I read lord of the rings when I was about 12 (I was a keen reader) and it is the best piece of literature ever written in my eyes,harry potter is taken at face value,its a story,lord of the rings and the books surrounding it are a full history,and Tolkien created a whole new Fricking language that,if you wanted to could learn to speak and lord of the rings all the way,oh and vbloxham,just,just shut up