When "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (2012) was over, I went through all my books and decided to make a list of all the books I read. I had a good time doing that. I also had a good time making another list of all the books that I watched in the past couple of years. This is that list. I didn't make the choices in any order.
I read the last book in this series called "The Children of Húrin" in 2013. It's quite a long book and is a lot of fun. However, I don't think that it is as good as the other books.
If you haven't read "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," please read the next couple of paragraphs first, since I'll mention a little bit about the books in the process. If you have seen the first movie in the trilogy, I guess you have some knowledge of the books. If you have seen the first two movies, I am sure you'll enjoy the rest of the trilogy. If you have never read any of the books, I guess you will enjoy them as much as I did.
I think I had the first book, "The Hobbit," as a kid before I started reading Tolkien. I think I read "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring" when I was in high school, because I remember that "The Fellowship of the Ring" took place a long time before the events in "The Hobbit." But I was too lazy to check to be sure.
However, I have never read any of the books or seen the movies, but I have been following them on the internet for a while now.
Anyway, I think that my overall experience with Tolkien's books and movies was quite different from other people's. I enjoyed "The Hobbit" when I was in the 7th or 8th grade. I remember a lot of the stories in the book and watching the movie as a child. I didn't understand any of it then, but I still enjoyed it. I am sure that I thought that Tolkien was a genius when I was a kid. Now I realize that Tolkien wasn't a genius but he was an amazingly talented writer. I think that Tolkien's books are the best fantasy stories ever written.