How to Train Your Dragon

Action-packed, hilarious, and perfectly illustrated, How to Train Your Dragon is a beloved modern classic with millions of fans across the globe. Journey into the adventure that started it all for Hiccup and Toothless

In the book that started it all, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb? Join his adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons--and becomes a hero.

See How to Train Your Dragon come to life in the new live-action movie--coming to theaters June 2025

Read all the books in the series

For more fantastic stories from Cressida Cowell, don't miss the out-of-this-world Which Way to Anywhere adventures, and The Wizards of Once series.