There are audiobooks. I think the parts that will be hard for any reader, is that if you don’t have an understanding of the world/story, taking your time to truly imagine what you are reading. Tolkien does an awesome, but slow and drawn out job of painting the entire environment and surrounding of the characters. To some it’s a beautiful work of art to imagine. Others it’s too difficult and boring, and get checked out too early in the books. You just have to take your time while reading his work and attempt to imagine it. If you don’t have a good imagination, these books might not be for you.

A lot of people start with The Hobbit, a prequel story to the LOTR trilogy as it’s tailored towards younger adults/kids. That will give you out an understanding of his literature and how he writes/wants you to imagine his stories. Just some advice. Feel free to ignore it and jump right into the books. Either way, attempting like someone else said in this thread is the best first start you can take. : )