After writing the first draft for a year, Paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters. Paolini, born in 1983, began writing the novel after graduating from home school at the age of fifteen. If you’re looking for adult fantasy books, I recommend checking out From Blood and Ash for the same high-fantasy feel.Eragon is the first book in The Inheritance Cycle by American fantasy writer Christopher Paolini. It’s urban fantasy, so it’s a bit of an easier read for most people, but it’s very good. If you’re looking for more YA novels, I highly recommend checking out Percy Jackson if you haven’t already. If you want a dragon movie adaptation, watch How to Train Your Dragon, it’s much better. Outside of the main four books, there are also a few companion novels to this best-selling series, including:Įragon also had a feature film adaptation in 2006 which was honestly not that good, so I would say skip out on that. Now his choices could save-or destroy-the Empire. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and, gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power.

But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. When fifteen-year-old Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. It’s a super interesting way to track time in my opinion. I love that this book really starts with a discovery of a dragon egg, and you get to grow with all the characters in the book.

This popular series has everything you could want if you’re a fan of YA Fantasy novels as well as High Fantasy in general, there are ancient languages, dragon riders, and maybe my favorite part, fantasy maps! Knopf books.Ĭhristopher Paolini originally started writing his debut fantasy novel when he was 15, which lead the Guinness Book of World Records to recognize him as the youngest author of a bestselling book series in 2011. The Inheritance Cycle was written by Christopher Paolini and was originally self-published using his family’s name, Paolini International LLC, before later being published by Alfred A. If you were a fantasy-loving kid, you’d definitely have heard of the Eragon books, but maybe you haven’t read them yet.

Eragon books in order