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J.R.R. Tolkien
Finding Your Way Into Writing Fiction as J.R.R. Tolkien's Grandson
Simon Tolkien on the Double-Edged Sword of a Mighty Literary Inheritance
By
Simon Tolkien
| May 29, 2025
The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Villains: James Folta on John le Carré's Karla.
By
James Folta
| March 12, 2025
A Visa for a Hobbit: How the Tools of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Can Help Immigrant Writers
Minsoo Kang on J.R.R. Tolkien and the Surprising Power of Escapism
By
Minsoo Kang
| July 17, 2024
The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy
Verlyn Flieger on the Late Addition of Tolkien's Most Iconic Characters
By
Verlyn Flieger
| June 24, 2024
Gollum is getting his own spinoff. But is it really necessary?
By
Brittany Allen
| May 16, 2024
How Dyslexia Made Me More Passionate About Reading (and Selling) Books
Cappy Yarbrough on Her Complicated Relationship with Books, Working at a Bookstore, and Dealing with a Wild Range of Customers
By
Cappy Yarbrough
| April 10, 2024
Best Reviewed
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Don’t take career advice from Bukowski, upgrade your hustle with these authors instead.
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James Folta
| March 28, 2024
The Lord of the Rings a Work of Modernism?">Is
The Lord of the Rings
a Work of Modernism?
By
Nick Groom
| September 5, 2023
The Fellowship of the Ring.">Read W. H. Auden's 1954 review of
The Fellowship of the Ring
.
By
Dan Sheehan
| July 28, 2023
The Hobbit in a charity shop.">
The Hobbit in a charity shop.">
The Hobbit in a charity shop.">Someone found a first edition copy of
The Hobbit
in a charity shop.
By
Janet Manley
| July 12, 2023
Rings of Power Creators Care About the Original Text at All? (Should We?)">
Rings of Power Creators Care About the Original Text at All? (Should We?)">
Rings of Power Creators Care About the Original Text at All? (Should We?)">Do the
Rings of Power
Creators Care About the Original Text at All? (Should We?)
Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth (Wearily) Recap Episode 7
By
Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth
| October 7, 2022
The Rings of Power: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?">
The Rings of Power: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?">
The Rings of Power: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?">
The Rings of Power
: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?
With Episode 6, Our Intrepid Guides—a Tolkien Devotee and a Fantasy Philistine—Find Themselves Divided
By
Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth
| September 30, 2022
The Rings of Power">
The Rings of Power">
The Rings of Power">Dwarves, the Most Ill-Served of Jackson’s Hero Races, Get an Upgrade in
The Rings of Power
Coherent Themes! Complex Characters! Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth Recap Episode 4
By
Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth
| September 16, 2022
The Rings of Power Gives Us Yet Another Abdicated Royal">
The Rings of Power Gives Us Yet Another Abdicated Royal">
The Rings of Power Gives Us Yet Another Abdicated Royal">Here We Go Again:
The Rings of Power
Gives Us Yet Another Abdicated Royal
Tolkien Devotee Jenna Kass and Fantasy Philistine Dylan Roth Recap Episode 3
By
Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth
| September 9, 2022
The Rings of Power for
Lord of the Rings
Diehards or Casual Fans?">
The Rings of Power for
Lord of the Rings
Diehards or Casual Fans?">
The Rings of Power for
Lord of the Rings
Diehards or Casual Fans?">Is
The Rings of Power
for
Lord of the Rings
Diehards or Casual Fans?
Tolkien Devotee Jenna Kass and Fantasy Philistine Dylan Roth Recap the First Two Episodes of the New Series
By
Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth
| September 1, 2022
Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened">
Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened">
Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened">How a
Lord of the Rings
and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened
Ben Riggs on Missed Possibilities in the World of Roleplay Gaming
By
Ben Riggs
| July 20, 2022
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by
Olivia Rutigliano
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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
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