Books like 'Not Your Typical Dragon'
Readers who enjoyed Not Your Typical Dragon by Dan Bar-el & Tim Bowers also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Draekora by Lynette Noni, Carly Robins
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 19 ratings'I swear by the stars that you and the others slain tonight will be the first of many. Of that you have my word.'With Aven Dalmarta now hiding in the shadows of Meya, Alex is desperate to save Jordan and keep the Rebel Prince from taking more lives...Categorized as:
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![Vardaesia by Lynette Noni]()
Vardaesia by Lynette Noni
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEmbrace the wonder “When Day and Night combine and fight against one Enemy,then Dark and Light shall meet mid-strike and set the Captives free.” In the wake of loss and devastation, Alex must cast aside her grief to seek aid from those who banished the Meyarins long ago...Categorized as:
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![Graevale by Lynette Noni, Carly Robins]()
Graevale by Lynette Noni, Carly Robins
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratings'Light or dark, only one can win. This world cannot survive in shades of grey.'Now that Aven Dalmarta sits upon the throne of Meya, Alex must race against the clock to save the rest of Medora from the Rebel Prince’s wrath. Haunted by an unspeakable vision of the future, Alex and her friends set out to warn the mortal races. But making allies out of ancient enemies proves difficult...Categorized as:
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![Raelia by Lynette Noni]()
Raelia by Lynette Noni
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratings“Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices.”Returning for a second year at Akarnae Academy with her gifted friends, Alexandra Jennings steps back through a doorway into Medora, the fantasy world that is full of impossibilities. Despite the magical wonder of Medora, Alex’s life remains threatened by Aven Dalmarta, the banished prince from the Lost City of Meya who is out for her blood...Categorized as:
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![The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang]()
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA mother struggling to repress her violent past,A son struggling to grasp his violent future,A father blind to the danger that threatens them all... -
![The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren, Jens Wawrczeck]()
The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren, Jens Wawrczeck
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Astrid Lindgren. It was published in the autumn of 1973 and has been translated into 46 languages. Many of its themes are unusually dark and heavy for the children's book genre. Disease, death, tyranny, betrayal and rebellion are some of the dark themes that permeate the story... -
![Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson]()
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAfter decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur are united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of the Hiroth. But the price of peace is a pact with a hidden power whose motives may be deadly. To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all lesser neighbors - except the Tiste Edur... -
![The Last Guardian by Victor Kloss]()
The Last Guardian by Victor Kloss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTime is running out for Ben Greenwood – not as an apprentice for the Royal Institute of Magic, but as the Head Guardian, secretly responsible for uniting Queen Elizabeth's Armour. The dark elves are coming and the only chance of stopping them is to find the last Guardian and the final two pieces of the armour...Categorized as:
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![Crystal Keepers by Brandon Mull]()
Crystal Keepers by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsCole Randolph is trapped in a world where magic is powerful and dreams are real. He found his friend Dalton and has survived the first two kingdoms of the Outskirts. But none of that has prepared him for the magnetic highways and robotic bounty hunters of Zeropolis... -
![Death Weavers by Brandon Mull]()
Death Weavers by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTrapped in a world where magic is powerful and dreams are real, Cole’s epic adventure continues in book four of the New York Times bestselling “fanciful, action-packed adventure” series (Publishers Weekly, starred review), from the author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.Cole is about to face his biggest peril yet... -
![The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch]()
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... -
![The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt]()
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTraditional Chinese edition of The Day the Crayons Came Home, a companion book of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. "The Day the Crayons Came Home" is a Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2015 and a Time Magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015. In Traditional Chinese. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc...Categorized as:
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![The Rogue Knight by Brandon Mull]()
The Rogue Knight by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMagic and danger abound in the second book in a series of “fanciful, action-packed adventure” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.Cole Randolph never meant to come to The Outskirts, but when his friends were kidnapped on Halloween he had to try and save them... -
![Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull]()
Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsJason and Rachel were not born in Lyrian. They did not grow up in Lyrian. But after all of the battles and losses, the triumphs and adventures, and most of all, the friendships forged in this fantastical world, Lyrian has become home to them in a way they never could have imagined... -
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![Kings of Heaven by Richard Nell]()
