J.R.R. Tolkien

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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1937
  • Latest Book:
    February 2024
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Full Series List in Order

History of Middle-Earth

1 - The Book of Lost Tales, Part One (May-1992)
2 - The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two (Nov-1984)
3 - The Lays of Beleriand ()
4 - The Shaping of Middle-Earth ()
5 - The Lost Road and Other Writings (Oct-1996)
7 - Treason of Isengard (Dec-1989)
11 - The War of the Jewels (Dec-1994)
12 - The Peoples of Middle-Earth ()

Lord of the Rings

1 - The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
2 - The Two Towers (1954)
3 - The Return of the King (1955)

Book List in Order: 48 titles

  • The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again

    • / Epic Fantasy
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    THE RELUCTANT HOBBIT Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders,...

  • Farmer Giles of Ham

    A tale of the days when giants and dragons walked the kingdom, this tells the story of Farmer Giles of Ham who is fat, unheroic and red-bearded. But he is also fortunate and shrewd. When a large and stupid giant blunders into his fields it begins a s...

  • The Fellowship of the Ring

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    Lord of the Rings - 1

    QUEST PERILOUS The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths were searching for a hobbit. Frodo Baggins knew they were seeking him and the Ring he bore--the Ring of Power that would enable evil Sauron to destroy all that was good in Middle-earth. Now it was up to ...

  • The Two Towers

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    Lord of the Rings - 2

    THE WAY OF THE RINGBEARER The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Onl Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of ...

  • The Return of the King

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    Lord of the Rings - 3

    MORDOR WHERE THE SHADOWS LIE While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the accursed Ring of Power had to be destro...

  • Tree and Leaf

    Repackaged to feature Tolkien''s own painting of the Tree of Amalion, this collection includes his famous essay, ''On Fairy-stories'' and the story that exemplifies this, ''Leaf by Niggle'', together with the poem ''Mythopoeia'' and the verse drama, ...

  • The Silmarillion

    Here is the story of the creation of the world -- the ancient dream that sets the stage for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings....

  • Smith of Wootton Major

    A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien’s major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings.What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into th...

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo

    SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, rom...



  • Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien J.

    This collection will entertain all who appreciate the art of masterful letter writing. The Letters of J.R.R Tolkien sheds much light on Tolkien's creative genius and grand design for the creation of a whole new world: Middle-earth. Featuring a radica...

  • Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth

    A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon publication, J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales is a collection of short stories ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as...

  • Mr. Bliss

    The first ever trade edition of Tolkien''s illustrated tale about the eccentric Mr Bliss, a man notable for his immensely tall hats and for the girabbit in his garden, whose whimsical decision to buy a motor car quickly becomes a catalogue of disaste...

  • The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two

    History of Middle-Earth - 2

    This second part of The Book of Lost Tales includes the tale of Beren and Liithien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a sho...

  • The Return of the Shadow

    History of The Lord of the Rings - 1

    The first part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, The Return Of The Shadow is J.R.R. Tolkien's enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its enti...

  • Treason of Isengard

    History of Middle-Earth - 7
    History of The Lord of the Rings - 2

    The second part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety.The Treason of Isengard continues th...

  • The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

    This revised and expanded edition of Tolkien’s own Hobbit-inspired poetry includes previously unpublished poems and notes, and is beautifully illustrated by Narnia artist Pauline Baynes.‘Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can af...

  • Bilbo's Last Song

    A poem from "Lord of the Rings" and primary illustrations follow the hobbit Bilbo Baggins on his final journey to the Grey Havens, while secondary illustrations at the bottom of each page depict his first journey on adventure as recounted in "The Hob...

  • The Book of Lost Tales, Part One

    History of Middle-Earth - 1

    The extraordinary history of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien

    The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in ...

  • The Tolkien Diary

    This hardsomely produced desk diary includes 12 full-page illustrations by Tolkien himself plus a wealth of line drawings and decorations. Special dates that relate to the author's life and work are noted, with apposite quotations from The Hobbit and...



  • Sauron Defeated

    The final part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, Sauron Defeated: The End Of The Third Age is J.R.R. Tolkien's enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epi...

  • Unfinished Tales

    This paperback edition of JRR Tolkien''s legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to t...

  • Morgoth's Ring

    Describes and documents the myths and legends of the Elder Days, as they were evolved and transformed by Tolkien and includes never-before-published documents in which the author struggles to examine the nature and destiny of his characters. 13,500 f...

