when I first read LOTR in the 8th grade (age 14), it changed the way I viewed the world. for several years following that I read them every year, and then at least once every other year. I expect I have read them 40 times. the only other books that have affected me in a similar way are Foundation by Isaac Asimov and perhaps Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

oh, and it was my sister that turned me on to LOTR: she bought me The Hobbit after I raved about how much I loved Watership Down. (probably another book that changed my life.)

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