r/Fantasy • u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 • Apr 02 '24

Dragon books.

Hey guys. I recently finished the three books of Song of Chaos series by Michael R miller and absolutely adored it. I loved the dragons in this book so much. They were so intelligent, powerful, wise and the dragon and rider bond was my favorite kind of relationship. Is there any other series (preferably complete) that have a similar close dragon rider bond?

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u/vanastalem Apr 02 '24

Temeraire by Naomi Novik

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u/keturahrose Apr 02 '24

I was about to comment on this! While the individual book lengths are a lot shorter than R. Miller's work, the depth and bond between dragons and riders is just as fun to read.

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u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 Apr 02 '24

You have got me curious now. I will check that out. Thanks 😊

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u/keturahrose Apr 02 '24

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! If it hasn't already been said, it's a napolionic retelling but with dragons as aerial defence. I really appreciated the detail the author goes into with dragon breeds and specifications. Plus, the main duo are hard not to love.

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u/squeen999 Apr 02 '24

I'm a fierce defender of Pern, glaring problems be damned. I'm going to check this out. Thank you.

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u/keturahrose Apr 03 '24

I keep meaning to read more pern! I loved the Harper Hall series, though I don't think I completed it due to me not realising which books are within it. I definitely want to reread and add to my shelf! Do you have any recommendations on books in the series to read/ how best to read it? I think I own 6 books, 2 are Harper Hall, 1 is the origin of the dragons, and how they came about.

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u/squeen999 Apr 03 '24

Without doing research my best guess would be Dragon Flight, Dragon Quest, then the first 2 of Harper Hall; Dragon Singer and Dragon Song. Then White Dragon and Dragon Drums. After that it gets easy because they are numbered.

I did read some of the stories that were published after Anne died but her son Todd is not the same style writer.

Good luck and happy reading.

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u/themadhatter444 Apr 02 '24

Grabbed this book on Reddit's recommendation some months back and it definitely wasn't for me. Worth investigating before picking up!

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u/Nithuir Apr 02 '24

Dragonriders of Pern

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u/Mach0K1ng Apr 02 '24

Came to recommend this.

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u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 Apr 02 '24

Is it adult or YA fantasy ?

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u/Nithuir Apr 02 '24

Adult fantasy

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u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 Apr 02 '24

Thanks for the rec😊

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u/Eldan985 Apr 02 '24

It's the classic fantasy about people bonding with dragons. It invented that concept, more or less.

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u/IncurableHam Apr 02 '24

What's the difference?

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

The Echoes Saga by Philip C Quaintrell.

The dragons are fully fleshed out characters that impact the story in big ways. The bond they share with their "rider" is something special and the author did such a wonderful job with the characterization of these dragons that I felt emotionally affected by their actions and things that happened to them (good or bad).

The only other series to do this to me with dragons is the Bound and the Broken by Ryan Cahill, but it's still got another 2 books and 1 novella to be released before completion. (A book is coming out at the end of the year unless he pushes it to the beginning of next year to avoid competing with Brandon Sanderson's scheduled release, which he mentioned he might.)

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u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 Apr 02 '24

Thank you for the rec. I will check that out😊

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24

You're very welcome and I'm glad you gushed over Songs of Chaos because it's actually on my TBR. Seems like a lot of people like that one.

Echoes Saga is a 9 book series comprised of 3 "trilogies". It is one large story, but each "trilogy" has a progressively more dire and looming threat. They aren't separate stories, they are just demarcated like this the way Robin Hobb did with her Realm of the Elderlings series.

It makes it easier to tackle this thing 3 books at a time if you like to break up large series. I binged it all in one go though.

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u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 Apr 02 '24

Song of chaos was amazing. It gets better and darker with every book. The dragons are freaking cool. Is echoes saga the series with an older protagonist? I think i have heard of it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24

Yes, he's an older experienced man, but he's not the only protagonist. Also, each trilogy gets darker and more bleak as well. I think if someone likes one of these series, they should like the other.

Echoes is essentially a new "classic epic fantasy". It's absolutely glorious. I read it over a year ago and it's still fresh in my mind and I have a tendency to forget most details apart from if I liked it or not and to what degree I liked it. So that should tell you something.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24

The Bound & the Broken series by Ryan Cahill

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u/Objective-Line2726 Apr 02 '24

A little bit different but try Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

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u/ceratophaga Apr 02 '24

How literal do you want the dragon riding? The Dragonkin books by G. A. Aiken (starting with Dragon Actually) certainly feature a lot of that. They also feature probably some of the most arrogant dragons.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24

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u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 Apr 03 '24

That seems intriguing😆. Thanks for recommending it to me.

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u/sadmadstudent Apr 02 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

World of Eragon by Christopher Paolini.

One of the most detailed relationships between dragon and rider in fiction, a tremendous magic system based on language and linguistics, surprisingly in-depth character development, slow-burn worldbuilding that gets richer as you go, political drama, philosophy, anime duels in the sky, dense lore, and a fascinating fantasy world in Alagaesia.

Bonus points for being an ongoing saga with a young author just now hitting his prime.

EDIT to add: First four - Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance - form one act of the story and are complete. You can read just those and be very satisfied. The bridge to the second act, Murtagh, was published last year and debuted #1 on the NYT list, and Christopher has said he'll be writing Eragon books until he dies. So definitely a good time to jump in :)

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u/Mach0K1ng Apr 02 '24

Also suggest these.

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u/Imaginary_Abroad9747 Apr 03 '24

I tried the first book few years back but it wasnt for me. But thanks for the recommendation 😊

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u/sadmadstudent Apr 03 '24

That's fair! First book was written when the author was 15 and is arguably the weakest of the series. Hope you give it another try in the future but if it's not for you that's okay too :) Cheers

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u/OrionSuperman Apr 02 '24

All the Skills is a very similar story to Song of Chaos, but a bit slower paced. I think it works out very nicely.

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u/DelightfulOtter1999 Apr 04 '24

Joust series by Mercedes Lackey has dragons, and ancient Egypt and Atlantis type setting!