The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien
11 people recommended it in 9 threads, 2007–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
It's dense reading, but the prequel The Silmarillion is perhaps the only successful epic mythology written in modern times.
Read all the reference materials like The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, J.R.R.'s letters, the books his son Christopher edited and published, etc.
The Neverending Story (The Silmarillion/LotR), because it's something to lose yourself in with kids and doesn't even have to be read.
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