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

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.”

 

Marcel R. Bülles

A Tolkien fan for thirty years (and more to come...) Founding chairman of the German Tolkien Society, Co-Founder of Ring*Con, Co-Founder of the ITF, host, presenter and fantasy expert