The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien  ·  1954

2025-09-18  ·  2025-09-18  · 

2025  ·  fiction,   fantasy,   war,   adventure  ·  non-textbook,   english

The Lord of the Rings cover
Cover of The Lord of the Rings on the Open Library.

Originally published from 1954 through 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien’s richly complex series ushered in a new age of epic adventure storytelling. A philologist and illustrator who took inspiration from his work, Tolkien invented the modern heroic quest novel from the ground up, creating not just a world, but a domain, not just a lexicon, but a language, that would spawn countless imitators and lead to the inception of the epic fantasy genre.