Which Tolkien book is subtitled “There and Back Again”?

The Hobbit is subtitled “There and Back Again.” J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 book presents Bilbo Baggins’s adventure from his home in the Shire to the Lonely Mountain and back.

The subtitle describes the book as a journey narrative, but it also reflects Bilbo’s transformation. He begins as a comfort-loving hobbit and returns with broader experience, unusual courage, and a changed view of the world beyond the Shire.

The Hobbit was written before The Lord of the Rings and has a lighter narrative voice. Tolkien later connected its story more closely to his larger mythology, especially by revising details surrounding the One Ring for the 1951 second edition.