Dragon Fiction Books of the 1980s
The 84 most-read dragon fiction books first published between 1980 and 1989, led by Red Dragon (1981), The Crystal Shard (1988) and Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984).
This list collects 84 books from the 1980s by 49 authors, published between 1980 and 1989. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
The Crystal Shard
R. A. Salvatore
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams
Dragons of Winter Night
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
The Paper Bag Princess
Robert N. Munsch
Test of the Twins
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Moreta
Anne McCaffrey
Dragonsdawn
Anne McCaffrey
War of the Twins
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Frog and Toad (Days with Frog and Toad / Frog and Toad All Year / Frog and Toad Are Friends / Frog and Toad Together)
Arnold Lobel
The Renegades of Pern
Anne McCaffrey
Nerilka's Story
Anne McCaffrey
Dragon on a Pedestal
Piers Anthony
Dragon Harper
Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey
Talking to Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede
Dragon's Halloween (Pilkey, Dav, Dragon Tales.)
Dav Pilkey
Free Fall
David Wiesner
The Door in the Dragon's Throat
Frank E. Peretti
The Girl Who Heard Dragons (Pern #8.5)
Anne McCaffrey
Dragon's Blood
Jane Yolen
Dragon of the Lost Sea
Laurence Yep
Knight and the Dragon
Tomie dePaola
The Second Generation
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Kender, Gully Dwarves and Gnomes
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Spellfire
Ed Greenwood
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon
Ruth S. Gannett
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
Edgar Allan Poe
Dragonsbane
Barbara Hambly
The Princess and the Dragon
Audrey Wood
The Legend of Huma
Richard A. Knaak
A Sending of Dragons
Jane Yolen
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe [68 stories, 31 poems]
Edgar Allan Poe
Darkness & Light
Thompson, Paul B.
Imaginary Lands
Robin McKinley, James P. Blaylock
The Loathsome Dragon
David Wiesner, Kim Kahng
Shadowdale
Scott Ciencin
Black Wizards
Douglas Niles
Neveryóna
Samuel R. Delany
Dragon Steel
Laurence Yep
Waterdeep
Scott Ciencin
The Magic of Krynn
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link
Robert Asprin
The Jigaree
Joy Cowley, Deirdre Gardiner
![Cover of The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [73 stories, 48 poems]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/11885589-M.jpg?default=false)
The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [73 stories, 48 poems]
Edgar Allan Poe
Tantras
Scott Ciencin
Love and War
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
The Woodland Folk in Dragonland
Tony Wolf
The Evil Image
Patricia L. Skarda, Nora Jaffe
Draken med de röda ögonen
Astrid Lindgren
Monsters
Russell Hoban
Dragons of Darkness
Orson Scott Card
Saint George and the dragon
Geraldine McCaughrean
Dragonslayer
Wayland Drew
The Children of the Dragon
Rose Estes
Short Fiction, Classic and Contemporary -- Second Edition
Charles H. Bohner, Alice Adams
Whinnie the Lovesick Dragon
Mercer Mayer
The Dragon and the Djinn
Gordon R. Dickson
Dragons and Unicorns
Paul A. Johnsgard
Herbert the Timid Dragon
Mercer Mayer
I Love You, Dear Dragon
Margaret Hillert
Tales of Horror and Suspense (Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Pit and the Pendulum / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe
Little Critter's the fussy princess
Mercer Mayer
Great Tales of Terror (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Pit and the Pendulum)
Edgar Allan Poe
Hero of Washington Square
Rose Estes
![Cover of Visions of Poe [16 stories, 8 poems]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/9344153-M.jpg?default=false)
Visions of Poe [16 stories, 8 poems]
Edgar Allan Poe
King of the Murgos
David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
Disney's Pete's dragon
Walt Disney
Short Stories
Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
![Cover of Works [71 stories, 36 poems] (Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Raven and Other Poems)](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/11774526-M.jpg?default=false)
Works [71 stories, 36 poems] (Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination / Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / Raven and Other Poems)
Edgar Allan Poe
Fiction 100
James H. Pickering, Fiódor Dostoievski
The Dragon of Og
Rumer Godden
Revolt of the Dwarves
Rose Estes
Valentine for a Dragon
Shirley Rousseau Murphy
The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, Tam Mossman
Anesthesia and the Brain
John D. Michenfelder
Poe Stories and Poems [17 Stories, 9 Poems]
Edgar Allan Poe
The Essential Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, Ronald Porcelli
Come to School, Dear Dragon
Margaret Hillert
Tales of Suspense
Edgar Allan Poe
Literature--second Edition
James H. Pickering, Jeffrey D. Hoeper
Faerie Mound of Dragonkind
Jean F. Blashfield
It's Circus Time, Dear Dragon
Margaret Hillert