The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

This is a book that needs no introduction. The Hobbit is the progenitor of pretty much all modern fantasy, even more than the Lord of the Rings it is the prototypical adventure tale. Middle Earth is both epic and intimate. The sentences sparkle and shine like elven jewels, the whole of the book intricately constructed like a coat of dwarven mail.

If you don’t love the hobbit, you’re no friend of mine.