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Ok so The Lord of The Rings is a trilogy and the Hobbit is the prequel to it! I believe there’s a couple outer books as well, such as The Silmarilliom, but that’s not necessary to read, I believe it’s just other information about the world😊

I apologize for the couple of misspelled/misused words in there, it’s late and my brain is mush

Okay that explained a lot!! Thanks so much!!

🌍 The basic idea

Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are fantasy stories by J. R. R. Tolkien. They take place in the same world called Middle-earth (think: elves, dwarves, wizards, dragons, all that).

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🧙‍♂️ The Hobbit (start here)
• Full title: The Hobbit
• 1 book
• More simple, kind of lighter, almost like a fairy tale

What it’s about:
A hobbit named Bilbo Baggins gets dragged into an adventure with a wizard (Gandalf) and a group of dwarves to steal treasure from a dragon.

👉 This is basically the “intro” to the world.

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💍 The Lord of the Rings (the main story)

This is the big, more serious story that comes after The Hobbit.

It’s 3 books:
1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Two Towers
3. The Return of the King

What it’s about:
Bilbo’s cousin Frodo Baggins has to destroy a super dangerous ring (the One Ring) before an evil ruler (Sauron) takes over the world.

👉 This story is more intense, emotional, and epic.

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📚 So how many books total?
• The Hobbit → 1 book
• Lord of the Rings → 3 books

✅ Total = 4 main books

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⚠️ Bonus (optional extra stuff)

There are more books like The Silmarillion, but you do NOT need those to understand the main story—they’re more like deep lore.

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👍 Easiest way to read them

If you’re starting fresh:
1. The Hobbit
2. Then the 3 Lord of the Rings books

yes, i used AI haha

I haven’t read any of the books, but I’ve watched the movies for both series, and it was really good. I tried to read the series before, but it’s kind of slow, honestly.

Wow! Thanks for helping me understand! I've been wanting to read them! I'll probably wait til I go to McKays! Thanks so much!!!!!

yeah, of course. :)

@Izzy,
Oh, I hope you get to read them!! Those are like one of my fav book series!

YAY!
My violin teacher used to talk about them all the time and rn I'm on a book called "Authentically Izzy" and the characters talk about it A LOT.

they’re soooo good. And the movies are AMAZING!!

Yay!