How to Train Your Dragon
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“How to Train Your Dragon” is a goofy, light-hearted Viking comedy about a small boy who is no hero and a dragon with no teeth. The first of twelve books refuses to take itself seriously, though some readers feel parts of it turn darker. Others see only a string of loose turns, resolved too conveniently, and find the jokes fall flat. Best for the young with a taste for silliness, alone or read to.
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About the book
Read the HILARIOUS books that inspired the HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON films! Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking with a longish name. Hiccup's father is chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe which means Hiccup is the Hope and the Heir to the Hairy Hooligan throne - but most of the time Hiccup feels like a very ordinary boy, finding it hard to be a Hero. In the first How to Train Your Dragon book Hiccup must lead ten novices in their initiation into the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. They have to train their dragons or be BANISHED from the tribe FOR EVER! But what if Hiccup's dragon resembles an ickle brown bunny with wings? And has NO TEETH? The Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus is stirring and wants to devour every Viking on the Isle of Berk . . . Can Hiccup save the tribe - and become a Hero? How to Train Your Dragon is a major award-winning DreamWorks film series. There is also a new live action movie due to be released in 2025. The TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies and Cartoon Network.
Reading order · How to Train Your Dragon
Full order & progress →- How to Train Your DragonThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - How to Be a Pirate
–Not ranked yet - How to Speak Dragonese
–Not ranked yet - How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse
–Not ranked yet - How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale
–Not ranked yet - A Hero’s Guide to Deadly DragonsA Hero’s Guide to Deadly Dragons–Not ranked yet
- How to Ride a Dragon's Storm
–Not ranked yet - How to Break a Dragon's Heart
–Not ranked yet - How to Steal a Dragon's Sword
–Not ranked yet - How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel
–Not ranked yet - How to Betray a Dragon's Hero
–Not ranked yet - How to Fight a Dragon's Fury
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 227 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 61% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 29 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 198 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is How to Train Your Dragon?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 98% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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