Books like “Dragons of Autumn Twilight”

What to read after “Dragons of Autumn Twilight” by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon · 2019
From the same world: “Dragons” and “Epic Fantasy”
In the East, the queen Sabran must keep the line of Berethnet alive to hold back the Nameless One. In the West, the mage Ead secretly guards her, and in the South a dragon rider's daughter grows up in hiding.
2
The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan · 1990
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Three young men from the village of Emond's Field are driven from home by monsters out of legend. Pursued by servants of the Dark One, they learn that one of them may be the Dragon Reborn, destined to save the world or break it.
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The Sword of Shannara
Terry Brooks · 1977
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Shea Ohmsford lives a quiet life in the Shady Vale until the druid Allanon arrives with a warning: the Warlock Lord has returned, and only a descendant of the Shannara line can stop him. Shea sets out with a small band of companions to find the Sword of Shannara, the one weapon said to be able to destroy the Warlock Lord, before the Northland armies reach the Southland.
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The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip · 1976
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Morgon, prince of the island of Hed, won a riddle contest against a ghost and now wears three stars on his forehead. When shape-shifters attack and the High One's realm begins to stir, he leaves his farm behind to seek answers about the fate that binds him to a land he has never seen.
5
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin · 1996
From the same world: “Dragons” and “Epic Fantasy”
- Dragons
- Epic Fantasy
As a long summer holds, the great houses of Westeros scheme for the Iron Throne. When the king asks Lord Eddard Stark of the North to serve as his Hand, Ned travels south with his family into a web of secrets where loyalty costs lives, while beyond the Wall an older threat stirs.
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Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Garion grows up on a quiet Sendarian farm, unaware of the forces watching him. When a mysterious storyteller and a royal sorceress arrive, he is drawn into a search for a stolen artefact, travelling with a company that hides its true purpose from him. The old prophecy of the Belgariad has begun to move.
7
Blood Song
Anthony Ryan · 2011
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Found Family
Vaelin Al Sorna is given to the Sixth Order as a boy and raised among warriors who serve the Faith. His strange gift, the blood-song that lets him hear the dead, marks him for a harder path, and his training ends in a war that will decide the future of an empire.
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The Shadow of What Was Lost
James Islington · 2014
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
Davian is an Augur, born with powers forbidden since the old war. When the laws of the Venerate turn against him, he flees with his friends in search of the man who might explain why the Augurs fell. What he finds tests everything he was taught to believe.
9
Malice
John Gwynne · 2012
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
The Banished Lands have known peace for years, but old rivalries are waking. Corban, son of a village lord, dreams of becoming a warrior; far away, a princess and a giant's son are caught up in the schemes of kings. A prophecy of the Bright Star and the Black Sun begins to unfold.
10
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson · 2010
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Found Family
On a storm-scoured world, a slave carries ancient honours, a scholar chases forbidden knowledge and a soldier guards a war that never ends. Their paths bend toward a returning danger few believe is real.
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Eragon
Christopher Paolini · 2002
From the same world: “Dragons” and “Epic Fantasy”
Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the mountains, and it hatches into a dragon. Chosen as her rider, he is hunted by the king's servants and must leave his village to learn the ways of the Dragon Riders and join the rebels.
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Nine Princes in Amber
Roger Zelazny · 1970
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
- Quest
A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, drives out against his doctors' advice and begins to piece together who he is. He turns out to be Corwin, a prince of Amber, and Amber is the true world of which Earth is only a shadow.