The Hobbit

Why it’s on the list: Tolkien’s prelude to The Lord of the Rings — a respectable Baggins pulled into an unexpected adventure.

Where I heard about it

• My own reading — I sampled the book and saved highlights, below; not a full read.

Connections

• J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Fellowship of the Ring

Highlights

Partial highlights captured via Readwise — Kyle sampled this book; not a full read.

• people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything unexpected: you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him. This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.