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J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973) · 1892-1973

J. R. R. Tolkien Books in Order

120 books · 2 series · 1917-2023

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).

Biography from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 .

Entries without a number are not numbered in the source data - they are placed by publication date, which is usually but not always the intended reading order.

Standalone books

Books outside a series, oldest first.
# Cover Title Published Buy
1
Goblin Feet 1917 Amazon
2 A Middle English vocabulary Free to read online 1922 Amazon
3
Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad 1929 Amazon
4
Bagme Bloma 1936 Amazon
5 Beowulf. the Monsters and the Critics 1936 Amazon
6
Songs for the Philologists 1936 Amazon
7 The Hobbit 1937 Amazon
8
Leaf by Niggle 1945 Amazon
9 The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun 1945 Amazon
10 Essays Presented to Charles Williams 1947 Amazon
11
On Fairy-Stories 1947 Amazon
12 Farmer Giles of Ham 1949 Amazon
13 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Free to read online 1953 Amazon
14
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son 1953 Amazon
15 The Lord of the Rings 1954 Amazon
16 Pictures 1960 Amazon
17 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 1962 Amazon
18 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book 1962 Amazon
19 Tree and Leaf 1964 Amazon
20 The Tolkien Reader 1966 Amazon
21 Smith of Wooten Major and Farmer Giles of Ham 1967 Amazon
22 Smith of Wootton Major 1967 Amazon
23 The Road Goes Ever On 1967 Amazon
24 Bilbo's Last Song 1974 Amazon
25 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo 1975 Amazon
26 The Father Christmas Letters 1976 Amazon
27
Ainulindalë 1977 Amazon
28
Akallabêth 1977 Amazon
29
Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age 1977 Amazon
30
Quenta Silmarillion 1977 Amazon
31 The Silmarillion 1977 Amazon
32
Valaquenta 1977 Amazon
33 The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings [collection/set] 1979 Amazon
34 Poems and Stories 1980 Amazon
35 Unfinished Tales 1980 Amazon
36 The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien 1981 Amazon
37 Finn and Hengest 1982 Amazon
38 Mr. Bliss 1982 Amazon
39 The Book of Lost Tales [1/2] 1983 Amazon
40
The Monsters and the Critics 1983 Amazon
41 The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays 1983 Amazon
42
Eriol's song 1984 Amazon
43 The Book of Lost Tales [2/2] 1984 Amazon
44 The Book of Lost Tales, Parts One & Two 1984 Amazon
45 The Fall of Gondolin 1985 Amazon
46 Oliphaunt 1989 Amazon
47 Tolkien's World 1994 Amazon
48 One-Hundred-and-One Read-Aloud Classics 1995 Amazon
49 Realms of Tolkien - Images of Middle-Earth 1996 Amazon
50 Tales from the Perilous Realm 1997 Amazon
51 Roverandom 1998 Amazon
52 The Silmarillion. 1/? 1998 Amazon
53 The Silmarillion. 3/3 1998 Amazon
54 The Lord of the Rings. Appendices 1999 Amazon
55 Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics 2001 Amazon
56 Beowulf and the Critics 2002 Amazon
57 The History of Middle-earth 2002 Amazon
58 The Children of Húrin 2007 Amazon
59 The History of The Hobbit 2007 Amazon
60 Tolkien On Fairy-stories 2008 Amazon
61 The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún 2009 Amazon
62 The Fall of Arthur 2013 Amazon
63 Art of the Lord of the Rings 2015 Amazon
64 The Story of Kullervo 2015 Amazon
65 A Secret Vice 2016 Amazon
66 Beren and Lúthien 2017 Amazon
67 The Nature of Middle-earth 2021 Amazon
68 The Fall of Númenor 2022 Amazon
69 Battle of Maldon 2023 Amazon
70
A Elbereth Gilthoniel Amazon
71
Ainhucxétl Amazon
72
All that is gold does not glitter Amazon
73
Ambarkanta Amazon
74
Annals of Valinor Amazon
75
Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Drawings by J. R. R. Tolkien at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 14th December-27th February 1976-1977, and at the National Book League, 7 Albemarle Street, London W1, 2nd March-7th April 1977 Amazon
76
Chaucer as a Philologist: The Reeve's Tale Amazon
77
Errantry Amazon
78
Fastitocalon Amazon
79
Habbanan beneath the Stars Amazon
80
Kôr Amazon
81
Namárië Amazon
82
Narqelion Amazon
83
Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin Amazon
84
On Translating Beowulf Amazon
85
Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien Amazon
86
The Battle of the Eastern Field Amazon
87
The Bidding of the Minstrel Amazon
88
The Devil's Coach Horses Amazon
89
The Etymologies Amazon
90
The Fall of Gandolin Amazon
91
The Lay of Leithian Amazon
92
The Lay of the Children of Húrin Amazon
93
The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin Amazon
94
The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late Amazon
95
The Mewlips Amazon
96
The Quest of Erebor Amazon
97
The Sea-Bell Amazon
98
The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen Amazon
99
The Trees of Kortirion Amazon
100
The Voyage of Eärendel the Evening Star Amazon
101
You and Me and the Cottage of Lost Play Amazon

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