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Essential Read

The Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954

Fantasy · ranked #2 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

A small hobbit carries a world-ending ring toward the only place it can be destroyed; the epic that defined the genre.

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The verdict

Category
Fantasy
First published
1954 · 1950s
Author
J.R.R. Tolkien
Standing
Essential Read

About Fantasy

Fantasy builds worlds you can live in. At its richest it works through myth and magic to explore power, courage, identity and what we owe each other — the same concerns as any great literature, but with dragons.

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