I realize that I still haven't watched the movie for this book and I really should. I read this after reading the OG trilogy and I loved it more than the Fellowship of the Ring but not as much as the Two Towers or Return of the King. I loved the back story on Bilbo and getting to find out what happened there. I think if I was to reread the series after originally reading it I would read this first and then the Trilogy but if you haven't read any of the books I would read the Trilogy first. I think I enjoyed this more because I had read them first.