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Books Like The Hobbit
Best books to read after The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is the entry point to Middle-earth — Bilbo Baggins, the thirteen dwarves, Gandalf, Smaug, and the Ring. These recommendations continue the Tolkien canon, explore the high fantasy tradition The Hobbit founded, or offer the best fantasy reading for readers who loved their first encounter with Middle-earth.
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The Fellowship of the Ring
by J.R.R. Tolkien
The direct sequel — Frodo inheriting Bilbo's Ring, the Fellowship forming, the quest beginning. The immediate next step after The Hobbit.
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The Two Towers
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Volume 2 of The Lord of the Rings — the Fellowship split, Aragorn among the Riders, Frodo and Sam on the path to Mordor.
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The Return of the King
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Volume 3 — the siege of Gondor, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Mount Doom, the Scouring of the Shire, the end of the Third Age.
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The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis
Lewis and Tolkien were Inklings together — Narnia is the other great mid-century British secondary world fantasy, designed for young readers and equally beloved, a perfect companion.
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A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ged at wizard school — the feminist philosophical counterpart to Tolkien, a shorter and more concentrated secondary world fantasy that is the ideal bridge from The Hobbit to other fantasy traditions.
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Redwall
by Brian Jacques
The animal fantasy that most directly inherits The Hobbit's accessible, adventure-driven world-building — Matthias the mouse at Redwall Abbey, the fantasy series most often recommended for young readers who loved The Hobbit.
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The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
The most celebrated contemporary epic fantasy — Kvothe narrating his own legend, a rich secondary world with the same depth of detail Tolkien achieves in Middle-earth.
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Sabriel
by Garth Nix
Sabriel crossing the Wall into the Old Kingdom — one of the finest young adult fantasy novels, the bridge between The Hobbit's accessible adventure and the more complex adult fantasy tradition.
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