What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-volume sequel to The Hobbit?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-volume sequel to The Hobbit is The Lord of the Rings.

Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings between 1937 and 1949, although publication took place later. George Allen & Unwin issued it in three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954, The Two Towers in 1954, and The Return of the King in 1955. Tolkien regarded the work as one novel, divided into volumes for practical publishing reasons.

The story follows the struggle to destroy the One Ring, a powerful object created by Sauron. Its principal hobbit characters include Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, while the wider narrative reaches across the histories and peoples of Middle-earth.

The title is sometimes mistaken for the name of the trilogy’s villain or for one individual ring-bearer. It refers to the Rings of Power and, more broadly, to the central conflict surrounding Sauron and the One Ring.