  • The War of the Jewels

    History of Middle-Earth - 11

    A analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic story of Middle Earth returns readers to the ruinous wars of Elves and Men against Morgoth, provides the full record of the "Grey Annals," and offers a detailed study of Beleriand geography with revised maps....

  • The Lost Road and Other Writings

    History of Middle-Earth - 5

    The glorious history of how Middle-earth would change -- and become the world readers recognize in The Lord of the Rings

    As friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis embarked on a...

  • Roverandom

    For the first time in A-format paperback, J.R.R. Tolkien's novella about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him, his fa...

  • Pearl and Sir Orfeo

    This 14th-century poem, translated into modern English here by J.R.R. Tolkien, tells the story of a man who goes into a graveyard to mourn the death of his baby daughter, who he has lost like a pearl in the grass. Falling asleep, he dreams of the glo...

  • The Children of Hurin

    The Children of Húrin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The Silmarillion. Six thousand years before the One Ring is destroyed, Middle-earth lies under the shadow of the Dark Lord Morgoth. The greatest warriors...

  • The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

    The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrn is a previously unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien, written while Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford during the 1920s and '30s, before he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It makes available for t...

  • The Pocket Hobbit

    To celebrate The Hobbit''s 75th anniversary of publication, a pocket-sized hardback of J.R.R. Tolkien''s timeless classic, perfect for little Hobbits everywhere.Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the co...



  • The Pocket Roverandom

    J.R.R. Tolkien''s fantasy story about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog, written before The Hobbit.While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him, his father, J....

  • The Story of Kullervo

    The first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien Kullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien's characters. "Hapless Kullervo," as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan ...

  • Leaf by Niggle

    Published for the very first time in its own volume, Tolkien's remarkable tale about a painter whose obsession with detail prevents him from finishing his great work. Niggle is a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he has so ...

  • Beren and Luthien

    The epic tale of Beren and Lúthien became an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of J.R.R. Tolkien’s First Age of the World. Always key to the story is the fate that shadowed their love: Beren was a mortal...

  • The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun

    Unavailable for more than seventy years, this early but important work is published for the first time with Tolkien’s "Corrigan" poems and other supporting material, including a prefatory note by Christopher Tolkien. Set ‘In Britain’s land beyo...

  • The Fall of Gondolin

    In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, secon...

  • A Secret Vice

    First ever critical study of Tolkien’s little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin’s Game of Thrones.

    J.R.R. Tolkien’s linguistic invention was a fundame...

  • The Nature of Middle-earth

    The first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-ea...

  • The Fall of Numenor

  • The Battle of Maldon



  • The History of the Hobbit

    In one volume for the first time, this revised and updated examination of how J.R.R. Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolk...

  • Beren and L?thien

    Painstakingly restored from J.R.R. Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the...

  • Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode

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  • The Lays of Beleriand

    • / Fantasy
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    History of Middle-Earth - 3

    “The power of Tolkien’s central characters -- tragic, cursed Túrin; the lovers Beren and Lúthien -- shines through.” -- Library Journal

    Enter these pages and learn of the hero of The Lay of Leithian -- and hear of the early years of T...

  • The Peoples of Middle-Earth

    • / Fantasy
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    History of Middle-Earth - 12

    Throughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this ch...

  • Ring Goes South Book Lord of the Rings

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    Volume 2 in an out-of-print 7-volume Houghton Mifflin Millennium Edition boxed set published in 1999. With glossy black cover and eye of Sauron that appeared on the front of all seven volumes. Tolkien originally conceived of the Lord of the Rings bei...

  • Ring Sets Out Book Lord of the Rings

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  • The Shaping of Middle-Earth

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    History of Middle-Earth - 4

    Poems and prose, maps and chronologies, detours and diversions along the road to Middle-earth . . . Christopher Tolkien has gathered archival materials that his late father, J. R. R. Tolkien, used to create the world and the history behind his classi...

  • Tales from the Perilous Realm

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    Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien’s four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time. This n...

Award-Winning Books by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King
2004 Hugo Award -- Dramatic Presentation
The Silmarillion
1978 Locus Award -- Fantasy Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.R.R. Tolkien has published 48 books.

J.R.R. Tolkien does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Beren and L?thien, was published in February 2024.

The first book by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, was published in January 1937.

Yes. J.R.R. Tolkien has 2 series.
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