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The Lord of the Rings is Tolkien's most famous book. A poll of Amazon.com users recently voted it the book of the century. In 1997 it was voted the greatest book of the 20th century by readers' in a poll conducted by Britain's Channel 4 and the Waterstone's bookstore chain.

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