Kings of Heaven by Richard Nell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the final book of the Ash and Sand trilogy, Ruka, son of Beyla, faces the emperor of the world, yet even victory may not save his people…With the death of his ally, Farahi Alaku, Ruka ‘Godtongue’ is alone. Or not exactly… The island prince Kale Alaku now haunts his mind, rattling within his once peaceful ‘Grove’, promising revenge and growing every moment in power... -
![In the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. Valente]()
In the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCatherynne M. Valente enchanted readers with her spellbinding In the Night Garden. Now she continues to weave her storytelling magic in a new book of Orphan’s Tales—an epic of the fantastic and the exotic, the monstrous and mysterious, that will transport you far away from the everyday…... -
![Code Yellow in Gretna Green by Linzi Day]()
Code Yellow in Gretna Green by Linzi Day
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Gateway terminology, a "Code Yellow" signifies a missing person. King Troels plans to hide in Yggdrasil, the sacred Viking Tree, so the Recorder cannot summon him. But forty-one years of suppressed fury is about to burst out of Niki McKnight after the Vikings' treatment of Rollo... -
![On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson]()
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOnce, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather... -
![Rise of Allies by E.G. Foley]()
Rise of Allies by E.G. Foley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Storm on the Horizon... Every spring, the aristocratic magical families of Victorian England gather secretly at Merlin Hall to hobnob and to hold the annual Fey Parliament... -
![Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly]()
Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAt the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever... -
![Akarnae by Lynette Noni]()
Akarnae by Lynette Noni
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWith just one step, 16-year-old Alex Jennings' world changes - literally. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only Professor Marselle can help her...but he's missing...Categorized as:
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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... -
![Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera]()
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLiving in the remote town of Tierra del Sol is dangerous, especially in the criatura months, when powerful spirits roam the desert and threaten humankind. But Cecelia Rios has always believed there was more to the criaturas, much to her family’s disapproval. After all, only brujas—humans who capture and control criaturas—consort with the spirits, and brujeria is a terrible crime... -
![Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull]()
Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe second epic installment of Brandon Mull’s #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy series! After the cliffhanger ending of A World Without Heroes, Jason is back in the world he’s always known—yet for all his efforts to get home, he finds himself itching to return to Lyrian... -
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![The Neverending Story by Michael Ende]()
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsThis epic work of the imagination has captured the hearts of millions of readers worldwide since it was first published. Its special story within a story is an irresistible invitation for readers to become part of the book itself. The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica...Categorized as:
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![The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter]()
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe Omehi people have been fighting an unwinnable fight for almost two hundred years. Their society has been built around war and only war. The lucky ones are born gifted. One in every two thousand women has the power to call down dragons. One in every hundred men is able to magically transform himself into a bigger, stronger, faster killing machine...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Mage by M.L. Spencer]()
Dragon Mage by M.L. Spencer
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAram Raythe has the power to challenge the gods. He just doesn't know it yet.Aram thinks he's nothing but a misfit from a small fishing village in a dark corner of the world. As far as Aram knows, he has nothing, with hardly a possession to his name other than a desire to make friends and be accepted by those around him, which is something he’s never known.But Aram is more. Much, much more...Categorized as:
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![Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly]()
Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOnce a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison camp...Categorized as:
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![Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett]()
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsA Discworld Novel. It's a hot Midsummer Night. The crop circles are turning up everywhere-even on the mustard-and-cress of Pewseyy Ogg, aged four. And Magrat Garlick, witch, is going to be married in the morning...Everything ought to be going like a dream... -
![Dragons in the Clouds by David Blair]()
Dragons in the Clouds by David Blair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘’Dragons in the Clouds’’ is a epic adventure that takes place during a time period when Dragons were alive and freely roamed the land. The people during this time were getting eaten by a vicious species of Dragon. The ruling King finally orders the total annilation of all living dragons... -
![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... -
![Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly]()
Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSerafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled-powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis...Categorized as:
