“Lord of the Rings” among ’50 books that will change your life’

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(c) World Book Day 2014
(c) World Book Day 2014

World Book Day is a “worldwide celebration of books and reading”, happening in over 100 countries all across the globe, started in 1995 by UNESCO. World Book Day Fest in the UK and Ireland asked old and young to find the ultimate list of 50 books for Young Adults, termed “Writes of Passage”, for the 2014 celebration. The list was published in February 2014 and included, among the Top Ten, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and George Orwell’s 1984.

World Book Day 2014 UK & Ireland, Writes of Passage
World Book Day 2014 UK & Ireland, Writes of Passage

More information available with the World Book Day UK & Ireland‘s website on “Writes of Passage.”

Update Nov 2023 Yes, the name of the author is spelt incorrectly. And funnily enough, there seems to be ONE other place on the internet that talks about the voting procedures back then – Stratford College in Ireland.

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Marcel R. Bülles is the author of thetolkienist.com, a specialist blog centering on worldwide Tolkien fandom, geekdom and research. He works as a freelance translator, journalist and writer and is the founder of the German Tolkien Society as well as a co-founder to RingCon, Europe's formerly biggest fantasy film convention. You can find him in cafés all over the world sipping an espresso blogging, writing, reading. At one point he was married to an extremely lovely French lady by the nickname of Sauron. Yes, that Sauron. He is also active with the International Tolkien Fellowship on Facebook and the Tolkien Folk on Instagram.