News & Features: J.R.R. Tolkien

“America’s 100 Favorite Novels,” includes titles from Frank Peretti, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, William P. Young, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

The tale of a reluctant hero defending a city was written in 1917 while Tolkien was in hospital recovering from service during World War One.

Television adaptation to explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

Novel's origins go back to the night when Tolkien reached for a sheet of paper and scribbled, "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

Suggested books and resources to further your understanding of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Bilbo Baggins is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

First of two film adaptations set in Middle-earth sixty years before The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The first official image from The Hobbit features three of the dwarves.

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' and 'The Hobbit: There and Back Again' slated for release Dec 14, 2012 and Dec 13, 2013

NCM and Warner Bring Middle-earth to Nearly 500 Theaters for Three-Night Event in Movie Theaters Nationwide

J.R.R. Tolkien's timeless classic to be adapted into two-film epic by director Peter Jackson