The Lord of the Rings 1954

The British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Society

• Published 2006
• All-time list
• Ranked #3

Le Monde

• Published 2019
• All-time list
• Ranked #5

Tampa Bay Times

• Published 1983
• All-time list
• Ranked #5

Bulgaria

• Published 2009
• All-time list
• Ranked #7

Refinery29

• Published 2017
• All-time list
• Ranked #9

The Bellingham Herald

• Published 2000
• All-time list
• Ranked #10

Bulgaria

• Published 2010
• All-time list
• Ranked #16

OCLC

• Published 2009
• All-time list
• Ranked #24

Radcliffe Publishing Course

• Published 1998
• All-time list
• Ranked #40

The Telegraph

• Published 2008
• All-time list
• Ranked #61

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• Published 2000
• All-time list
• Ranked #68

XLSemanal and Zenda

• Published 2020
• All-time list
• Ranked #90

Der Spiegel

• Published 2025
• Decade list · 1925-2025
• Included, unranked

Library Journal

• Published 1999
• Decade list · 1900-1999
• Ranked #3

Rzeczpospolita

• Published 1999
• Decade list · 1900-1999
• Ranked #27

Le Monde

• Published 1999
• Decade list · 1900-1999
• Ranked #58

Yedioth Ahronoth

• Published 2024
• Decade list · 1900-2024
• Ranked #93