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Eragon — Inheritance Cycle

edited 2026-06-19

A complete reading and viewing order for Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle — the four-book fantasy tetralogy set in Alagaësia (Eragon through Inheritance), the post-cycle story collection The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm, the 2023 sequel novel Murtagh, and the 2006 live-action film. Includes both publication order and in-universe chronological order.

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01NOVEL
2003Eragon is the first novel in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, published by Alfred A. Knopf in August 2003. Set in the land of Alagaë…
509 pp
02NOVEL
2005Eldest is the second novel in the Inheritance Cycle, published by Alfred A. Knopf in August 2005. Following the events of Eragon, the story…
694 pp
03NOVEL
2008Brisingr is the third novel in the Inheritance Cycle, published by Alfred A. Knopf in September 2008. Originally intended to conclude a tril…
831 pp
04NOVEL
2011Inheritance is the fourth and final novel of the Inheritance Cycle, published by Alfred A. Knopf in November 2011. The Varden's war against…
860 pp
05COLLECTION
2018The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm is a collection of three short stories set in Alagaësia, published by Alfred A. Knopf on December 31, 2018…
288 pp
06NOVEL
2023Murtagh is a 2023 novel by Christopher Paolini, published by Alfred A. Knopf on November 7, 2023. A direct sequel to the Inheritance Cycle a…
704 pp