Read These 15 Books With Dragons For High-Flying Fantasy Adventure

In George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, dragons are almost extinct, but in the prequel "Fire & Blood" ($10), they're at the peak of their power. Presented as an epic history of Westeros, the prequel traces the rise and eventual fall of the Targaryens, the powerful noble house who gained power on the backs of dragons. Their unique dragon-riding abilities give them a fierce hold over the kingdom, but those same abilities mean that the civil war, called the Dance of the Dragons, is even more devastating.