Dragon Fiction Books of the 1970s
The 36 most-read dragon fiction books first published between 1970 and 1979, led by The Book of Dragons (1973), The Silmarillion (1977) and Frog and Toad Together (1971).
This list collects 36 books from the 1970s by 24 authors, published between 1970 and 1979. 1 is free to read and 1 has a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
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The Book of Dragons
Edith Nesbit

The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

Frog and Toad Together
Arnold Lobel

Dragonsong
Anne McCaffrey

A Wind in the Door (Time Quintet #2
Madeleine L'Engle

Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton

Dragonquest
Anne McCaffrey

Dragonsinger
Anne McCaffrey

The White Dragon
Anne McCaffrey

Grendel
John Gardner

The Dragonriders of Pern
Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey
Anne McCaffrey

The Earthsea quartet
Ursula K. Le Guin

Roadmarks
Roger Zelazny

The Dragon and the George
Gordon R. Dickson

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head
Bill Peet

There's No Such Thing as a Dragon
Jack Kent

Dragon Magic
Andre Norton

Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
Jay Williams

Eight Tales of Terror (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Hop-Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Ligeia / Mask of the Red Death / MS. Found in a Bottle / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe

The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
James Edwin Miller, Robert Hayden

Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson

Puff the Magic Dragon
Romeo Muller

Beowulf
Alexander, Michael

The Muffin Muncher
Stephen Cosgrove

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories
Cochrane, James., J. Cochrane

The United States in Literature -- All My Sons Edition
James Edwin Miller, Robert Hayden

Walt Disney Productions' Pete's Dragon
Jean Bethell

Tales of Terror and Fantasy (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold Bug / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Tell-Tale Heart)
Edgar Allan Poe
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The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe [15 stories, 1 poem]
Edgar Allan Poe, Roy Gasson
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Tales of Terror [12 stories]
Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce

Dragons, Dragons, Dragons
Helen Hoke
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The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe [69 stories]
Edgar Allan Poe, Stuart Levine

The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction
R. V. Cassill, Ernest Hemingway

The Rescuers (Authorized Edition) Walt Disney Productions
Adelaide Holl

Seven Tales (Black Cat / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Man of the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Oval Portrait / Purloined Letter)
Edgar Allan Poe