# Books like Eragon

**10** books similar to *Eragon* by Christopher Paolini (Fantasy · grades 6–9), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** dragons, destiny, courage
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/similar/eragon
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Similar books

- [Gregor the Overlander](https://readinglist.school/book/gregor-the-overlander) by Suzanne Collins _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of destiny and courage, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Fantasy).
- [Stormbreaker](https://readinglist.school/book/stormbreaker) by Anthony Horowitz _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of courage, both on the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Ella Enchanted](https://readinglist.school/book/ella-enchanted) by Gail Carson Levine _(Grades 4–7)_ — Shares themes of courage, both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), and same genre (Fantasy).
- [The False Prince](https://readinglist.school/book/the-false-prince) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of courage, both on the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [Old Yeller](https://readinglist.school/book/old-yeller) by Fred Gipson _(Grades 5–8)_ — Shares themes of courage, both on the Hawai'i Nēnē Award list (+2 more shared lists), and overlapping grades (5–8).
- [Allies](https://readinglist.school/book/allies) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 5–9)_ — Shares themes of courage, both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list), and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [The Name of This Book Is Secret](https://readinglist.school/book/the-name-of-this-book-is-secret) by Pseudonymous Bosch _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [The Lost Heir](https://readinglist.school/book/wings-of-fire-the-lost-heir) by Tui T. Sutherland _(Grades 3–7)_ — Shares themes of dragons and destiny, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [The Sea of Trolls](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sea-of-trolls) by Nancy Farmer _(Grades 6–8)_ — Both on the Virginia Readers' Choice list, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (6–8).
- [All the Lovely Bad Ones](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-lovely-bad-ones) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 5–8)_ — Both on the Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award list (+2 more shared lists), overlapping grades (5–8), and the same era (2000s).

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