• The Two Towers

  • Book Two in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  • By: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Narrated by: Rob Inglis
  • Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (48,620 ratings)

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The Two Towers

By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Rob Inglis
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The Two Towers is the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic saga, The Lord of the Rings.

The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the One Ring must be destroyed. Meanwhile, at Helm’s Deep and Isengard, the first great battles of the War of the Ring take shape.

In this splendid, unabridged audio production of Tolkien’s great work, all the inhabitants of a magical universe - hobbits, elves, and wizards - spring to life. Rob Inglis’ narration has been praised as a masterpiece of audio.

©1983 Christopher R. Tolkien, Michael H.R.Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien, and Priscilla M.A.R.Tolkien (P)1990 Recorded Books

Featured Article: Boromir—A Lord of the Rings Character Guide


Among the array of characters in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, one of the most intriguing is Boromir. Son of Denethor and heir to the Steward of Gondor, Boromir is present in only a small part of the trilogy. He first appears at the Council of Elrond, and dies before the end of Book One, The Fellowship of the Ring. Yet even though he is the only major character to die so early in the series, he plays an important role.

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You can't go wrong with Tolkien

This book is fantastic. Robert Inglis is amazing. I know everyone is mad for the movies but... they really don't do the characters or the story justice.

Dark as the road gets in this book... there is hope and humor. Great deeds are done and people band together.

I will always, always recommend Tolkien's work to anyone who needs the kind of strong spirit these books have.

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Timeless Classic

A timeless classic. My favorite of the three books by a hair. Tolkien combines the mythic with the intimate day to struggles of ordinary life: Pathos, tragedy and humor combined seamlessly.

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wonderful performance

a classic read to me every winter by my husband...lovely to hear it again.

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The best of the best.

Beautiful performance of a favorite tale I’ve returned to again and again. This is my second listen of Inglis’ Hobbit, and the Trilogy. My 4th or fifth of the Tolkien books themselves.
Rob Inglis sings the songs and reads the parts with such nuance, his voice at turn richly noble, prosaic, or harsh. A real joy.

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Classic, classic, CLASSIC!

I love these books, they're all on my sleepy time, rainy day, winter snuggles rereading list! Gilbert Gottfried could narrate these books and I'd still give them 5 ☆'s! SO much love for the fantasy master, Tolkien!

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very solid book

this book was amazing. so much more than was in the film. I regret waiting so long to read it!

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Much better than expected.

Faramer is easily one of my favorites of all the men of all the series. I wish the movie showed his true character. So much good lore in these books.

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Attention grabbing!

Lord of the Rings could never keep my attention until I heard Rob Inglis read it! He brings out the interesting details of every conversation and song... I was never tempted to skip the "boring" parts!

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Its like the movie copied him reading.

I thought I was a bad nerd because I had a hard time reading Tolkien's books. But after listening to this man capture the essence of each character BETTER than even the movie could, I am sold as a true Tolkien fan.

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The Greatest Fantasy Story of All Time

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Robert Inglis is one of the best narrators out there. I remember about 5 or 6 years ago I listened to The Hobbit with him narrating and I fell in love with his many character voices and his excitement when he read. I couldn't wait to download and listen to these books once I remembered who narrated them. I am now on The Earthsea Cycle just because of his good narration style. Lord of The Rings the movies are great! Don't get me wrong but I still think the book and him narrating are better!! I feel like he hit the voices perfectly. If you haven't read, watched or listened to Lord of The Rings and you enjoy fantasy you are missing out. You owe it to yourself to read what made fantasy what it is today. You can't go wrong with Robert Inglis either. I wish he did more books to be honest.

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