• The Two Towers

  • The Lord of the Rings, Book 2
  • By: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Narrated by: Andy Serkis
  • Length: 20 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (582 ratings)

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The Two Towers

By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Andy Serkis
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Publisher's Summary

This brand-new unabridged audiobook of The Two Towers, the second part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings, is read by the BAFTA award-winning actor, director and author Andy Serkis. 

The company of the Ring is torn asunder. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

This continues the classic tale begun in The Fellowship of the Ring, which reaches its awesome climax in The Return of the King.

©1954, 1966 The Tolkien Estate Limited (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Masterpiece? Oh yes, I’ve no doubt about that." (Evening Standard)

"The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them." (Sunday Times)

An extraordinary book. It deals with a stupendous theme. It leads us through a succession of strange and astonishing episodes, some of them magnificent, in a region where everything is invented, forest, moor, river, wilderness, town and the races which inhabit them.’ (The Observer

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Amazing audiobook

Another great performance by Andy Serkis. A long listen, but marvellous.

The source material itself requires no review. LotR is peak fantasy writing.

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Excellency at its finest

Andy is a marvel to listen to and I've felt like a child hearing a bedtime story again!

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Beautiful story wonderful performance

The best story ever written. And to have the narration by the voice of Gollum is such a treat!

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delightful

after having read the series on paper so many times, I'm amazed that this reading by Andy Serkis can bring so much colour and depth to the text. Absolutely brilliant work.

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Perfect

Loved Andys reading! And the story is still the best work of fiction to date.

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wonderful

amazing!!
the vocal performance was absolutely first class and gives new depth to a book absolutely bursting with life

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Outstanding work!

A fascinating world created by Tolkien with inspiring characters which were brought to life with Andy Serkis’ narration. I cannot imagine anyone narrating it any better. It almost seemed each character was played by a different person and not just just Mr Serkis. Piece of art!

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Great performance telling a greater story

I love the impressions throughout the book and the different accents that Andy Serkis manages!

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OMG! THE PERFORMANCE!

What an incredible performance from Andy Serkis. He probably makes at least 20 different voices in this book, and each one them is just superb.

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A great story narrated by the best

The depth and range of Andy Serkis is beyond words, truly a masterpiece of narration of the story we love so much

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  • Jens
  • 09-23-21

Gollum!

Did I walk around in public with a huge grin when I heard Serkis' Gollum return in this the best version of this tale?
Yes, I did.

In general, Serkis does a very good job with all the characters, with some clearly inspired from the movies.
Would recommend this to everyone!

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  • Luke
  • 12-01-21

Serkis gives this everything! I wish he hadn't

I really enjoyed Serkis' highly animated reading of The Fellowship, but this one just takes it too far. It's more like a one-man radio play than an audiobook. The orc and ent voices in particular are so over-the-top that I spent the entirety of several sections cringing and desperately wanting them to be over. Good luck listening to this for evening relaxation; if you set the volume to be able to hear the quieter sections, you will have to endure full-on shouting from Serkis when the action picks up. It's certainly a strong performance, but I'm wondering who exactly briefed him and why they didn't suggest he tone things down a bit. The best thing I can say about this one is at least there weren't as many songs to endure. Although the ent song is particularly painful, I skipped through most of it.

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  • LEON NEWTON
  • 09-21-21

Yorkshire!

This gets 5 stars because Serkis gave all Gondorians a Yorkshire accent, the greatest accent in the world.

Boromir seems less out of place amongst his Kingsman now, particularly his brother and father.

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  • Steph
  • 09-26-21

A terrific experience

Serkis has done a fantastic job in narrating the trilogy. This was a great experience as a first time reader of the trilogy. Serkis does a fantastic job in creating the atmosphere with each character distinctive voices that are connected to the movies and, of course, you cannot forget the performance of Gollum. I grew to enjoy this book while listening and I am looking forward to listening to The Return of the King.

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  • Anthony wilson
  • 09-23-21

Simply Phenomenal

Absolutely superb performance by Mr Serkis as always. extremely glad these have been produced.

It has made a simply great story even more great which didn't think was possible.

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  • 03-21-22

listen at 1.30 speed

Listen at 1.30 speed. and 1.4 speed during the treebeard chapter. Thank me later!!!

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  • Alex Ryder
  • 08-18-22

Criminals

Amazon have officially lost the plot. changing the cover of books to promote a TV show is what I call criminal at the best if times but to do it to The Lord Of The Rings is just wrong. How have the Tolkien family allowed this to happen. i can only think for one reason £££

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  • patrick locufier
  • 02-13-22

Remarkable!

Remarkable book, remarkable story read remarkably! Brought to life for the listener, an ageless epic account of a time that may have been...

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  • lewis boynton
  • 10-05-21

My Precious

The main reason of me getting these books again was to see Andy serkis back doing his famous gollum and my word he didn't disappoint , I look forward to seeing some more of gollum in ROTK

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  • Anonymous User
  • 05-03-22

Tree beard let's it down

Andy Serkis was brilliant as normal, but the chapters with treebeard are so boring. It really slows the story down and is a struggle to get through. The chapters with Frodo, Sam and gollum are engaging and captivating.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 03-05-23

Andy Serkis brings the story to life

The story is of course one of the greatest ever written. But also, Andy Serkis may be the greatest narrator of all time. If Peter Jackson had hired him to play every role in the films, the movies would’ve still been masterpieces.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 02-27-23

If you’re a fan. This is next level.

Andy Serkis really slays the dragon here. His performance takes this fan favourite and makes it something else!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 02-21-23

Brilliant narration

Fantastic books with an incredible narrator. The variety of voices is just unbelievable, and by far the best I’ve ever heard. Gotta love Andy Serkis!

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  • Kym Angrave
  • 02-20-23

Brilliant

Awesome narrating of one of the best books ever written, loved reading the physical book then the films and now audible, brilliant

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  • Belvedere Spudge
  • 02-17-23

Its Tolkien read by Andy Serkis. You decide

A wonderful narration, the rest you know if you're here for the second helping. Hard not to grin whenever Smeagol makes an appearance, but Serkis' reading of all the characters is solid-to-excellent throughout

Treebeard though. [oooooAAAARRRuuuuuuughhhh] wwwhhhhhyyyyyy yeeeeesss, Treeeeebearrrrrrrrrd. Multiple speed settings can be a mercy

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  • Anonymous User
  • 02-15-23

Loved it !

Loved it !
I could see the characters as I listened
Very well done
I’ll probably listen to all again !

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  • Anonymous User
  • 02-07-23

Too much voice acting

I’m sure that this version will work for some people but the voice acting was massively over the top for me. I don’t like/need the help in imagining the voices. The shouting and accents were consistently annoying.

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  • Dane Ehrlich
  • 02-06-23

Probably the best middle part of a story!

This version is crisp, the attention to detail and the high production values shine and allow the story the depth and feeling necessary for such an epic tale.

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  • Lachlan Stewart
  • 01-31-23

Well worth a read, and much better than the movie

Andy Serkis is a great narrator for this book, bringing to life his character from the movie with the same incredible voice. This book has so much more interesting parts than the movie, but still with the same edge of your seat plots

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  • Bree
  • 01-23-23

Andy & Tolkien, the perfect combination

Tolkien is a genius and Andy one of the greatest voice actors. This book is certainly slower than the first but I still can't fault the performance & overall enjoyment of this audiobook