What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Dean DeBlois · Film · 2019
If you loved How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, start with How to Train Your Dragon (Dean DeBlois, 2025) — a film from the same story. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World across media.
What hooked you in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was the poignant way massive, mythic stakes intersect with deeply personal journeys of growth.
Start with the source
The source
How to Train Your Dragon
Dean DeBlois · Film · 2025
Adaptation
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Tom Owens · Film · 2011
Adaptation
DreamWorks Dragons
Chris Sanders · Series · 2012
Books on the same thread
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak · Book · 2009
Explores: Imagination, Anger Management, Adventure.
Like How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, this story captures the emotional complexity of growing up by transporting a young protagonist into an untamed, imaginative realm.
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien · Book · 1937
Shares a thread with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: Self-Discovery.
This classic adventure mirrors the high-stakes questing found in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, focusing on an unlikely hero facing legendary beasts and moral challenges.
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo · Book · 2019
Explores: Courage, Love, Good vs Evil.
Much like the bond in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, this tale explores how a small, courageous individual can change the world through empathy and love.
The Dragonet Prophecy
Zena Sutherland · Book · 2013
Explores: prophecy, warfare, loyalty.
If the dragon-centric world-building of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World captivated you, this narrative about young dragons fulfilling their destiny offers a similarly immersive experience.
Series on the same thread
DreamWorks Dragons
Chris Sanders · Series · 2012
Explores: Dragon Lore, Human-Dragon Friendship, Coming of Age.
This series expands on the central human-dragon partnership from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, continuing the exploration of leadership and the challenges of growing up.
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Series · 2015
Explores: Friendship, Teamwork, Overcoming Prejudice.
Fans of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World will appreciate how this show deepens the connection between riders and their dragons while testing their collective courage.
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Guillermo del Toro · Series · 2016
Explores: Chosen One, Secret World, Coming of Age.
This show echoes the coming-of-age journey in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, following an ordinary teen who must balance a secret life with heroic responsibilities.
The Dragon Prince
Justin Richmond · Series · 2018
Explores: War and Peace, Redemption, Breaking the Cycle of Violence.
The pursuit of peace between different species in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is mirrored here, as unlikely allies unite to resolve long-standing cycles of violence.
Podcasts on the same thread
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam · Podcast · 2026
Explores: cognitive bias, human behavior, interpersonal dynamics.
While this podcast explores psychology, it appeals to the same desire for deeper understanding of interpersonal dynamics that Hiccup experiences throughout How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
The Adventure Zone
The McElroys · Podcast · 2026
Explores: improvised storytelling, group dynamics, high fantasy satire.
This podcast captures the spirit of camaraderie and high-fantasy adventure that defines How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, delivered through a lens of improvised, humorous storytelling.
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Common questions
Is How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World the final movie in the trilogy?
Yes, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World concludes the main film trilogy directed by Dean DeBlois. It follows Hiccup as he establishes a dragon utopia and faces the challenges of Toothless finding a mate while threats emerge to their peaceful village.
What is the chronological order of the films including Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury?
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury was released in 2011, years before the 2019 release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. While the television series DreamWorks Dragons aired between these titles, the main film narrative concludes with the events depicted in The Hidden World.
Does the 2025 How to Train Your Dragon movie continue the story of The Hidden World?
The 2025 How to Train Your Dragon film is a separate adaptation rather than a direct sequel to the 2019 movie How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. It serves as a new take on the source material originally directed by Dean DeBlois.
How does the plot of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World affect Toothless?
In How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Toothless discovers an elusive mate, which draws the Night Fury away from Hiccup. This discovery forces both the dragon and his rider to make impossible decisions to ensure the safety of their kind as danger mounts.