Literature

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954

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13,001·Ancient

72 yrs

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6

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Why it endured

Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy created an entirely new mythology for the modern world. The quest to destroy the One Ring is a profound meditation on courage, friendship, and the corrupting nature of power — a work so influential it defined the entire fantasy genre and inspired generations of storytellers.

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6 people recommend this book

Elon MuskCEO of Tesla & SpaceX

Lord of the Rings is just an amazing story. I've read it at least three or four times. There's something timeless about the struggle against forces of darkness.

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Andrej KarpathyAI researcher & former Tesla AI Director

Nice! I really want to build a reading companion app for books. E.g. I am re-reading LoTR again, you could imagine stuffing all of it (and discussion boards related commentary and chatter) into context and making it very easy to ask questions, clarifications, discussions. There's…

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Peter ThielCo-founder of PayPal & Palantir

Tolkien understood that progress requires sacrifice. The Shire must be left behind. Lord of the Rings is a story about what is worth fighting for.

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Bryan JohnsonEntrepreneur & longevity investor

The Lord of the Rings shaped my sense of what it means to take on a mission larger than yourself, even when the odds are overwhelming.

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Naval RavikantEntrepreneur & philosopher

Loved LOTR and other fiction when younger. Just lost interest. YMMV.

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PewDiePieContent creator & book reviewer

I've actually been listening to audiobooks lately. Don't know if that's cheating, I don't think so, but it's been really helpful when you have a baby and I'm listening to the Lord of the Rings. I read them when I was a teenager and I remember skipping through it when there were songs. I thought the songs were like I'm not going to read a song this is stupid but as an audiobook is amazing because they sing the songs and I'm like hell yeah this song slaps!

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