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Try these books if you liked Eragon by Christopher Paolini

 

Hilari Bell- Farsala Trilogy
            Fall of a Kingdom

           
Rise of a Hero
           
Forging the Sword

Stories are told of a hero who will come to Farsala's aid when the need is greatest. But for thousands of years the prosperous land of Farsala has felt no such need, as it has enjoyed the peace that comes from being both feared and respected. Now a new enemy approaches Farsala's borders, one that neither fears nor respects its name and legend.

Herbie Brennan- The Faeire Wars
            The Faerie Wars

            The Purple Emperor
            Ruler of the Realm

Troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old Mr. Fogarty, become involved with Prince Pyrgus Malvae who has been sent from the faerie world in order to escape the treacherous Faeries of the Night.

Cornelia Funke
            Inkheart

            Inkspell

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.

Anne McCaffrey- Dragonriders of Pern
            Dragonflight

            The White Dragon
            Dragonquest

On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening Thread. But it has been over 400 years since the last Threadfall, and some people have come to doubt that the menace will every strike again. But F'lar, rider of Pern's greatest bronze dragon, has no such illusions. The Red Star is near; Thread will fall soon.

Anne McCaffrey- The Harper Hall Trilogy
            Dragonsong
            Dragonsinger
            Dragondrums

On the planet Pern, after her father forbids her to indulge in music in any way, fifteen-year-old Menolly, runs away and takes shelter with the planet's fire lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.

Philip Pullman- His Dark Materials
            The Golden Compass
            The Subtle Knife
            The Amber Spyglass

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North and find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.

Jonathan Stroud- The Bartimaeus Trilogy
            The Amulet of Samarkand
            The Golem's Eye
            Ptolemy's Gate

The adventures of Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, and the djinni Bartimaeus.
 

J.R.R. Tolkien- 
         
The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

            The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
                        The Fellowship of the Ring

                        The Two Towers
                        Return of the King     

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.