| J.R.R. Tolkien: Need I say more? 'Lord of the Rings' blew me away. I have never read a book that has included as much as Rings. Love and loyalty in friendship and kin, realistic family relationships, an epic adventure, so many metaphores in the story to express views on real life and attitudes, full and indepth characters, a lush and vivid history of the fantasy world, and just really cracking story writing. Never, in my opinion, has another book managed to capture all of these things so well and with such quality.
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