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Epic fantasy · Classics

The Two Towers

With the Fellowship broken, the story follows two threads. One group is drawn into a kingdom's war against a corrupted wizard, while the two hobbits with the Ring head toward Mordor with an unreliable guide.

First published
1954
Pace
slow
Length
long
Format
Standalone

Read this if you have read the first book and want the middle volume, with its big battle and steadily darkening road.

Skip this if you haven't read the first volume, because it begins in the middle of the story.

The feel

Content warnings

  • Violence
  • War
  • Death

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