Last Updated: January 24, 2026
The Girl, The Gate, and The Dragon
by Grace Lin
Stone spirit Ji is stuck in the People’s world, but with the help of his new friends Lulu and Worm, he hopes to find a way back home through the Old City Gate before it disappears forever. Jin, a bored Stone Lion guardian, accidentally kicks the Sacred Sphere into the human world and must team up with unlikely allies to recover it and save his realm before it’s too late.
Lightningborn
by Julie Kagawa
Searching for a True Dragon in order to save humanity, one capable of intelligent thought and the ability to use magic, Princess Gem finds fate intervening in the form of Remy and his rare dragon, Storm, who are the targets of an evil pirate.
The House With a Dragon In It
by Nick Lake
When a mysterious hole opens up in her new foster family’s living room, Summer encounters a dragon who offers her three wishes, but as she uses the wishes, the magic takes a dark turn and jeopardizes Summer’s deepest desire for a home.
by Melissa Marr
A sea-faring girl and her friends take on pirates and grown-ups and bond with dragons as they work to make the world a better place.
Three Tasks for a Dragon
by Eoin Colfer
After his father’s death, Prince Lir is tricked into embarking on a perilous quest to rescue a maiden from a dragon. The studious young prince is no warrior, but he uses his brains to make himself indispensable to the ill-tempered dragon. However, neither prince not dragon has bargained on the dark magic that manipulates them both — and it may be left to the maiden herself to save them all. A clever prince, an unsuspectingly powerful woman, and an ornery dragon with heart are at the center of this luminously illustrated classic in the making.
Tom and Ironskin
by Alastair Chisholm
Tom discovers that he is a legendary dragonseer — a person who can summon a dragon — but he’s not sure he’s a true dragonseer, especially when he has trouble summoning his dragon, Ironskin.
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
by Xiran Jay Zhao
After his augmented reality gaming headset is possessed by the spirit of the First Emperor of China, twelve-year-old Chinese American Zack Ying is compelled to travel across China to steal an ancient artifact, fight figures from Chinese history and myth, and seal a portal to prevent malicious spirits from destroying the human realm.
Alliana, Girl of Dragons
by Julie Abe
Alliana spends her days tending to her stepfamily’s inn at the edge of the abyss, but when she rescues an orphaned nightdragon and later helps an apprentice witch, she seizes her chance to escape her stepmother’s tyranny and find her own happily ever after.
The Poison Waves
by Sayantani Dasgupta
Kiya and Kinjal have succeeded in their first quest in the magical world of the Kingdom Beyond, but whatever good they achieved might not be enough. Their faithful flying horses Snowy and Raat reappear and whisk them back to the Kingdom to help the . . . winged merpeople who are slowly being poisoned by the very water in which they live. It is up to the twins to figure it out and put a stop to it. Fortunately, Kiya has the know-how to solve this mystery . . . if only she can put the pieces together before the evil serpent king Sesha knows they’ve reentered the Kingdom!
The Midnight Realm
by Linda Chapman
Naya and her friends will do anything to protect their ocean home. And if there’s a ripple of adventure, they’ll find it! While exploring the reef, Naya sees a strange flashing light in a tunnel that leads to the mysterious Midnight Realm. She and her friends can’t resist investigating! But they soon discover that danger lurks in the ocean depths…
Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell
Christopher discovers the Archipelago, a world where mythological creatures were secreted away by magic long ago, but those creatures are now dying, and it is up to Christopher and Mal, a girl from the Archipelago, to save both of their worlds.
Creatures of the In Between
by Cindy Lin
Prince Jin is running out of time. He must find a monster companion before his thirteenth birthday or lose the throne completely. And that means travelling to the only place where monsters still live: the legendary, dangerous Whisper Island. But untold perils await Jin there. The magical creatures he seeks are not so easily swayed, and an even greater threat looms on the horizon–one that could threaten everything Jin hopes to achieve.
Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Months after confronting the legendary La Llorona, Paola starts dreaming again, this time about fantasmas that are stalking her and someone who might be even more dangerous–her estranged father.
Kira and the (Maybe) Space Princess
by Megan Brennan
Kira starts seventh grade at Neo-Earth Junior High school hoping to become a Magical Girl, so to speed up the process she wishes on a shooting star, but instead meets Caticorn, a cat-unicorn space princess with a secret past.
Unicorn Boy, Vol. 1
by Dave Roman
The first few years of Brian Reyes’ life were unremarkable–nothing weird about this kid, no sir. Then, one day, a bump appeared on his head, and it grew… and grew… and grew until it was a full-blown, sparkling, singing unicorn horn. That’s absolutely the last thing a shy kid like Brian wants, but destiny waits for no unicorn boy. Luckily, Brian has his reassuring pal Avery to keep him grounded as weird occurrences start stacking up, like Brian’s breakfast muffin talking to him, or a bizarre black cat offering him a business card. But when shadowy creatures from another realm kidnap Avery, Brian has to embrace his fate to rescue his best friend.