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![Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames]()
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsClay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help...Categorized as:
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Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsOn Halloween below a haunted house, Cole Randolph wanted to have fun (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But he dives after friends whisked away to The Outskirts.The five kingdoms lie in between - wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from other worlds... -
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![Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames]()
Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsLive fast, die young.Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond her sleepy hometown.When the biggest mercenary band of all rolls into town, led by the infamous Bloody Rose, Tam jumps at the chance to sign on as their bard... -
![The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King]()
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsStephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement. Roland Deschain and his ka-tet—Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy, the billy-bumbler—encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye on their way to the Outer Baronies...Categorized as:
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![The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin]()
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsBook Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk -- Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss...Categorized as:
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![La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman]()
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsMalcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy...Malcolm's father runs an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors... -
![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... -
![The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay]()
The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a world of extraordinary imagination a final battle is waged against a power of unimaginable proportions...Categorized as:
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![The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns]()
The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOrphaned, Luke Miller is left alone and homeless with only his cat for company. But Wentworth is more than an average feline, and when Luke makes a set of leather boots to keep his paws safe, it might help them both find the path to where they belong. Previously published in Fables Retold under the same title... -
![The Pearl by Charlotte McConaghy]()
The Pearl by Charlotte McConaghy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThreatened by a dark and bloody conqueror, the world of Paragor seeks to forestall an inevitable doom. Six young people cross unknowingly into another land. What they find is a realm in the midst of war and hatred, and a people who have been awaiting their presence as saviours... -
![The Winter Wolf by Holly Webb]()
The Winter Wolf by Holly Webb
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmelia is exploring the huge, old house where her family are spending Christmas when she finds a diary hidden in the attic. It was written by a boy struggling to look after an abandoned wolf pup. Before she knows it, Amelia is transported into the wintry world of the diary... -
![The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill]()
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsEvery year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, Fyrian... -
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![Warden of Water by D.N. Hoxa]()
Warden of Water by D.N. Hoxa
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe time has come to end the reign of dragons.My family has played god with shifters for over eight centuries. They've conquered in silence, have gathered and saved power for themselves, failing their people.No more.The draca live. All four of us are alive, on the same timeline, and we have what it takes to summon the Ether, bring back the balance of elements in our world... -
![Zepha The Monster Squid by Adam Blade]()
Zepha The Monster Squid by Adam Blade
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Tom defeated Epos the Winged Flame, he thought his Beast Quest was over. He was wrong. The Dark Wizard Malvel has returned with new Beasts and a new plan to destroy the kingdom of Avantia. And this time, each beast hides a piece of the legendary Golden Armor - armor that once belonged to Tom's father Taladon...Categorized as:
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![Kings of Paradise by Richard Nell]()
Kings of Paradise by Richard Nell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA deformed genius plots vengeance while struggling to survive. A wastrel prince comes of age, finding a power he never imagined. Two worlds are destined to collide. Only one can be king. Ruka, called a demon at birth, is a genius. Born malformed and ugly into the snow-covered wasteland of the Ascom, he was spared from death by his mother's love... -
![Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones]()
Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University... -
![A Traitor in Skyhold by John Bierce]()
A Traitor in Skyhold by John Bierce
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHugh and his friends have, to his great displeasure, become the center of attention among the student body at Skyhold. It turns out that surviving the depths of the labyrinth and helping stop a coup both tend to attract notice. If Hugh had his way, he'd happily go back to being just another anonymous student... -
![The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington]()
The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsIt has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs—once thought of almost as gods—were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets...Categorized as:
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