A hobbit inherits a ring of terrible power and carries it across Middle-earth to unmake it in the fire that forged it.
Books that mention The Lord of the Rings (10)
Zero to One by Peter Thiel: “As Tolkien wrote in The Lord of the Rings: The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began.”
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance: “He listed The Lord of the Rings, Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, and Robert Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress as some of his favorites, alongside The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.”
Babel Tower by A. S. Byatt: “'His publisher wanted to reject The Lord of the Rings and it was published as a profit-sharing venture.' A description of Orthanc is also used as a section epigraph.”
Among Others by Jo Walton: “A hardcover three-volume edition of The Lord of the Rings.”
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin: “Maya, having recently made her way through The Lord of the Rings trilogy, names it Bag End.”
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls: “Fantasy and science fiction dazzled her, especially The Lord of the Rings.”
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers: “He collected Goosebumps books, anime, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings.”
East, West by Salman Rushdie: “'Do you like Tolkien?' ... 'J.R.R. Tolkien,' said Zulu. 'The Lord of the Rings.'”
Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin: “...such as Little Dorrit, War and Peace, To the Lighthouse, or The Lord of the Rings...”
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang: “carrying chunky volumes of Lord of the Rings or The Spiderwick Chronicles”