The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

A fantasy novel and children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in a time "Between the Dawn of Færie and the Dominion of Men", The Hobbit follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by the dragon, Smaug. Bilbo's journey takes him from light-hearted, rural surroundings into darker, deeper territory. The story is told in the form of an episodic quest, and most chapters introduce a specific creature, or type of creature, of Tolkien's Wilderland. By accepting the disreputable, romantic, fey and adventurous side of his nature (the "Tookish" side) and applying his wits and common sense, Bilbo develops a new level of maturity, competence and wisdom.

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- 19th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 22nd on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 40th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 71st on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)

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Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
Tolkien Calendar 2015: The Hobbit	Calendar	83262	$9.94		2014
The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again	Paperback	4827	$4.75	$1.02
The Hobbit	Paperback	459202	$15.36	$0.52
The Hobbit Facsimile First Edition: Boxed Set	Hardcover	308989	$35.51		2014
The Hobbit: or There and Back Again	Paperback	118938	$9.30	$0.01
El Hobbit (Spanish Edition)	Hardcover	2275281	$27.13	$32.92
The Hobbit	Paperback	28827	$13.81	$2.49
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	2742870		$0.01
The Hobbit (Movie Tie-In)	Paperback	376908	$2.99	$0.01	2013
The Hobbit (Movie Tie-In 2014)	Paperback	479753	$6.58	$6.46	2014
The Hobbit	Hardcover	10045	$10.66	$8.08	2012
The Hobbit	Paperback	36789	$6.68	$0.01	1989
El Hobbit / The Hobbit (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	611086	$22.80	$21.71	2005
El Hobbit / The Hobbit: Historia de una ida y una vuelta / There and Back Again (Spanish Edition)	Hardcover	1552729	$22.55		2012
Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit	Hardcover	43878	$12.13	$12.33	2012
Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit	Kindle Edition	141791	$11.89		2012
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Set	Audio CD	788004	$33.33	$34.98	2009
The Hobbit	Hardcover	239177	$83.18	$22.26
THE HOBBIT: The Authorized Edition	Mass Market Paperback	1389695	$19.95	$1.78
Ka Hopita: a i 'ole, I Laila a Ho'i Hou mai: The Hobbit in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition)	Paperback	906023	$19.63	$22.50	2015
The Hobbit or There and Back Again, Special Deluxe Edition Green Leather Binding and Slip Case (Lord of the Rings)	Hardcover	274248	$39.99	$39.97
THE HOBBIT	Mass Market Paperback	1407698	$5.93	$0.01	1984
Art of the Hobbit	Hardcover	724721	$26.46	$29.17	2011
The Hobbit (Dramatised)	Audible Audio Edition	9497	$9.95		2007
Lo Hobbit (Italian Edition)	Paperback	1341999	$13.09	$18.84	2012
The Hobbit (Wood Box Edition)	Audio CD	2159957	$49.95	$51.14	2012
El Hobbit/ the Hobbit (Senor de los Anilos) (Spanish Edition)	Paperback	1441214	$59.99	$8.61	2006
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	278645	$7.00	$0.01	2011
The Hobbit (Dramatized)	Audible Audio Edition	4405	$17.95		2007
The Hobbit	Hardcover	1287608	$30.86	$30.85	1997
The Hobbit (Wood Box Edition)	Audio CD	586553	$29.44	$18.37	2000
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	819279	$50.00	$1.99
Ka Hopita, a i 'ole, I Laila a Ho'i Hou mai: The Hobbit in Hawaiian (Hawaiian Edition)	Hardcover	1562564	$33.75	$33.95	2015
Hobbit, El (Spanish Edition)	Hardcover	3518018	$46.97	$46.97
Der Hobit, oder, Ahin un Vider Tsurik: The Hobbit in Yiddish (Yiddish Edition)	Paperback	1987479	$24.75	$25.95	2015
El Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	1674093	$13.00	$0.01	1991
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again; an Illustrated Edition	Library Binding	788311	$615.59	$43.53	1977
The Hobbit Collector's Edition	Hardcover	39304	$42.36	$41.49
The Hobbit: A 3-D Pop-Up Adventure	Hardcover	577652	$99.99	$34.45	1999
The Hobbit	Hardcover	308598	$12.00	$0.01	1997
The Hobbit	Paperback	507585	$6.19	$2.70
The Hobbit: Pocket Edition	Hardcover	62821	$12.48	$7.21	2012
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	2373884	$18.08	$0.01	1985
The Hobbit (Illustrated/Collector Edition)[There and Back Again]	Hardcover	1615905	$31.22	$31.20
The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to the Lord of the Rings	Mass Market Paperback	1777707		$1.00
The Hobbit [Unabridged, Audiobook] Publisher: Recorded Books; Unabridged edition	Audio CD	971293	$29.10	$21.99
The Annotated Hobbit	Hardcover	71149	$26.47	$16.01	2002
The Hobbit	Paperback	3197386	$12.99	$10.53	2000
