Fantasy
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
One ring, one long walk, and the book that built modern fantasy around it.
Fantasy
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Featured
A comfortable hobbit is talked into a dragon-sized adventure and turns out to be rather good at it.
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Audience
- All ages
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- Quest
- Classic fantasy
- Read aloud
About the book
Written for children and read by everyone, Tolkien's first Middle-earth novel is a brisk there-and-back-again quest with a warm, storytelling voice.
Why we recommend it
The friendliest doorway into fantasy ever written, and a perfect read-aloud.
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