What is the name of the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?

The first part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is The Fellowship of the Ring.

The novel was published in three volumes, and The Fellowship of the Ring was the first volume. It appeared on 29 July 1954 in the United Kingdom. The volume includes the opening history of the Ring, Frodo’s departure from the Shire, the journey to Rivendell, and the formation of the Fellowship.

The volume ends after the Fellowship has left Rivendell and its members have faced danger in Moria and at Amon Hen. Tolkien’s three-volume structure is sometimes mistakenly described as a trilogy of separately planned novels. He conceived The Lord of the Rings as one large work, although publication divided it into volumes.

The two later volumes are The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The title The Fellowship of the Ring is therefore both the name of the first published volume and the name associated with the group formed to carry the Ring toward Mordor.