Hello, I used to be a fanatic Dragoneer but gave it up for a little while. I have Chris Ward's books as well as Rogozenko's CDs on the Dragon. Im gonna pick up the Dragon as one of my defences again and I was wondering can anyone tell me if I should also get Eddie's book?

If anyone is intrested in ideas I can recommend Gufelds "Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon". 

chess oppenings explained for black by the newest GM eugene Pereltshyne.is a great book that concetrates mainly on the dragon and in the dragon the hypper acc. very good repeture in both those books.white and black.

There are lots of old threads on some of the books on the dragon:

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1125344351

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1129885192

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1120655051

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1103044776

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1081619893

So these may give you some idea -- most of the these threads are fairly short, or talk about only one of the books but the last thread in particular asks the same question as you (although before Martin and Dearing had published their works, both of which should be considered).  I think that "the best book" depends a great deal on your current level of chess and the usual consideration about variations versus explanations.

Personally, I think that if one is U1800 and new to the dragon one's primary concern should not be with particular variations, but with getting a sense of the opening, even if that means starting by learning lines which one will have to abandon as one's opposition improves.  After one understands the opening better, it is easier to pick through the thicket of variations.

Hi I have recently wanted to start playing the dragon and I am wondering what the best books on it are. May someone please give me a list a description of hte best dragon books?