The Hobbit is J. R. R. Tolkien’s first book. If you are like me and looking forward to the movies that are due to release this Christmas and Next take a couple of days and familiarize yourself with Tolkien’s wonderful world. the book is relatively short and if you have already read the book I would consider buying the Annotated Hobbit, which is riddled with extra content and backstories about the author and the characters. my favorite being the “necromancer” who is actually is suppose to be Sauron. after he has been separated from his ring. anyway book rating is for sure a 5 out of 5 stars would tell any ten year old to read this book over Eragon or Harry Potter.