Sorry guys, I'm just not interested in reading Tolkien, regardless of how important LotR is for you.Although I have been looking into Swords & Devilry, and the various Conan stories.
No, I've seen that about three times.
Read what you want of course, but if you are interested in reading material to inspire your D&D, I would recommend Howard, Leiber and Anderson's fantasies before Tolkien. Tolkien is a great author and LotR is defining literature for the fantasy genre, but it isn't very D&D (though The Honing is a lot closer to gaming style fantasy).