HeWillSoar Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 If you are or have a Tolkien fan, what other books are favorites? I want to get my 11 yo another book for his Easter basket. He loves The Hobbit and LOTR books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 The Father Christmas Letters Children of Hurin Tales of the Perilous Realm (a collection of his short stories eg Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles etc) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Has he read The Princess and the Goblin? It has a sequal, also: The Princess and Curdie. The author, George MacDonald, is known to be a major influence for Tolkien's work. ETA: he might also like The Chronicles of Prydain, the Dark is Rising series, or various works by David Eddings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I can't recommend it because I haven't read it, but I know it's there. Beowulf: A Translation & Commentary. It came out last year. I imagine it would be too much for an 11 year old, but I wanted to mention it just in case. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Quark listed my faves :) Letters from Father Christmas is SO charming and a book that is re-read aloud every Christmas, even though everyone is grown up now! :) "Farmer Giles of Ham" is great fun — longest short story in the Tales from the Perilous Realm collection -- also available as an individual book and frequently paired with "Smith of Wooton Major" "Smith of Wooton Major", and "Leaf by Niggle" are lovely, poignant short stories (also in that collection) easily understood by the younger crowd, but probably best appreciated and savored by adults. Children of Hurin -- a note: fabulous, but it is tragic, and much more adult in feel -- like a cross between Beowulf and Ancient Greek tragic epics The Silmarillion -- one other by Tolkien that is a possibility, but is definitely "drier" and more adult in tone Book of Lost Tales (about 12 volumes total) -- again, very different in tone and purpose than Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Maybe something related to Tolkien/Middle Earth? - The Annotated Hobbit (Anderson) - The Atlas of Middle-Earth (Fonstad) Not Tolkien, but other classic fantasy epics: - Watership Down (Adams) - Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis) - The Never Ending Story (Ende) - Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Wrede) - Dragon Keeper Chronicles (Paul) - Wizard of Earthsea (Le Guin) - Chronicles of Prydian (Alexander) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 How about any of these? I've bolded the ones that I think are most similar to classic epic fantasy, but they're all good choices. The one that's probably most similar to Tolkein is Monster Blood Tattoo, seriously, those books are 1/3 appendix and you don't even mind. The Real Boy The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming Hammer of Witches Monster Blood Tattoo The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (more sci-fi, but pretty epic) Bridge of Birds Earthsea Across the Nightingale Floor Nine Pound Hammer The Pit Dragon Trilogy - don't bother with book 4, it's awful Gregor the Overlander Margaret Whalen Turner's "The Thief" series (the first is the weakest, sad to say) Un Lun Dun The Wildwood trilogy The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland (wait, he doesn't have one of those weird objections to reading about girls so many young boys are afflicted with, does he?) Vodnik The Search for WondLa The Farsala trilogy A Face Like Glass The Inquisitor's Apprentice The Edge Chronicles Mortal Engines Zahrah the Windseeker (there is a reason I always recommend this book everywhere) The Circle of Magic (might be a little young) Ruinmarks Cold Cereal (definitely not High Fantasy, but pretty good) The Dalemark Quartet Young Wizards The Floating Islands 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I second Beowulf. I'm just itching to get my hands on it! Stupid stack of already purchased books is already too high to justify another purchase, but it is Beowulf told by Tolkien. My geek-o-meter doesn't even go high enough to sustain this level of awesome! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 We recently read Farmer Giles of Ham. It's a shorter read, and very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 Thanks for the recommendations and the great lists! I'm trying to expand our library so these are great. I think I'll get Tales from the Perilous Realm since a few of you mentioned some of the stories in that collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 My 9yo Tolkein geek reads and rereads Tales from the Perilous Realm. I got him the Annotated Hobbit for Christmas and he is enjoying that a lot also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 This book is fun for Tolkien fans too. Some lovely illustrations...http://www.amazon.com/Tolkien-Bestiary-David-Day/dp/0517120771/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427513824&sr=8-2&keywords=tolkien+bestiary+david+day (sorry for the big link, my formatting has gone nutsy today..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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