Books like The Silmarillion
If you liked The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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The Two Towers
Because also by J. R. R. Tolkien; shares tags: fantasy, classics, epic.
Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.
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The Return of the King
Because also by J. R. R. Tolkien; shares tags: fantasy, classics, epic.
Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.
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The Fellowship of the Ring
Because also by J. R. R. Tolkien; shares tags: fantasy, classics, epic.
Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring retold: Frodo's flight, Strider, Moria, Lothlorien, and the breaking of the Fellowship.
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The Hobbit
Because also by J. R. R. Tolkien; shares tags: fantasy, classics, middle earth.
The Hobbit from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain: Bilbo's riddle game with Gollum, Smaug, the Battle of Five Armies, and how the fairy tale…
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Beowulf
Because shares tags: classics, epic, mythology.
An anonymous Old English epic in Heaney's Norton translation: Beowulf faces Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon across a lifetime of…
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The Iliad
Because shares tags: classics, epic, mythology.
Achilles quits the fight over Briseis, Patroclus falls to Hector, and Troy burns toward its fate in Homer's war epic.
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The Odyssey
Because shares tags: classics, epic, mythology.
Homer's Odyssey in Fagles translation: Odysseus fights home past Cyclops, Circe, and Sirens while Telemachus seeks news and Penelope stalls…
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Tuck Everlasting
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics.
Winnie Foster meets the immortal Tuck family in the woods and must decide whether to drink from their spring.
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The Silver Chair
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics.
Eustace and Jill retold: four signs, a lost prince, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle, giants at Harfang, and the Lady below.
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The Phantom Tollbooth
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics.
A bored boy drives a toy car through a magic tollbooth into the Kingdom of Wisdom and learns to care about words, numbers and time.
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The Last Battle
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics.
Lewis ends Narnia: Shift ape false Aslan, King Tirian last stand, Jill and Eustace at Stable Hill, and a morning beyond the world.
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The Great Hunt
Because shares tags: fantasy, epic.
Rand hunts the stolen Horn of Valere across the land while Egwene and Nynaeve face the Seanchan and the White Tower.
