The Hobbit: worth reading before watching.
If you haven’t read The Hobbit, read it before seeing the movie—that way your imagination will have a first go at creating Tolkein’s world, before the movie solidifies it all for you.
If, like me, you haven’t read The Hobbit for 30 years, re-read it.

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[...] One chilly late afternoon, my love and I trekked downtown, stopping in at the bookstore to use a gift card we received at Christmas, before going to see The Hobbit (which I still haven’t read). [...]