The Lord of the Rings


 * This article only focuses on the relevant aspect towards Inkheart trilogy. For detailed information, please consider checking out the wiki specifically dedicating to the subject: The One Wiki to Rule Them All .

The Lord of the Rings is a preexisting novel that is published as three volumes, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers , and  The Return of the King , written by J. R. R. Tolkien, who had also written a prequel,  The Hobbit , that is set in the same shared universe, only that the events in The Hobbit begins roughly eighty years earlier than the adventures of its sequels.

Importance to the Inkheart trilogy
When Mortimer and Meggie Folchart went to Elinor's house, the Lord of the Rings was one of the books Meggie chose to bring along, though it wasn't specified which volume. Later on, Meggie and Mo demonstrated using the elvish writing of the book to communicate secretly, proving they knew the series well enough.

Behind the scenes

 * Material from The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Hobbit has been quoted in Inkheart.

In-universe appearances

 * Inkheart