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    The Hobbit

    The Hobbit

    J. R. R. Tolkien

    4.37 (30)

    In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

    #10
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    28,114
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    The Lord of the Rings

    The Lord of the Rings

    J. R. R. Tolkien

    4.56 (36)

    When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

    #13
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    26,139
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