The Dragonbone Chair
- 783
- Pages
- about 14 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Dragonbone Chair” is classic epic fantasy done with unusual care: the ingredients are familiar, the telling is not. Some readers praise a world thick with history, a large cast drawn in detail and assured prose that still springs surprises across nearly eight hundred pages. It is an opening volume and leaves its threads untied, so the commitment is to the whole series.
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About the book
The Dragonbone Chair is a fantasy novel by American writer Tad Williams, the first in his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy. It is set in the fantastical land of Osten Ard, where humans coexist with other sentient creatures including the Sithi and Qanuc. When Osten Ard is threatened by the Storm King of the Sithi, the League of the Scroll seeks the only hope for salvation. Simon, a chore boy in the royal castle and apprentice to this League, must embark on a quest concerning lost swords of power. He leaves the only home he's ever known for a perilous journey, wherein the land itself begins to die.
Reading order · Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
Full order & progress →- The Dragonbone ChairThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - The Dragonbone Chair, part 1The Dragonbone Chair, part 1–Not ranked yet
- The Dragonbone Chair, part 2The Dragonbone Chair, part 2–Not ranked yet
- Stone of Farewell
8.08.0 / 10 - Stone of Farewell, part 1Stone of Farewell, part 1–Not ranked yet
- Stone of Farewell, part 2Stone of Farewell, part 2–Not ranked yet
- To Green Angel Tower
8.38.3 / 10 - To Green Angel Tower, Part 1
8.08.0 / 10 - To Green Angel Tower, part 2
–Not ranked yet - To Green Angel Tower, part 3
–Not ranked yet - To Green Angel Tower, part 4To Green Angel Tower, part 4–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 413 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 74% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 26 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 387 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Dragonbone Chair?
It has 783 pages — longer than 81% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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