The Hobbit - The first edition cover of J. R. R. Tolkein's 'The Hobbit'. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is an award-winning children's book and fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, written in the tradition of the fairy tale. Tolkien wrote the story in the early 1930s to amuse his three sons. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. More recently, The Hobbit has been recognized as the 'Most Important 20th-Century Novel (for Older Readers)' by the children's book magazine Books for Keeps. The book has sold an estimated 100 million copies worldwide since first publication.

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The Hobbit - The first edition cover of J. R. R. Tolkein's 'The Hobbit'. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is an award-winning children's book and fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, written in the tradition of the fairy tale. Tolkien wrote the story in the early 1930s to amuse his three sons. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. More recently, The Hobbit has been recognized as the 'Most Important 20th-Century Novel (for Older Readers)' by the children's book magazine Books for Keeps. The book has sold an estimated 100 million copies worldwide since first publication.