The Hobbit
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 sets up The Lord of…
2,469-word summary · 11 min read
The Lord of the Rings
4 books in this series, listed in reading order.
- The Hobbit
- The Fellowship of the Ring · book 1
- The Two Towers · book 2
- The Return of the King · book 3
The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring retold: Frodo's flight, Strider, Moria, Lothlorien, and the breaking of the Fellowship.
2,315-word summary · 10 min read
The Two Towers
Frodo and Sam crawl toward Mordor with Gollum while Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli chase orcs across Rohan.
2,284-word summary · 10 min read
The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom while Aragorn claims Gondor and Pippin and Merry fight at Minas Tirith.
3,341-word summary · 15 min read