The Hobbit
Or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien
5/5
Mariner Books 300 pages September 20, 1937
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on an unexpected journey to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent.
Jim's Review
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The OG fantasy adventure. Jim reads this one every year when the leaves start to turn. Tolkien invented an entire genre, and he did it with such warmth and charm that even a bookworm feels at home in the Shire. Bilbo is proof that the smallest creatures can make the biggest difference. Sound familiar? Five worms.
