The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again by JRR Tolkien, 317 pages
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." named Bilbo Baggins, and he had a magical adventure in which he traveled with dwarves and a wizard, eluded trolls and goblins, riddled with Gollum and Smaug, found a magic ring, dined with elves and a bear-man, and persevered through sheer heroic decency.
Rereading The Hobbit, two things are remembered: the writing is approachable, plain, and unpretentious, and the book is very funny. Neither of these qualities are possessed by The Lord of the Rings, although the trilogy has other, greater virtues.
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