El Hobbit (Libros de El Hobbit) (Spanish Edition)	Kindle Edition	274022			2010
The Hobbit Movie Trilogy Colouring Book	Paperback	138131	$9.09		2017
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	2955106	$6.68	$4.16	1972
The Hobbit: A Dramatization of J.R.R. Tolkien's Classic	Audio CD	480239	$80.59	$14.01	1994
The Hobbit	Audio CD	260150	$12.01	$8.00	2009
The Hobbit: or, There and Back Again	Hardcover	1155507	$26.97	$5.21	1997
The Hobbit	Kindle Edition	7274	$6.52		2012
The Hobbit	Hardcover	81794	$8.99	$1.93
The Hobbit, Prequel to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)	Audio CD	809587	$39.84	$33.83
The Illustrated Hobbit	Paperback	3762641		$1.27
An Hobbit, pe, Eno ha Distro: The Hobbit in Breton (Breton Edition)	Hardcover	4047171	$33.95	$36.19	2020
The Hobbit (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Pre-Lord of the Rings)	Mass Market Paperback	383323	$2.00	$0.25	2012
La Hobito, aŭ, Tien kaj Reen: The Hobbit in Esperanto (Esperanto Edition)	Hardcover	1336094	$28.28	$32.62	2015
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	37078	$2.49	$0.10	1986
Hobbit or There & Back Again (Japanese Edition)	Paperback	966859	$11.41	$4.13	2012
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	937154	$5.55	$0.01	1981
El Hobbit. Movie Edition (Spanish Edition)	Mass Market Paperback	392469	$4.95	$4.26	2012
The Art Of The Hobbit By J.r.r. Tolkien	Hardcover	42535	$25.99	$10.17	2012
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	706388	$5.80	$0.01	1977
The Hobbit (BBC Radio Presents; 5 CDs)	Audio CD	1464289	$89.97	$5.76	1997
THE ANNOTATED HOBBIT; REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION	Hardcover	2200809	$126.53	$51.57
Essential Tolkien CD: The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring	Audio CD	309937	$7.94	$6.15	2007
An Hobad, nó Anonn Agus ar Ais Arís: The Hobbit in Irish	Paperback	463573	$23.88	$23.84	2013
The Hobbit	Paperback	984069	$4.00	$0.01	2002
The Hobbit Facsimile Gift Edition	Hardcover	134623	$46.87	$55.47	2018
A Hobbit	Audible Audiobook	99261	$17.24		2019
The Hobbit, 50th Anniversary Edition	Hardcover	208244	$70.38	$17.99
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	1076477		$6.18
The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again	Paperback	5117564		$14.99
The Annotated Hobbit: The Hobbit, or, There and back again	Hardcover	1478762	$24.92	$1.70
The Hobbit SparkNotes Literature Guide (Volume 33) (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)	Paperback	390042	$4.37	$0.25	2014
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (Lord of the Rings)	Kindle Edition	1018	$11.99		2012
The Annotated Hobbit	Hardcover	2096481	$4.99	$3.98	2003
The Hobbit	Audio CD	12733	$24.09	$16.76	2002
The Hobbit (Wood Box Edition)	Audio CD	539416	$17.72	$10.50	2001
El Hobbit (NE)	Hardcover	2327971	$24.28		2022
La Hobito, aŭ, Tien kaj Reen: The Hobbit in Esperanto (Esperanto Edition)	Paperback	466698	$18.84	$14.66	2015
The Complete Lord of the Rings Trilogy & The Hobbit Set	Audio CD	259232	$28.39	$28.30	2012
The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition	Hardcover	2599	$21.49	$16.94	2013
The Hobbit (Movie Tie-In)	Paperback	234470	$0.24	$0.01	2012
The Hobbit Illustrated by the Author (Tolkien Illustrated Editions)	Hardcover	15334	$67.50		2023
The Hobbit	Audio CD	2098587		$1.35
The Hobbit	Hardcover	4913095	$315.66	$12.95	1987
The Hobbitt	Mass Market Paperback	2376994	$107.60	$0.01	1973
The Hobbit (Graphic Novel): An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic	Paperback	5435	$12.20	$4.97	2001
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Set	Audio CD	1071467	$25.00	$9.18	2002
Tolkien Calendar 2017: The Hobbit 80th Anniversary	Calendar	112511	$8.38		2016
El Hobbit Infantil (Spanish Edition)	Hardcover	2669832	$23.29	$25.67
The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition	Hardcover	3687	$18.99	$11.57	2007
An Hobad, nó Anonn agus Ar Ais Arís (Irish Edition)	Hardcover	1148759	$21.71	$20.99	2012
The Hobbit	Mass Market Paperback	1336337	$6.68	$0.01	1976
The Hobbit: Complete and Unabridged	Audio CD	2739095	$20.88	$15.91	2002
The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition by Tolkien, J.R.R.(October 1, 2013) Hardcover	Hardcover	263760	$21.01	$15.45
Hobbit or There & Back Again (Paperback, 2002)	Paperback	834820	$8.50	$2.66
The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings)	Paperback	10244	$8.25	$1.35	2002
The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, Text by J.R.R. Tolkien and Illustrations from the Film by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass	Paperback	2035724	$27.00	$4.21	1978
The Hobbit	Hardcover	331883		$40.00
The Hobbit (or There and Back Again)	Hardcover	19348	$24.17	$14.89	1973
The Hobbit	Paperback	2318	$11.91	$1.99	2012