Most Obvious Tolkien Imitators
1. 
The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #1)
by:
Terry Brooks
3.77 avg rating — 100,407 ratings 
4. 
The Elfstones of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #2)
by:
Terry Brooks
3.99 avg rating — 73,330 ratings 
6. 
Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
by:
Margaret Weis
4.01 avg rating — 121,202 ratings 
9. 
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1-3) 3.81 avg rating — 15,464 ratings
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Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #3)
by:
Margaret Weis
4.14 avg rating — 60,542 ratings 11. 
Streams of Silver (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #5)
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.17 avg rating — 45,903 ratings 
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by:
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.40 avg rating — 3,050,562 ratings 15. 
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The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)
by:
Tad Williams
3.97 avg rating — 76,164 ratings 
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by:
J.K. Rowling
4.47 avg rating — 11,062,903 ratings 
22. 
The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
by:
Lloyd Alexander
3.98 avg rating — 82,163 ratings 
24. 
Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 49,453 ratings
27. 
Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings 3.16 avg rating — 7,369 ratings
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The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.12 avg rating — 59,628 ratings 31. 
The Halfling's Gem (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #3; The Legend of Drizzt, #6)
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.19 avg rating — 46,163 ratings 32. 
Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.26 avg rating — 96,830 ratings 32. 
Sojourn (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #3)
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.22 avg rating — 72,114 ratings 32. 
Exile (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #2)
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.23 avg rating — 71,247 ratings 
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Tales of Alderley, #1)
by:
Alan Garner
3.93 avg rating — 8,617 ratings 38. 
The Dark Elf Trilogy Collector's Edition (Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf Trilogy, #1-3; Legend of Drizzt, #1-3)
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.36 avg rating — 29,118 ratings 
45. 
The Icewind Dale Trilogy: The Crystal Shard / Streams Of Silver / The Halfling's Gem
by:
R.A. Salvatore
4.32 avg rating — 16,853 ratings 
48. 
Greyfax Grimwald / Faragon Fairingay / Calix Stay / Squaring the Circle (Circle of Light, #1-4)
by:
Niel Hancock
3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings 
