Dragon Slippers
#1054.23 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 3 books Status Complete 2007–2009 Reading commitment Medium Jessica Day George Last reviewed 2026-11-06
Overview
Dragon Slippers is a fantasy trilogy by Jessica Day George, published by Bloomsbury; the first book appeared in 2007, followed by Dragon Flight in 2008 and Dragon Spear in 2009. The series follows Creel, whose aunt plans to offer her to a dragon in the expectation that a knight will rescue her and marry her. Creel instead bargains with the dragon for her freedom and leaves with a pair of mysterious blue slippers, which could protect her kingdom or ruin it. Later books involve a neighbouring kingdom breeding dragons and a kidnapped dragon queen. The trilogy is complete. The first book won the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Novel by a New Author.
Epic fantasy, Fairy-tale retelling · For Middle grade
Core Canon: Reading Order (3 works) counts toward ranking
Dragon Slippers Jessica Day George
| Cover | Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dragon Slippers; Bloomsbury; year listed as 2006 on one page and 2007 on others. | 2007 | 1 | core | 4.26 (30,341 ratings) |
 | Dragon Flight | 2008 | 2 | core | 4.21 (20,663 ratings) |
 | Dragon Spear | 2009 | 3 | core | 4.20 (15,991 ratings) |
Seamstress Creel gains a pair of blue slippers and becomes entangled in conflicts between dragons and kingdoms.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Dragon Slippers? Dragon Slippers's Core Canon is 3 books.
- What is the reading order for Dragon Slippers? Publication order, starting with Dragon Slippers. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Dragon Slippers finished? Complete (2007–2009).
- How much reading does Dragon Slippers take? Medium reading commitment (estimated from 3 Core Canon books).
- How is Dragon Slippers ranked? #105 in this site's official ranking, based on 66,995 reader ratings across 3 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #105?
Ranked #105 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.23 across 3 core books.
- A smaller readership (66,995 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Remarkably consistent across the whole series: all 3 rated core books rate within 0.06 of each other.
- 0.05 behind #104, El libro de los héroes.
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Top-tier rated · 3 books · Complete · 67k ratings · Ranks #105 overall
Good choice if you want a moderate-length epic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (3 Core Canon books)
- Dragon Slippers (2007)
- Dragon Flight (2008)
- Dragon Spear (2009)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- Whitney Award (Best Novel by a New Author), 2007: won: Dragon Slippers
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.23 across 66,995 ratings on 3 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: 14 universes from the candidate register (Devil's Isle to El dimoni abans de nosaltres); 3 candidates ruled out accepted 2026-11-06
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Bookroo Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Jessica Day George Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-06
Rule: Core Canon = Dragon Slippers (2007), Dragon Flight (2008), Dragon Spear (2009). (the trilogy is complete)