num_pages: 11
description: Prelude to Tolkien's famous 1937 fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. It recounts the travels and mishaps of Bilbo Baggins, Hobbit; accompanied by 13 dwarves and the wizard Gandalf, Bilbo searches for the lost treasure of the dwarves, reputed to be located in the den of the fire-breathing dragon, Smaug.
title: The Hobbit
titlecomplete: The Hobbit
characters: Bilbo Baggins, Dwalin, Nori, Gloin, Ori, Bifur, Bombur, Gollum, Fili, Elrond Half-elven, Beorn, Smaug, Bofur, Dori, Kili, Balin, Gandalf, Oin, Bard the Bowman, Thorin Oakenshield
genres: High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Novels, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 3778527
places: Middle-earth
series: The Lord of the Rings
awards: name: Keith Barker Millennium Book Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Inklings Studies