all over well-meaning magician Skeeve. Romance, that is. He's a drowning man, fending off a relentless array of suitors. What to do? Should he hop away with Bunny, his beautiful assistant? Drink all night with Cassandra, the nubile vampire? Or give in and marry Queen Hemlock—the sensible thing that will assure his future, and maybe keep him alive.. -
![Castle Perilous by John DeChancie]()
Castle Perilous by John DeChancie
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsImagine life in an ironically magical world where 144,000 doors separate fiction from reality. A place that can hypnotize even the most grounded philosophy major and deliver a fantastical rhyme to his reason. A place where a best buddy resembles a shaggy carpet, and adventures surpass a boy's dreams? welcome to Castle Perilous... -
![The Hour of the Gate by Alan Dean Foster]()
The Hour of the Gate by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSpellsinger Jon-Tom follows bespectacled turtle wizard Clothahump for allies against invading insect Plated Folk with new magic - and way home to our world. Crew is his crush Flor, 5' otter Mudge, red-hair Talea, big bat Pog, gambler Caz, dragon Falameezar. Froggy Bribbens guides them in split river under mountain but no farther to arachnid Weavers or mythical Ironcloud... -
![Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster]()
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAmong sentient animals and humans, hardheaded and hard-shelled wizard Clothahump searches across dimensions for a wizard to defeat looming armies of Plated Folk. Jonathan-Thomas Meriweather, part-time wannabe rock guitarist and janitor, makes magic to his well-worn rock repertoire on his duar instrument. While lyrics may be righteous, the magic is too often something else...
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