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The Silmarillion:
I own the whole LOTR trilogy and I intend to buy The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. In which order do you recomend reading these? (I've seen all the movies, but have not read any of the books).
Catherine
I say read in order of difficulty. Hobbit first, then LotR, last Silmarillion. Chronological order is not needed except for the LotR volumes.
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