Books like “The Hobbit”

What to read after “The Hobbit” by J. R. R. Tolkien: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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1
The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien · 1954
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Frodo inherits a golden ring that is far more than it seems, and learns it is the master ring of the enemy Sauron. With a company of dwarves, elves, men and a hobbit gardener, he sets out to carry it to the only place where it can be destroyed.
2
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.
3
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.
4
Dragonflight
Anne McCaffrey · 1968
From the same world: “Dragons” and “Epic Fantasy”
- Dragons
- Epic Fantasy
Lessa hides as a drudge in the hold that was stolen from her family, waiting for a chance to reclaim it. When dragonriders visit, she impresses the golden queen Ramoth and becomes a weyrwoman. With deadly Thread falling from the sky, she and the rider F'lar must find a way to save their world.
5
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman · 1984
From the same world: “Dragons” and “Epic Fantasy”
After five years apart, old friends meet again at the Inn of the Last Home as war spreads across Krynn. A plain staff, a cleric without faith and rumours of dragons pull them into a quest to recover the Disks of Mishakal, the lost teachings of the true gods, and to stand against the Dragon Highlords.
6
Kings of the Wyld
Nicholas Eames · 2017
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Clay Cooper left his days as a mercenary behind for a quiet life. Then an old bandmate arrives to say his daughter is trapped in a besieged city, and Clay must round up the ageing, out-of-shape heroes of Saga for one more job.
7
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Ged, a gifted goatherd, is sent to the school for wizards on Roke to learn magic. A spell of vanity releases a shadow he cannot name, and he must travel across Earthsea to face it and become whole.
8
The Sword of Shannara
Terry Brooks · 1977
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
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.
9
Pawn of Prophecy
David Eddings · 1982
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
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.
10
The Riddle-Master of Hed
Patricia A. McKillip · 1976
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
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.
11
The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander · 1964
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
Taran, an assistant pig-keeper who wants only to be a hero, loses the oracular pig Hen Wen and follows her into the land of Prydain. With a bard, a princess and a creature named Gurgi, he stumbles into a war against the Horned King.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis · 1950
From the same world: “Epic Fantasy”
- Epic Fantasy
Four children step through a wardrobe into Narnia, a land locked in endless winter by the White Witch. With the lion Aslan they are drawn into a struggle for the country's freedom, and one of them betrays them all.