Editing The Lord of the Rings (section)

=== Awards ===

In 1957, ''The Lord of the Rings'' was awarded the [[International Fantasy Award]]. Despite its numerous detractors, the publication of the [[Ace Books]] and [[Ballantine Books|Ballantine]] paperbacks helped ''The Lord of the Rings'' become immensely popular in the United States in the 1960s. The book has remained so ever since, ranking as the<!--Walker lists 5 different surveys, same result each time, top<ref name="Walker 2009"/>--> most popular works of fiction of the twentieth century, judged by all of three different measures: sales, library borrowings, and reader surveys.<ref>{{cite news |last=Seiler |first=Andy |date=16 December 2003 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-12-12-lotr-main_x.htm |title='Rings' comes full circle |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=12 March 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212081213/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-12-12-lotr-main_x.htm |archive-date=12 February 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Walker 2009">{{cite book |last=Walker |first=Steve |title=The Power of Tolkien's Prose: Middle-Earth's Magical Style |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |publication-place=New York |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-230-61992-0 |page=1}}</ref> In the 2003 "[[Big Read]]" survey conducted in Britain by the BBC, ''The Lord of the Rings'' was found to be the "Nation's best-loved book". In similar 2004 polls both Germany<ref>{{cite web |last=Diver |first=Krysia |date=5 October 2004 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/04/1096871805007.html?from=storyrhs |title=A lord for Germany |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=12 March 2006|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060328084516/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/04/1096871805007.html?from=storyrhs |archive-date=28 March 2006 }}</ref> and Australia<ref>{{cite web |date=6 December 2004 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-12-06/australians-pick-lord-of-the-rings-as-top-book/597612 |title=Australians pick 'Lord of the Rings' as top book |work=ABC News Online |access-date=16 March 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027185624/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-12-06/australians-pick-lord-of-the-rings-as-top-book/597612 |archive-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> chose ''The Lord of the Rings'' as their favourite book. In a 1999 poll of [[Amazon.com]] customers, ''The Lord of the Rings'' was judged to be their favourite "book of the millennium".<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Hehir |first=Andrew |date=4 June 2001 |url=http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/04/tolkien/ |title=The book of the century |work=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |access-date=12 March 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213000712/http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/04/tolkien/ |archive-date=13 February 2006 }}</ref> In 2019, the [[BBC News]] listed ''The Lord of the Rings'' on its [[BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Novels|list of the "100 most inspiring novels"]].<ref name=Bbc2019-11-05>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50302788 |title=100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108030557/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50302788 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |access-date=10 November 2019 |url-status=live |quote=The reveal kickstarts the BBC's year-long celebration of literature. }}</ref>