Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels, the award-winning trilogy of an epic fantasy written by J.R.R Tolkien was first published in 1954 as the Lord of the Rings. An epic set in a fictional world, the novel brings readers on an exciting journey with the hobbit who inherited a powerful ring, Frodo Baggins. Elegiac, thrilling and intriguing, join the young hobbit as Gandalf entrust him with the immense task to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fire of Mount Doom.

 The Fellowship of the Ring, the first book to the trilogy, unravels the obstacles Frodo had encountered from one place to another, journeying through the inevitable passing and meeting the many creatures and creations from Middle-Earth. What are your opinions about the novel’s worldbuilding – which aspects are good, bad, or different?

Tolkien demonstrates how even the smallest person can change the world through his art of fiction. What does this book say about friendship and trust? What sort of challenges does Frodo overcome after his inheritance?

Lord of the Rings is, of course, about rings. What in your opinion is the reason why everyone was after the ring? What good would the forged ring do to the fictional world of Middle-Earth? What do you think the ring symbolises in real life?