Eragon by Christopher Paolini

No doubt many of you have already read this, but for those of you that haven't, I strongly recommend it. I have read it upwards of ten times (not in a row), and am still in love with it.

Eragon is fifteen years-old and lives a simple life on the farm with his uncle and cousin. One day he is out hunting, and discovers a strange blue stone, which turns out to be a dragon egg. Eragon is now the first of a new generation of Dragon Riders, around who many wars rage. Such battles bring him across the country and back, as he struggles to find his place in the world.