Its subjects in Open Library: Dragons, Magic, Action & Adventure, Mythical Creatures. It is book 1 of the Inheritance Cycle series and set in Alagaësia.

Reading level: Teen & Young Adult Fantasy Fiction; age 12 and up (Penguin Random House).

Where this comes from: Open Library · Wikidata · Publisher page · Penguin Random House

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Last checked: October 28, 2026

City of Bones
Cassandra Clare · 2007 · Young adult

about 510 pages

Why: Both are young adult fantasy books.
- Young adult
- Fantasy
What both books share
- young adult
  Eragon: "young adult" (WD intended public)
  City of Bones: "young adult fiction" (WD genre)
- fantasy
  Eragon: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fiction - Fantasy" (OL subject)
  City of Bones: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Eragon; Open Library and Wikidata for City of Bones.
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Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo · 2015 · Young adult

about 510 pages

Why: Both are young adult fantasy books.
- Young adult
- Fantasy
What both books share
- young adult
  Eragon: "young adult" (WD intended public)
  Six of Crows: "young adult fiction" (WD genre)
- fantasy
  Eragon: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fiction - Fantasy" (OL subject)
  Six of Crows: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Eragon; Open Library and Wikidata for Six of Crows.
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Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard · 2015 · Young adult

about 430 pages

Why: Both are young adult fantasy books.
- Young adult
- Fantasy
What both books share
- young adult
  Eragon: "young adult" (WD intended public)
  Red Queen: "young adult fiction" (WD genre); "young adult" (WD intended public)
- fantasy
  Eragon: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fiction - Fantasy" (OL subject)
  Red Queen: "Fantasy & Magic" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "FICTION / Fantasy / Epic" (OL subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Eragon; Open Library and Wikidata for Red Queen.
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Caraval
Stephanie Garber · Young adult

about 440 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books.
- Fantasy
What both books share
- fantasy
  Eragon: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic" (OL subject); "Fiction - Fantasy" (OL subject)
  Caraval: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction, American -- Fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Eragon; Open Library and Wikidata for Caraval.
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Books like the The Inheritance Cycle (Eragon) series

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Eragon next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.

Book	Fantasy	Young adult
City of Bones	shared	shared
Six of Crows	shared	shared
Red Queen	shared	shared
Caraval	shared	not shared

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How Eragon came to be

Paolini started Eragon as a challenge he set himself. Source: paolini.net, checked November 6, 2026. My decision to write Eragon began as a personal challenge
He had finished high school at fifteen and wanted something to fill the time before college. Source: paolini.net, checked November 6, 2026. at fifteen, I needed something to do before going off to college
One spark was a picture in his mind of a dragon egg turning up before a young man in a dark pine forest. Source: paolini.net, checked November 6, 2026. a dragon egg appearing before a young man deep within a dark pinewood forest

About Christopher Paolini

Born: Born in Los Angeles, United States, in 1983. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors: Wikidata lists the Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser (2005) among Christopher Paolini's awards and honors. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.

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