What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-part novel about the One Ring?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-part novel about the One Ring is The Lord of the Rings.

The work follows Frodo Baggins and his companions as they attempt to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom. Tolkien wrote it as a sequel to The Hobbit, but it grew into a much larger epic involving the history, languages, peoples, and conflicts of Middle-earth.

The Lord of the Rings was published in three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954, The Two Towers in 1954, and The Return of the King in 1955. Although it is commonly called a trilogy, Tolkien regarded it as one novel divided for publication and practical reasons.

The title is sometimes confused with The Silmarillion, which presents earlier mythology, or The Hobbit, which introduces Bilbo. The One Ring, Sauron, Mordor, and the Fellowship are all central to The Lord of the Rings.