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J.R.R. Tolkien Books in Order
Every J.R.R. Tolkien book in publication order — 52 in total, spanning 1921–2018.
Publication Order of The Lord of the Rings Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hobbit | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Fellowship of the Ring | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Two Towers | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Return of the King | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Middle-Earth Universe Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-Earth | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Poems From The Hobbit | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of The History of Middle-Earth Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Lost Tales, Part One | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Lays of Beleriand | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Shaping of Middle-earth | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Lost Road and Other Writings | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The War of the Jewels | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The History of Middle Earth Index | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Great Tales of Middle-Earth | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of History Of The Lord Of The Rings Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Return of the Shadow | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Treason of Isengard | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The War of the Ring | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Sauron Defeated | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Later Silmarillion Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgoth's Ring: The Legends of Aman | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The War of the Jewels: The Legends of Beleriand | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun | 1945 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Farmer Giles of Ham | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Drawings by Tolkien | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Roverandom | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Children of H炭rin | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Legend of Sigurd & Gudr炭n | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Story of Kullervo | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Lost Manuscript | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Beren and L炭thien | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith of Wootton Major | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tales from the Perilous Realm | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Adventures of Tom Bombadil | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Tree and Leaf | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Tolkien Reader | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Poems and Stories | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Letters from Father Christmas | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Silmarillion | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Unfinished Tales of N炭menor and Middle-Earth | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Peoples of Middle-earth | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | A Tolkien Miscellany | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Fall of Arthur | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bilbo's Last Song | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Mr Bliss | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Oliphaunt | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Middle English Reader and Vocabulary | 1921 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Beowulf and the Critics | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Tolkien on Fairy-stories | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Monsters and the Critics: The Essays of J.R.R. Tolkien | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Father Christmas Letters | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 52, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Middle English Reader and Vocabulary | 1921 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Beowulf and the Critics | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Hobbit | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Tolkien on Fairy-stories | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun | 1945 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Farmer Giles of Ham | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Tales from the Perilous Realm | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Fellowship of the Ring | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Two Towers | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Return of the King | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Adventures of Tom Bombadil | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Tree and Leaf | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Tolkien Reader | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Smith of Wootton Major | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Poems and Stories | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Bilbo's Last Song | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Drawings by Tolkien | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Letters from Father Christmas | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Silmarillion | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Unfinished Tales of N炭menor and Middle-Earth | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Mr Bliss | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Book of Lost Tales, Part One | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Monsters and the Critics: The Essays of J.R.R. Tolkien | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Lays of Beleriand | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Shaping of Middle-earth | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Lost Road and Other Writings | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Return of the Shadow | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Treason of Isengard | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Oliphaunt | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The War of the Ring | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-Earth | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Sauron Defeated | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Morgoth's Ring: The Legends of Aman | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The War of the Jewels | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The War of the Jewels: The Legends of Beleriand | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Father Christmas Letters | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Peoples of Middle-earth | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Roverandom | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Poems From The Hobbit | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The History of Middle Earth Index | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | A Tolkien Miscellany | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The Children of H炭rin | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Legend of Sigurd & Gudr炭n | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | The Fall of Arthur | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Story of Kullervo | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Lost Manuscript | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Beren and L炭thien | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Great Tales of Middle-Earth | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
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