Books like The Lord of the Rings
12 books with a reading profile close to The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Deep; a moderate read.
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1
The Children of Húrin
narrative, literary
Set during the Elder Days of Middle-earth, this tragedy chronicles the life of Túrin Turambar, son of Húrin.
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2
Watership Down
narrative, literary
Hazel leads a small group of rabbits away from their home burrow after his brother Fiver experiences a psychic premonition of its total destruction.
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3
Lost Horizon
by James Hilton
narrative, literary
During the chaos of a 1930s rebellion in British India, veteran diplomat Hugh Conway and three companions are kidnapped when their plane is diverted deep into the Kunlun Mountains of Tibet.
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4
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
narrative, literary
Bastian Balthazar Bux is a lonely boy who steals an antique book and hides in his school’s attic to read it.
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5
Ariadne
narrative, literary
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up in a palace defined by the heavy breathing of the Minotaur, her brother imprisoned within the Labyrinth.
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6
Kaikeyi
narrative, literary
Kaikeyi, the queen who in the Ramayana demands that Rama be exiled and her son Bharata be crowned, is usually remembered as a villain.
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The Return of the King
narrative, classic literature
In the final installment of the trilogy, the narrative follows Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee as they navigate the volcanic wasteland of Mordor to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom.
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8
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Also deep · narrative, literary
Alice follows a young girl who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean realm governed by nonsense and wordplay.
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9
Kim
Also deep · narrative, literary
Set against the backdrop of late nineteenth-century British India, the story follows Kimball O’Hara, an orphaned white boy living as a street-wise urchin in Lahore.
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10
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews
Also deep · narrative, literary
The narrative follows Joseph Andrews, a virtuous footman who is dismissed from service after resisting the aggressive sexual advances of his mistress, Lady Booby.
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11
A Wizard of Earthsea
narrative, literary
Ged, a talented but arrogant youth known as Sparrowhawk, begins his education in the high arts of magic at the school on Roke Island.
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12
Tigana
narrative, literary
Set in a Mediterranean-inspired peninsula called the Palm, the narrative centers on a group of rebels attempting to overthrow two rival sorcerer-kings, Brandin of Ygrath and Alberico of Barbentain.
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