Read Along with Frodo • A Daily Lord of the Rings Reading Plan

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Hide all spoilersHide milestones, subtitles, timelines, and locations. Ask before revealing summaries, events elsewhere in Middle-earth, moving forward past today, or opening The Journey, The Story, or the Reading Index.Hide background mapHide the map behind the site.Hide subtitlesHide event subtitles under dates and in the date selector.Hide journey milestonesHide the milestone marker and its date styling.Hide reading timesHide the daily estimated reading time.Hide moon phasesRemove the daily Moon indicator.Show completed readingsKeep completed reading cards visible.Match reading and background card colours to The JourneyUse each party’s Journey colour on card edges.Hide locationsHide location lines on reading and background cards.Reveal summaries by defaultOpen daily summaries automatically, unless Hide all spoilers is on.Hide background updatesKeep the daily view focused on readings.Hide timelinesHide the journey progress lines on daily cards.Match timeline colours to The JourneyUse each route’s colour on daily timelines.Show Elsewhere in Middle-earth events by defaultOpen events elsewhere automatically, unless Hide all spoilers is on.Hide welcome-back remindersTurn off the “When you last read…” popup after time away.Reduce animationTurn off writing and other motion in the app.

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The Lord of the Rings

Follow the journey of Frodo and his companions day-by-day.

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Estimated reading time

This is an estimate of how long it will take to read all of this day's readings, based on their total word count and an average silent reading speed of 260 words per minute. Your pace may vary.

The Moon in Middle-earth

This phase follows the story’s calendar, so it may differ from the Moon in the sky today. The phases are approximate.

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Frodo, you can rest now.

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Read Along with Frodo is an independent, non-commercial fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Tolkien Estate, Middle-earth Enterprises, or the publishers of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works.

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