All Things Tolkien

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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,512 ratings
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion 4.03 avg rating — 325,040 ratings
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The War of the Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #8)
The War of the Ring (The History of Middle-Earth, #8) 4.15 avg rating — 2,895 ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century 3.88 avg rating — 5,653 ratings
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The Tolkien Reader
The Tolkien Reader really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,172 ratings
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien 4.22 avg rating — 7,060 ratings
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology 3.95 avg rating — 6,103 ratings
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The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, #7)
The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, #7) 4.17 avg rating — 3,538 ratings
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The Children of Húrin
The Children of Húrin 4.05 avg rating — 90,921 ratings
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Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-Earth, #9)
Sauron Defeated: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-Earth, #9) 4.02 avg rating — 3,120 ratings
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Beren and Lúthien
Beren and Lúthien 4.05 avg rating — 23,130 ratings
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Farmer Giles of Ham
Farmer Giles of Ham 3.89 avg rating — 11,933 ratings
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The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #6)
The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, #6) 4.10 avg rating — 3,305 ratings
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The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth 3.99 avg rating — 4,755 ratings
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The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays 3.96 avg rating — 4,007 ratings
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The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún 3.87 avg rating — 7,795 ratings
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The Fall of Arthur
The Fall of Arthur 3.80 avg rating — 7,371 ratings
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Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth 4.12 avg rating — 3,307 ratings
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The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on Middle-earth Corporeality
The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on Middle-earth Corporeality 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Tolkien: Lighting Up The Darkness
Tolkien: Lighting Up The Darkness 3.72 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien
Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien 4.20 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion
Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion 3.95 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey
Tolkien in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Tom Shippey 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
24.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,914 ratings
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The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion 4.03 avg rating — 325,040 ratings
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Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
by: Tom Simon
4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The End of the Third Age: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-earth, #9a)
The End of the Third Age: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Four (The History of Middle-earth, #9a) 4.21 avg rating — 568 ratings
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Unfinished Tales
Unfinished Tales 4.02 avg rating — 43,166 ratings
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The History of the Lord of the Rings (The History of Middle-earth #6-9)
The History of the Lord of the Rings (The History of Middle-earth #6-9) 4.42 avg rating — 382 ratings
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Leaf by Niggle
Leaf by Niggle 4.26 avg rating — 8,121 ratings
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Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World
Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World 4.02 avg rating — 1,133 ratings
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Tolkien On Fairy-stories
Tolkien On Fairy-stories 4.32 avg rating — 4,629 ratings
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Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology
Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology 4.22 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Smith of Wootton Major
Smith of Wootton Major 3.91 avg rating — 5,907 ratings
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Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth
Tolkien's World: Paintings of Middle-earth 4.28 avg rating — 6,301 ratings
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A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie
A Question of Time: J. R. R. Tolkien's Road to Faerie 4.30 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three (The History of Middle-Earth, #8)
The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three (The History of Middle-Earth, #8) 4.15 avg rating — 2,895 ratings
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The Book of Lost Tales 1 (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)
The Book of Lost Tales 1 (The History of Middle-Earth, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 16,312 ratings
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Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-Earth
Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-Earth 4.29 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Book of Lost Tales 2 (The History of Middle-Earth, #2)
The Book of Lost Tales 2 (The History of Middle-Earth, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 8,901 ratings
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Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien
Green Suns and Faërie: Essays on J.R.R. Tolkien 4.36 avg rating — 81 ratings
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The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-earth, #7)
The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-earth, #7) 4.17 avg rating — 3,538 ratings
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Roverandom
Roverandom 3.88 avg rating — 15,894 ratings
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The Story of Kullervo
The Story of Kullervo 3.43 avg rating — 4,297 ratings
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The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #12)
The Peoples of Middle-Earth (The History of Middle-Earth #12) 4.19 avg rating — 4,797 ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography 4.05 avg rating — 16,222 ratings
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Greg and Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkien Years
Greg and Tim Hildebrandt: The Tolkien Years 4.23 avg rating — 235 ratings
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Tales from the Perilous Realm
Tales from the Perilous Realm 4.07 avg rating — 11,526 ratings
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The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends 3.94 avg rating — 3,721 ratings
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A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor
A Middle-Earth Traveller: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor
by: John Howe
4.59 avg rating — 1,929 ratings
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A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien
A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend
Middle-Earth: Journeys in Myth and Legend 4.45 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth
The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth 4.19 avg rating — 11,775 ratings
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The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth
The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth 4.31 avg rating — 534 ratings
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The War of the Jewels (The History of Middle-Earth, #11)
The War of the Jewels (The History of Middle-Earth, #11) 3.94 avg rating — 3,801 ratings
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Volume 1: Chronology
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Volume 1: Chronology 4.57 avg rating — 54 ratings
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On Fairy-Stories
On Fairy-Stories 4.07 avg rating — 690 ratings
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Bilbo's Last Song (Middle Earth, #4.5)
Bilbo's Last Song (Middle Earth, #4.5) 4.19 avg rating — 5,877 ratings
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Volume 2: Reader's Guide
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, Volume 2: Reader's Guide 4.49 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Poems from The Lord of the Rings
Poems from The Lord of the Rings 4.41 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Poems from the Hobbit
Poems from the Hobbit 4.31 avg rating — 185 ratings
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The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
The Maps of Tolkien's Middle-Earth 4.15 avg rating — 7,808 ratings
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Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings 4.03 avg rating — 1,848 ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator
J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator 4.23 avg rating — 10,164 ratings
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The Complete Tolkien Companion
The Complete Tolkien Companion 4.27 avg rating — 5,001 ratings
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The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3) 4.54 avg rating — 716,512 ratings
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A Tolkien Bestiary
A Tolkien Bestiary
by: David Day
4.04 avg rating — 7,286 ratings
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Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham
Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham 3.95 avg rating — 9,299 ratings
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Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship 4.03 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 3.81 avg rating — 10,839 ratings
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Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth
Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth 3.76 avg rating — 7,225 ratings
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Tolkien: A Biography
Tolkien: A Biography 3.88 avg rating — 1,074 ratings
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Understanding The Lord Of The Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism
Understanding The Lord Of The Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism 4.03 avg rating — 2,094 ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life Inspired
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life Inspired 3.78 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
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The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings 4.23 avg rating — 1,425 ratings
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Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth
Realms of Tolkien: Images of Middle-earth 4.24 avg rating — 399 ratings
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The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth
The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth 4.08 avg rating — 809 ratings
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On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis
On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis 4.33 avg rating — 669 ratings
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Tolkien: The Authorized Biography
Tolkien: The Authorized Biography 4.05 avg rating — 16,222 ratings
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Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader
Tolkien and the Invention of Myth: A Reader 3.84 avg rating — 51 ratings