I've been looking into reading the other books from the Lord of the Rings universe that Tolkien wrote. Where should I start?
The Lord of the Rings is fantastic. It is an by an Engish novel by JRR Tolkein.
Can you tell me what I should read if I want to learn more about the history of that written universe? I think the name of it starts with an s.
Seeing that I have only read The Lord of the Rings I am only knowledgeable on this very subject. I do know it was a sequel to "The Hobbit".
I wonder how The Hobbit was made into three separate full length films even though it was just one book.
You could ask someone that is knowledgeable about "The Hobbit". Since you are so curious about The Lord of the Rings, it has sold over 150 million copies. 
Where does that put it on the list of best-selling book series of all time?
, the Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule the other Rings of Power as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of Middle-earth. From quiet beginnings in the Shire, a hobbit land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth, following the course of the War of the Ring through the eyes of its characters, most notably the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Sam, Merry and Pippin.
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a teacher gave him JRR Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings": "I don’t think I’d ever read a novel before, not even an Enid Blyton. It took me several years to finish reading it, but afterwards, I’d become a different kind of person; one who read novels and might one day write one."
At age 11, he was sent to Corpus Christi Catholic College, a state school that he has called "one of the worst schools in Leeds...My upbringing