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The Lord of the Rings
Fantasy
A small hobbit walks a ring to its destruction across a continent at war. The book Musk says he read repeatedly as a child, alongside the encyclopedia.
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Said in interviews he read it repeatedly as a child.
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“The book that I've most often read is Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.”
Hoffman has said in multiple interviews that LOTR is the book he has re-read most — a hero's-journey-of-the-small-people that captures his views on power, collaboration, and corruption.
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Favorite book as a teenager, read repeatedly.
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“Loved Lord of The Rings and other fiction when [I was] younger.”
The page cites a Naval tweet about loving the book when younger.
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“Any book recommendations for young adults?”
Recommended as a young adult book.
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“I have to admit to 'Lord of the Rings' having been pretty important to me - but for a slightly odd reason, not as a huge Tolkien fan. For me, it was one of the first 'real' books I read in English, and I started with a dictionary by my side, and ended it reading without needing one.”
From Slashdot's October 2012 reader Q&A, in his answer to the 'Books, Books, Books' question.
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